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I threw this piece a while ago and you may recognise the large form from an earlier post. Sometimes I have an idea of exactly how the design is going to work on a piece and sometimes it’s just a feeling. I knew I wanted to try somethings a little different with this one and […]
It was one of those lovely days at my studio where everything just fits into place. It was calm outside and I had my favourite opera playing in the background ‘the magic flute’. It’s very easy to lose yourself in throwing and I do find time runs away with you. I always have pieces at […]
I love drawing these ornamental gold fish and there are so many to choose from. I have many designs waiting to come to life on a piece of work and many new slip colours to develop. As my work has progressed I have started to really try to capture the movement of these fish as […]
When I have time I really enjoy sitting down and creating these ink drawings. I sketch each one out first very lightly with a hard pencil and then use a number of different sized rotring pens to draw the outline and dots to create the shading and patterns. I choose to draw on a very […]
I have been working on some new designs for my up and coming show at Cambridge Contemporary Art. I was given a very open brief and decided to explore further designs of English wild life. I shall be making some different pieces alongside some drawings of birds and insects I have already used including this […]
I shall be taking part in this year’s affordable art fair with the John Noott Gallery at Battersea from the 18th to the 21st October 2018. A few images of the pieces that will be going to the show this year.
Here I have written a short history of how the public fell in love with these mysterious birds and how John Gould’s beautiful books have been an inspiration to me. I have started to sketch and water colour designs for two large vessels using the King of Saxony bird of paradise and King bird of […]
Whilst staying in London I decided to visit the Sunny Art Centre who carry a small selection of my work I was very pleased to find they had used the image of my Scarlett Skimmer Dragonfly vessel to help advertise the gallery. Here are links to some of the online interviews and magazines I have […]
I decided to try for selected membership with the CPA again after being turned down in 2013. I felt my work had changed and developed sufficiently enough during this time and I had been working hard on both my decoration and form. After my last attempt I had asked Richard Phethean for feedback on why […]
I travelled to Kew gardens last year specifically to look at their orchid collection. It was a wonderful day and I came away with my mind full of ideas. I have many books on orchids from around the world but it’s very different looking at the flowers in the flesh. Some are so architectural while […]