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Upon arriving in the Tusheti plains in the high Caucasus mountains of Georgia for my second ceramic residency as part of my development as a ceramic artist, I was still unclear of what my…

  “Blessed be water, our first mother.” Words from the end of a John O’Donohue poem that I inscribed onto a selection of hand-carved ceramic pieces and placed as a blessing in a small…

Honouring water, honouring grief My journey with the element of water during my first ceramic residency in Latvia was punctuated by the sudden passing of my father. The feelings of overwhelm, loss, intense heart…

A tale of two rivers and exploring glazes My journey with the element of Water continues, upon arriving at Laima Ceramics, I discover the nearest town Bauska is located at the confluence of where…

Going with the flow – The Water blessing  As I begin my first residency in Latvia, the first of four over the year, each dedicated to an alchemical element, I start off with working…

And so the journey begins Fire, Water, Earth and Air. These are the building blocks of the universe.  From these creation proceeds and without it, creation cannot be. When starting any creative act, one…

What is failure but just another learning? My journey with ceramics has helped to reframe what it means to fail, and that failure really is success, as with each so called ‘failure’ a growth…

I follow a wonderful organisation called Letters to the Earth @letterstotheearth_ which is a creative response to our climate and nature emergency.   They collect and share messages of love, despair and hope of…

I am drawn to working with clay, as a direct antidote to my heavily technology-driven profession as a graphic designer, marketing and social media specialist in the charity sector, as a means to explore…

My journey with ceramics these last two years has mainly been about learning the art of patience. Patience in the process, patience in oneself, patience with the slowness for the various stages of creating,…