I work in a mixture of clays and particularly enjoy ones with a biscuity texture and toothsome quality. I often like to enhance this by carving into the surface of the piece when it is leather hard. I also like to stretch the clay to explore its plasticity, capturing this in the firing process when it is cooked rigid.

Most of what I make is thrown on the wheel but I do enjoy some hand-building. Surface techniques, such as fluting and faceting, are really important processes for me. They allow me to form a tactile dialogue with the piece in a more thoughtful way after the initial fast forming on the wheel.

I have recently moved to firing in a gas kiln, and occasionally wood-firing, and use a limited pallet of glazes. I enjoy the lively surfaces and intense iron speckles that occur, in an often unpredictable fashion, when firing with a real flame.