One month to go until our open studios! We at The Old Schoolhouse will be once again be opening the doors to the public as part of the @bs5arttrail It was such a lovely day last year that I am really looking forward to it.. Along with being able to have a nosey around my studio you'll be able to see the work of some of my very talented studio pals.

I'll be in full wind down mode ahead of going on maternity the following month which includes a huge studio clear up, the results which is everyones favourite... a big studio sale. I've got end of line, extras from commissions and samples included along with a small selection of seconds all looking for new homes.

You'll also. be able to see and buy current work ahead of my next online shop update in November 2025.

I had so much fun making this collection, for lots of reasons and I'm so happy wit the finished collection both the individual pieces and as a whole. 

I really wanted to give myself some space to explore, I had an idea of the three glaze finishes but hadn't planned the forms at all. The collection started with the candlestick holders, I really enjoyed the process of making them where by I almost closed the form and created these beautiful curves. Many of the subsequent pieces were made in much the same fashion. A few pieces are more familiar to me but I thought went well with the new forms;

I really wanted to go warm with the pallet of this collection to match the turning of the seasons, fortuitously as I go about the last jobs to bring the collection together and present it to the world the sun has been gloriously shining and I feel very vindicated in my choices!

I have always been drawn the the natural environment as a source of great inspiration.I have never desired to recreate some sort of literal interpretation or recreation but its impact on my creative thinking has always been present in my work. From my explorations into mark making during my degree in embroidery, my fascination with working with raw materials to my colour pallet.

I love the coast, growing up in north Norfolk it holds a very special place in my heart and is always a place of peace and restoration for me as well as being a source of great inspiration. When I am thinking of desired colours, tones and texture in glazes flashes of colour from many coast line walks and stays are always the starting point. I often find ,myself collecting shells and stones almost absent mindedly from sandy shores. Usually upon returning home they get stashed somewhere out of sight. But after a recent trip to The Gower I had a rummage and got my little stashes of seasides past and was over joyed to see the harmony between the different hordes over the years and the direct correlation between them and my current collection. In a world where it feels very it feels hard to find true inspiration among our image heavy culture there was something so immensely pleasing in seeing an element of my creative journey laid out in those memories from trips to the coast.