I am a potter, an artist, a craftsperson.
Above all else, I am a maker. I live to make things which can be enjoyed.
I make wheel-thrown and hand built pottery, using handmade tools to form locally dug clays, glazing the pots with locally sourced rocks and plant ashes. I enjoy sourcing my own clay and glaze materials where I can, and building my own kilns with handmade bricks. I fire with gas, wood, or electric kilns, generally letting the material I am working with dictate how to fire.
After training under Korean potter Jun Rhee, I studied Ceramics at Clay College, Stoke-on-Trent from 2022-2024, thanks to a scholarship from the Queen Elizabeth Scholars Trust. Following my graduation, I worked under potter Matt Hallyburton in North Carolina, studying local geology and traditional Catawba Valley techniques of wood-fired, ash glazed stoneware.
I am currently establishing a new pottery on the edge of Bidston Hill Nature Reserve, on the Wirral Peninsula, and I teach workshops internationally.