ABOUT

I am an English potter living in Southwest France, making earthenware bowls, cups, and platters in terracotta. My work is inspired by traditional French rustic pottery and the language of British slipware with its lines, loops, and dots - decorated in a soft palette of grey, white, sage, black, and ochre.

I studied craft design at Brighton University, specialising in ceramics under John Colbeck and Alma Boyes, and graduated in 1997. After seven years of making and teaching, I set aside my practice, though always waiting for the moment I would return.

In 2022, I returned to pottery through a local school with studio facilities, which gave me the momentum to establish a home studio. Throwing on the wheel provides me with rhythm and focus, while working with slipware allows a slower, more delicate process where each piece takes on its own character.
My pottery practice complements and is influenced by all the other wellbeing practices I share at Little French Retreat.