A B O U T

I’m an English potter living in southwest France, making slipware bowls, cups, and pitchers in terracotta. My work reflects both my English heritage and my life here in rural France, drawing inspiration from traditional French rustic pottery and British slipware, with simple marks and soft, natural colours.

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 I always knew I would return to clay one day. That moment came in 2022, when I joined a local pottery school for weekly classes, which was all the inspiration I needed to set up a studio at home.

I began working with slipware because the pottery school offered only a few glaze colours. What started as a limitation soon became a fascination as I fell in love with the techniques and the character that slipware brings to each piece.

When I’m not at the wheel, I can be found teaching yoga and sharing wellbeing practices at Little French Retreat.