Since leaving college in 1980, I have worked with clay almost continuously. In the 1980s I gained broad practical experience working for other potters, working in production workshops as well as demonstrating at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum. During the 1990s, I taught Art and Technology full-time in schools, before returning to self-employment in the 2000s, running pottery classes and children’s workshops while developing my own practice. Later I worked as a Technology/ceramics technician in a secondary school, introducing clay work into the curriculum.

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My current practice draws together the many techniques I have used over these years, throwing, mould making, handbuilding & modelling as well as developing custom slips for casting my lamps on the relief moulds that I model myself. I continue to experiment and devise new working methods as projects evolve.

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Since around 2010, I have worked with porcelain paperclay developed by Valentine Clays of Stoke-on-Trent, a material whose translucency and stability have been key to developing my lamp forms, similar to lithophanes, and after much experimenting [and failures] to integrating the delicate lattice elements within the form of my pots .

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I now produce small runs of lamps and other decorative ware for occasional shows but am increasingly focused on developing individual, non-commercial pieces — often modelled or handbuilt — reflecting my ongoing fascination with church architecture and the craftsmanship that underpins it. I also produce drypoint prints & drawings in various media as reflected below and models of musicians for fun!