ABOUT

Since graduating from the Royal College of Art  with an MA in Furniture Design my work has developed and diversified  and the relationship of nature to the built environment is a key theme in my practice.

Whilst working in many different materials, my preference is for the sustainable and natural, for example: clay, wood, paper, glass and enamel. However, when health and safety considerations dictate, I also work with processed materials such as plastic- laminates and vinyls.

Learning about new materials and extending processes through collaboration with other makers and with manufacturers is a key part of my practise.

Clear communication is important  and  I integrate both in-depth research and teaching workshops into my projects.

My aesthetic is clean and clear – reducing, simplifying and uncovering underlying patterns. I like to inject gentle humour, visual poetry, narrative and a sense of place into my work.

My overall aim is to humanise the built environment and help people to feel a connection with the places that they live and work in a subtle and very natural way.

Clients have included Habitat, Royal Doulton, Rathfinny Wine Estate, Macmillan Cancer Care, Yorkshire Sculpture Park,  West London Mental Health Trust and London Parks.

I LIKE

I like minimalism and patterns,

The geometry of nature, 

Slight imperfection,

Detail and space,

Macro simplicity and micro complexity,

A circle in a square and a square in a circle,

Fitness of purpose,

Improvisation and play,

Making links, visual poetry and lists,

Repetition with variation,

The computer and  handwork,

A stone placed on a table and a view framed by a window,

Buildings and sculpture and cups and saucers,