about

I’m a dabbler.

I bake pastries and I ferment vegetables. I love getting my hands dirty in the garden (and in a past life when I worked on a farm) and I love playing with clay. Living abroad makes me want to travel more, but I also want to nest in my cosy flat. In short, I love trying new things.

Making ceramics is not a quick process, and each time I work on a piece, I enjoy adjusting away from the fast pace of urban living – getting lost in the work of my hands. Feeling my way. Failure has always been incredibly difficult for me, but it’s an inherent part of firing something to over 1200 °C. Sometimes things don’t turn out. But then again, sometimes they do.

That idea of getting lost, and then finding your way – I think that’s something that drives much of the work I do. Certainly I’ve noticed how learning about plants as I’ve grown fond of foraging makes more aware of my surroundings: the way I scan the ground, even when just on a short walk – noticing the plants that have always been there, but are much more present to me.

I hope to bring that sense of presence to whatever task is at hand. And I hope you find as much joy through my work, as I did creating it.

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