Path and Inspiration
Just before lockdown I was thankfully introduced to clay.
Coming from a jewellery background, what captivated me was the handling of the material and being able to manipulate and explore form so freely.
During the last 3 years I have gradually been gaining confidence, investigating new techniques to test my sculpting skills.
Recently I have been exploring the human form, focusing mainly on the human head and its ability to suggest a narrative with the slightest of gestures.Process and Practice
I hand build with coloured stoneware clays using a combination of slab, pinched and coiled clay.
I like to take an everyday functional object and play with its elements and scale to elevate it beyond function, to give it presence as a standalone sculptural piece.
My figurative work starts with a tube of clay which I then manipulate from the inside and outside with just the use of my fingers and in doing so there is a tangible relationship between myself and the figure.