Early ceramic study at Tyler School of Art was in hand building with Rudi Staffel. Main influences were a mix of the economy of American contemporary work like Mary Frank's slab building of reclining human forms, the simplicity of Japanese tea bowls, and organic forms from nature. While at Tyler made coiled and pinched vessels inspired by gourd shapes, mainly raku or low earthenware fired.

At Villa Schifanoia from 1980 to 1982 main interest was in Baroque, Roman and Etruscan clay and bronze work, and the use of votive figurines typical of these periods.

In 1987 a trip to Crete, and seeing the clay Minoan vessels rekindled the inspiration of votive forms. My main votive figure became the horse. Coiled and scraped jugs were made, with horses running around the body as in Classical Greek and Roman vessels.

In the five years working in the ceramic studios of Sir John Cass School of Art concentrated on working through this horse theme. Slab and coiled elements were used in the making of flying horses, candelabras of horses in waves or flames, bowls supported by horses, spiral candle holders and standing horses.

More recent work is now based on birds as a votive form, and angels occasionally. Paired birds are used to evoke states of being, or confrontation as in the horse form.

All work is made from a studio at home, and is gas fired in a super raku kiln. Found and bought clays are used, matured at a range of glaze firing temperatures.

My work is in private collections in the UK, USA and Australia.