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I use combinations of hand building and throwing to make my pots and develop the textures. I use a variety of firing methods to obtain the colours; from low temperature raku to oxidised earthenware and in 2009 I built a small wood fired kiln to get to stoneware temperatures with locally grown fuel. This has brought my work closer to its source, the land and how we live upon it. I am influenced by my environment, by the communities and culture of the place and by the traces an individual can leave upon the landscape.

Some of the work is for use with food, some is contemplative, some hang on the wall (food falls off these). The processes involved in turning clay to ceramic, reflect huge elemental forces of nature but the product can be as humble as a dish passed from hand to hand in the simple act of sharing food.  I try to combine all this in my work, sometimes I succeed.

Visitors are welcome at the studio on the Isle of Skye. Please telephone for directions.