July 19th – 21st. Craft in Focus Desire Jewellery & Silversmithing Fair. Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire. July 27th – 28th. Wonderworks Contemporary Craft Summer Fair. Jubilee Hall, Chagford, Devon. August 9th – 11th. Potfest. Haughley Park, Stowmarket, Sufflolk. September 18th – 25th. Open Studios. Gaolyard Studios, St Ives, Cornwall. October 12th – 13th. Festival of Crafts. […]
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About
Originally from Surrey, I have spent most of my life in St Ives since my family moved here in the early 70s. In 1992, whilst managing St Ives Ceramics for potter John Bedding, I was given the opportunity to learn raku firing. I set up my own workshop in 1995 to produce jewellery full-time.
A member of the Cornwall Crafts Association since 1993, I have exhibited in over 50 galleries throughout the UK, as well as in Australia, Germany, France and Italy. In 2005, I was invited to work as studio assistant to Pietro Maddalena at La Meridiana International School of Ceramics in Tuscany. I spent five months helping to run pottery workshops and, whilst there, I was encouraged to develop my own work and experiment with many different firing techniques. On my return to the UK I joined the Gaolyard Studios, St Ives, where I currently work alongside seven other ceramicists.
