My work and ethos is centred around the idea of ceramics and its strong association with craft. As a material and its context within the fine art spectrum. I am interested in the factors which compare with the constant debate about crafts, and its position within today’s society.
In essence the work is autobiographical, in a sense that it is in a quest to find its identity. Myself, questioning my personal identity, where do I belong? We have been living in a constant state of flux, not knowing where we belong. This work is made manifest through instability. It is a product of the political, economic and socio-cultural issues that we are facing, from Brexit to the after effects of the Pandemic. This is extended to the public to question their own being through the work.
This sense of constant flux is the reason I am so fascinated with duality and juxtaposition. The idea that my work balances around the space between, function and non-function, tradition and breaking with tradition, craftsmanship based art and idea-based art.