| Introduction |
I am a Canadian artist, with something of a wandering spirit. I’ve been based in Newfoundland, Ontario, Alberta, and currently Wales UK, and have participated in artist residencies around the world.
My work moves and evolves as much as my home does. While my first clay home was with hand-built pottery, I’m now setting down roots in the world of sculpture. Presently my focus is on figuration, the power of play, and the creation and interpretation of story.
Through all of my journeys through form and process, some elements travel with me: a passion for ornament, and a draw towards the natural world. Afterall, no matter how far you travel, you always carry something of the past with you.
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| What I Love about Ceramics |
Everything!!
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| What inspires me |
I am interested in pattern, ornamentation, and variation, with a special fascination with memory, story-telling, myth, and play.
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| What I'm working on at the moment |
I am a recent MA graduate from Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, and currently have a studio space at Fireworks Clay Studio in Cardiff.
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| My Artist Statement |
Clay and vessel have always been inextricably entwinned. The default focus on this relationship tends to fall on ceramic as a container for food, for liquid, for nourishment, and for beauty. But it can also be a container for story. A vessel for myth, for folklore, for history, and for world-building. Clay has the capacity to contain nourishment for the mind, and the imagination. It’s ability to hold narrative offers opportunity for retelling the past, escaping the present, and imagining new futures. Clay can hold entire universes.
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