I want my work to engage the viewer emotionally. This is why I use, as my concept, something which I know about from first hand experience and feel passionate about.
It usually operates on two levels, the personal and that of social comment. Though the concept is very important the form is equally so; it is often the interaction between the form and the title which conveys the underlying meaning and can be the vehicle of humour.
I produce/undertake
- One off sculptures
- Exhibitions
- Site specific work
- Some ‘limited editions’. This really means mark 2, 3 etc of a particular title, though each would be unique, visually.
- Commissions
- Work for sale in art galleries
I am an artist first and ceramicist second so I will employ any device and any material that will fulfil my ideas. My inspiration is all the experiences of my life which have interacted with me to make me the person I am now. However, the most influential have probably been my first degree in Biological Sciences, my marriage, and my second degree in ceramics.
My science background has fostered an experimental attitude and I love the challenge of having an idea, or being given a brief, which I then translate into visual form.
Higher education
2007, MA Glass and Ceramics, University of Sunderland
2007, BA Glass & Ceramics First Class, University of Sunderland
2003, Art Foundation year, Newcastle College
PGCE Education- secondary science
BSc Biological Sciences University of London
Exhibitions
2008 Jan. Society of Designer Craftsmen, group Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2007 until 13th Sept, group exhibition, Castle Eden Dene Visitor's Centre, Co. Durham.
2007 until 9th Sept, group exhibition, Art in the Garden, Crook Hall, Durham City
2007 3rd- 8th July, New Designers, group exhibition. London
2007 ‘Fusion’ Group Exhibition, National Glass Centre, Sunderland
2007 Two ‘Bricks’ exhibited at Sunderland University
2006 ‘Brick’ Sculpture exhibited in Halle Germany
Permanently exhibited in NECC offices, Durham
2006 Group Exhibition, The Art Studio, Sunderland
2004 Group Exhibition, Newcastle College
2003 Poetry recording for radio
2002 Group exhibition(painting) Concett church Hall
2002 Group exhibition(painting) Nettlesworth Church
Commissions/competitions
2007 North East Chamber of Commerce. 10 closed ‘bricks’ with information applied.(Left Image, with NECC in Halle, Germany)