Artist Statement:
“My work is concerned with function but not necessarily utility. I am intrigued and inspired by the potency of archetypal vessel forms. Anonymous and uncomplicated pots from pre-history used for storing, cooking and keeping people safe through winters and giving protection in the everyday world can also function in other ways. I see them as figurative objects. As guardians of emotion and connectors with the spiritual, I want my work to inhabit our domestic spaces in the light, shadow and darkness with qualities that neither painting or abstract sculpture can.
I live with ceramic vessels. Their forms and volume, edges and textures spill from the studio into every room. In these intimate living spaces the pots speak for themselves, displayed on ledges windowsills and mantelpieces, made in direct response to the architectural spaces of my home and studio.”