About The Artist

I make figurative sculpture, and when not moved to make sculpture I make pots. For both I use clay. In between I draw. I draw figures in the street, the life model, musicians, dancers and trees. I draw to see and what I see informs what I make.
What I make I fire with processes that are not totally predictable and contribute their own qualities to the work. How a piece is placed in the wood fired anagama kiln determines where the ash deposits, and where the flame goes. How much reduction is achieved determines the colouration in the raku firing. And how the glaze crazes also adds its’ character to the piece

Recent Exhibitions/projects

Transformations in Clay, November 2011, Sheffield Cathedral
Out of The Fire, October 2011, Thoresby Nottinghamshire
Wirkswirth Festival September2011
Art in The Gardens, August 2011 Shefield
Earth and Fire, June 2011 Rufford, Nottinghamshire,
WITH A FRENCH CONNECTION, September 2010 Thoresby Gallery Nottinghamshire
ASH AND FLAME- July- August2010,Musee de la Poterie, Sadirac, Bordeaux
CERAMICA November-December 09 Stoke-on-Trent
PAINT,CLAY,WOOD September 09 X-Church, Gainsborough
PAINT,CLAY,WOOD August 09, Thoresby Park, Notts.
ART IN CLAY,August 09 Hatfield House,
GREENHOUSE, Rufford gallery, Rufford Country Park

Formal Qualifications

1992 - Master of Arts Art and Design
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield

1988 - Batchelor of Arts (Hons) Sculpture
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield

1968 - Certificate of Education
Bretton Hall, Wakefield

Ceramic Sculptures Yorkshire ~ Ceramics based on Landscapes Yorkshire ~ Garden Sculptures Yorkshire ~ Tile Panels Yorkshire ~ Site specific Ceramics Yorkshire ~ Wall pieces Yorkshire ~ Wood Fired Ceramics Yorkshire