I was born in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1964 and have travelled around the country with various jobs. After a number of years in fashion retail and in customer call centres, I had an enjoyable period in garden centres working with garden designs and container gardening. In 2005 I returned to the north-west and opened my ceramics studio in Shap, Cumbria.  

I have always been very creative and, prior to working with ceramics, I held several exhibitions of my paintings in the South West of England. In 2001 I went back to college to study Art. During the first year we looked at various art forms: painting, ceramics, 3D design, cartoon illustration, video, etc. Immediately, I knew that ceramics was for me as the limitation of 2 dimensional painting was already frustrating me. I received my HND with distinction in Ceramics and 3D Design in July 2005.

Since receiving my HND I have created my own ceramics studio and workshop and have been building the business through good galleries and top shows including the Potfest potters markets.  

I am a proud member of the Northern Potters Association - the trade association for ceramic artists based in the North of England.

You are welcome to visit my studio, "The Crank Room" but please contact me first to check that I will be available.
For my contact details click here.

I am pleased to announce that I gained my Gold Award for environmental excellence during 2007, and I have continueously retained the award in 2008 and 2009 and into 2010. I also received a special award for Biodiversity in my business from CBEN (Cumbria Business Environmental Network)in November 2007.  I am  committed to taking responsibility for my personal and my company's impact on the environment and I encourage my suppliers and customers to do the same.  To see my environmental policy click here .