2026- Potfest in the Pens Penrith – Spring

Taking part in After trying (but failing) growing up as a daughter of practicing artists to run away from what was surrounding me and also what I had a natural ability in – I ended up boomeranging back and forth to some kind of creative practice for years into my late 20s – initially doing a foundation at Chelsea and Fine Art Degree at Oxford Brookes going swiftly into working in publishing – posh Chelsea paint colour matching specialist shop – then mural painter I ended up getting swept away into family life and marriage in my late 20’s and with it a PT course which set up the next 15 years of self employment and child rearing (of which I now have 5!!! 😳🩷) eventually leading back in a long and convoluted way back to painting and then learning the skill (and then unlearning!) of throwing ceramics!

‘The Artful Potter’ and LIPCeramics emerged from my amalgamated early experiences and I now produce work that comes from this mix of education and experience and also which I have more recently found out my diagnosis of ADHD which has definitely reflects in the work that I do! I believe that it is not only the artistsic value of a piece: the color, pattern, texture, depth of lights and dark, but also the artistsic process that can transform not only a feeling that a piece of her ceramics evokes but a the space that it is in too. My ceramic pieces are my ‘Art’ as each piece encompasses all of my skills as a trained artist and painter and also my personality which at times can be impulsive, highly physically motivated, sprinkled in with a bit of anxiety and perfectionism!! Ceramics has become a way of crossing over the mentall barrier between thoughts and emotions and a way of creating meaning and through shapes, colours and beautiful lines (flourishes) instead of words which didn’t always come easily to me being diagnosed as dyslexic at an early age. My ceramics have become another outlet for this process, approaching the wheel and my subsequent sculpting and moulding then glazing instinctively, without a strict recipe; allowing creativity flow freely. Just like a painter selects colours from a palette, I try to combine knowledge of sculpting, painting and glazing techniques to pieces that emerge and become rather than planned beforehand.

My work is not only functional but also serves to evokes deep emotions through its shapes, forms, and vibrant colours, ultimately transforming the viewer’s experience and making them question perhaps the function of the piece. Taking inspiration from the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, ultimately I embrace the unfinished, the irregular, the fleeting. Like kintsugi, I highlight the fractures instead of concealing them — not with gold lacquer, but with narrative, colour, and touch.