About The Artist
My studio present studio work has two intertwined threads: landscape and the human figure.
The coil-built figures – large and small scale - are a response to the spatial relationships between people in contemporary dance, music and even social gatherings.
The paper-clay sculptures are inspired by lansscape. Personal responses to place confirm our humanity and our individuality. Much of my past studio work has been exploring the processes of erosion and renewal that shape landscapes.
As well as my studio work I also I enjoy site-specific projects. This gives me the chance to combine ceramic materials (for their permanence, surface qualities, and malleability) with other materials.
I am attracted to Raku and wood firing because they are not totally predictable and invite intuitive responses to chance.
Exhibitions & Projects
Northern Potters Association 'Celebrate'
July 2008 - Preston University
August - September 2008 - York College
September - October 2008 - Rufford Craft Centre
August 2008
Art In Clay 2008, Hadfield
October - November 2007
"Northern Fire 2" Exhibition
thegallery@oxo, London
January 2007
"Clay, Flesh And Flame" Exhibition
YorkshireArtspace, Sheffield
August 7 - October 1 2006
Residency,
Rufford Country Park, Nottinghamshire
August 11 - September 24 2006
"Terrain" Exhibition
Saltburn Artists' Projects
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
June 7 -11 2006
"The Nottinghamshire Collection" at Patchings
Patchings Farm, Nottingham
Yorkshire ArtSpace Open Studios
Saturday 6 May 2006
Saturday 29 April 2006
February - September 2006
Burngreave Public Art Project
Chair of The Northern Potters Association
January 4 - Februrary 11 2006
"Paint Clay Wood 2006"
Mansfield Museum & Art Gallery, Nottinghamshire
November 8 - December 17 2005
Ceramics for the Twenty-first Century
Crescent Arts, Scarborough
November 25 – 26 2005 Open Up
Open Studio
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
October 6 – 23 "Northern Fire" Exhibition
Oxo Tower, London
September 10 – 11 2005 Wirksworth Art & Architecture Trail
Wirksworth, Derbyshire
August 5 – 7 2005 Potfest In The Pens
Cumbria
June 25 – 26 2005 Earth & Fire
Ceramics Market
Rufford, Nottinghamshire
April 30 – May 1 2005 Open Up
Open Studio
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
2004 - Paint, Clay
Wirksworth Festival
2004 - Open Up Open Studios
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
2004 - Exhibition
Lady Bay Artists, Nottingham
2004 - ConnectUK
British Trade Craft Fair, Harrogate
2004 - Rotherham Public Art Project
2003 - Community Arts Project
Rotherham Development Trust, Canklow, Rotherham
2003/2004/2005/2006 - Growing Bolder
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
2003 - Nottinghamshire Potters
Rufford Ceramic Centre, Nottinghamshire
2003 - Clay, Paint, Wood
Wirksworth Festival, Derbyshire
2003 - Open Up
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
2003 - Art Outside
Saville Gardens, Windsor
2002 - Clay, Paint, Wood
S10 Gallery, Sheffield
2002 - Time Out
Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
2002 - Wirksworth Festival
Wirksworth, Derbyshire
2001 - Northern Potters At The North Light Gallery
North Light Gallery, Huddersfield
2001 - Wirksworth Festival
Wirksworth, Derbyshire
2001 – Present Art Outdoors
Lea Bank Nurseries, Loxley
An ongoing exhibition with changing exhibits
2001 – Year of the Artist Residency & Exhibition
The Little Castle, Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
2000 - 2001 Northern Potters At The Harris
The Harris, Preston, Yorkshire
2000 - Yorkshire ArtSpace At Rotherham
Rotherham Art Gallery, Rotherham
2000 Eight At The Hewett
Hewett Arms, Shireoaks
2000 - Concerning The Spiritual
Sheffield Cathedral & Selby Abbey
1993 - Figure And Vessels
Arts Alive, Priory Gatehouse, Worksop
1992 - Dancer And The Rocks
Merlin Gallery, Sheffield
1992 - Marriage Of The Sun And Moon
The General Cemetery, Sheffield
1992 - The Diver
The Hydra-therapy Unit
The Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
1992 - The Evolving Spirit
The Merlin Theatre, Sheffield
1991 - To See Heaven...
The General Cemetery, Sheffield
1991 - Renewal
The Clocktower
The Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
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
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