Over the past few years I have been researching prehistoric figurines and I’m fascinated by the simplicity and unique forms of these early sculptures. My pieces have close reference to figures found around the world during this time: including Greece, Japan, India, Mexico and Romania.     These are some of the pieces I have made; I’ve focused on the form of the figure and feeling the body in the clay as I work.  I use slips, copper carbonate, and ochre sourced from local rivers, to explore the effects this has on the surface.  My earlier  pieces are mostly monochrome and unglazed, however  I am now exploring glazes which create an ‘unearthed’ sense; bringing to light the beauty and qualities of that which is worn, ancient, shipwrecked, forgotten and lost.

Transforming earth and clay into objects has become a meditation from energy created in my physical body to the body of the material itself.