"It starts with the clay... the way the clay responds to forming... revealing it's nature.

The forms evolve, with each new work influencing the next...

Refinement is not applied at the end, but developed progressively through making...

The clay is prepared with layers of slip... and what begins in the studio is then carried into the kiln, where the clay is forever transformed to stone through fire... and it's surface records the of path of the flame...

I am always inspired to continue... "

WOOD AND SALT...

Woodfiring and salt-glazing are processes grounded in the history of ceramics, where the surface of each piece is shaped by the changing conditions within the kiln.

Flame, ash, and salt vapours move throughout the chamber during firing, marking each form in ways that can never be fully controlled.

In salt-glazing, vapour is introduced at high temperature, interacting with the clay body to produce a distinctive textured surface, often described as ‘orange peel’.

These are processes that require time, patience, and an acceptance of variability and loss.

Each firing becomes a record of atmosphere, flame, and material response — and no two works emerge the same.

“Surface begins within the material, and is resolved through flame, ash, and atmosphere.”

— W. Ellen Williams