My contemporary ceramics practice is centred on exclusively handcrafted ceramic works that blend modern design with a development of deep sensitivity to material and process. My pieces are characterised by refined textures and a vibrant palette - an ongoing exploration of balanced forms and silhouettes often echoing influences from contemporary design mixed with finessed traditional ceramic techniques. There is an intimacy within each piece where the presence of the artist's hand and gesture is registered in the material - each piece a step in the evolution of a very dynamic, hybrid and exploratory practice. 

 

I strive to thoughtfully combine an often traditional labour-intensive analogue process in ways that innovate and delight aiming for works which feel timeless, modern and exploratory.

 

Much of my work is self-taught or cobbled from short stints developing specific techniques and processes, I am not formally or traditionally trained in ceramics and I aim to bring new perspectives and propositions to this highly exciting medium. I come from a printmaking/painting foundation so my interaction with the medium is a reflection of what has come before and shapes my practice. By consolidating hand building, firing and glazing skills and producing  cohesive collections of ceramic works, I examine and push the potential of clay in relation to built surfaces prompting visceral engagement. I maintain a strong focus on physicality, and materiality while pulling on aesthetic referencing from a wide array of sources which interest me.

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My first collection of ceramics were developed in London and Copenhagen in the summer of 2019. Since then I have been finalist in the New Zealand's most important national ceramics award - the Portage Ceramics Awards in 2019 and 2023. Pastille ceramic set 5 was winner of the 61st Ceramics New Zealand National Exhibition Non-Functional Ceramics Award in 2025. In 2023 I was awarded the Waiheke Small Sculpture Benefactor's Merit Award. My ceramics have also been finalist in the Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards 2021, the New Zealand Small Sculpture Awards 2025 and Waiheke Gallery Small Sculpture Awards in 2020, 2023 and 2025. 

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