I'm an Irish potter based in North Dorset. I enjoy challenging myself with seemingly simple yet complex forms and techniques, altering thrown pots and playing with surface decoration. I combine these with my love of pattern, line and colour. I use traditional pottery techniques like sgraffito and inlay, and also paper resist, to create patterns with a contemporary feel, embracing the natural imperfections and qualities of the materials and decorating techniques.
My Fields Collection is inspired by the lines in the agricultural landscape. Each one is intentionally decorated slightly differently so that it is one of a kind, with some pieces having added details of things found in the countryside. My Willow Vegetable vessels are closely inspired by the pottery fragments dug up on my allotment and the vegetables grown on it.
Part of the excitement for me comes from never exactly knowing how the piece will look when the kiln is opened.
All of my work is made using stoneware clay and is microwave, dishwasher and oven proof.
My work is sold through my website, at open studios, craft and pottery markets and shows both locally and nationally. You will also find my work in a small number of shops and galleries, of which you can find the list on my website.
After completing my a degree in ceramics from Limerick School of Art and Design and the DCCoI’s Pottery Skills Course, I did an apprenticeship with Julie Ayton in 2020, supported by Adopt a Potter.
