Inspired by a love of Western Celtic shorelines and the sea, I hand built ceramic vessels. Shapes are figurative featuring a vivid turquoise glaze that reflects the influence of the sea and landscape; or tactile, washed pebble and seashell forms. The pieces are fired to stoneware temperature using a variety of textured clays from a dark red, toasted buff to a white firing clay, all of which react in various ways altering the depth of colour in the glaze. The application of slips, sgraffito and resist techniques add a further depth to the surfaces. My first workshop was set up in 1996 in Chester after graduating in 1993 from the BA Hons Crafts course at Crewe and Alsager College. My work has been displayed in galleries across the UK from the Isles of Scilly to the Shetland Isles. I now work from my home in north Wales, I became a member of the Maker’s Guild of Wales in 2018.