CV
Born Gorleston, Norfolk, UK, 1989
Permanent Resident of Australia, 2017
Events
2020
Pottery Expo, Warrandyte, VIC
Grampians Music Festival, Halls Gap, VIC
2019
Melbourne Ceramics Market, Melbourne, VIC
Australian Ceramics Open Studios, Halls Gap, VIC
Pottery Expo, Warrandyte, VIC
2018
Melbourne Ceramics Market, Melbourne, VIC
2017
Christmas in the Yard, Isle of Man
Isle of Man Art Festival, Isle of Man
2016
Isle of Man Art Festival, Isle of Man
Exhibitions
2019
Meditations on Landscape, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, Australia
2017
Summer Craft Collection, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
I See A Creature, MOSTYN Gallery Shop, Llandudno, Wales
2016
The Christmas Show, Cambridge Contemporary Crafts, Cambridgeshire, England
MAKE 2016, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon, England
The Cup Collaboration, Box Hill Community Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia
2015
MAKE 2015, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon, England
The Cup Collaboration, Box Hill Community Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia
2014
Shapes + Plates Solo Show, Noa Bakehouse, Douglas, Isle of Man
2013
Ebb Tide Solo Show, Clay Art Benowa, Gold Coast, Australia
Professional Development
January 2019 - ongoing
Mentorship with Gemma Jones, Koorie Heritage Trust
2018
Foundry 658 Bootcamp, funded by Creative Victoria, presented by ACMI + State Library of Victoria
2016
CPA + Adopt a Potter Inaugural Mentorship Programme, mentored by Helen Beard
Isle of Man Art Festival, committee member
Isle of Man Film Festival, committee member
Residencies
2021
Fremantle Arts Centre, Ceramics Studio and the Moores Apartment, WA
To develop my experimental practice through wheel-throwing much larger forms, and to extend my experimentation with silk-screening on clay, a technique taught to me by Fremantle-based ceramicist Elaine Bradley in 2015.
2018
Pop-up Studio, part of Australian Ceramics Open Studios + Craft Cubed Festival, Halls Gap Hub, Halls Gap, VIC
2016
MakeMarket Creative Industries Takeover, Douglas Market Hall, Isle of Man
2015
The Clay House, Fremantle, Western Australia
Projects
2019 - ongoing
Patreon
A subscription service sending art to Patrons every three months. Patrons’ monthly pledges empower me to pick up experimental and long-neglected projects, and take risks in the studio.
Meditations on Landscape
A collaboration with a Grampians-based photographer Jocelyn Turner, blending her imagery with my illustrations, vintage postcards from my childhood home and scanned handwriting from family journals, to capture a grounded sense of place, ritual, memory, and history.
2017 - ongoing
@thepaintedswallow
An Instagram account documenting research and development for a collection of illustrations inspired by women’s health
Professional Memberships
Craft Victoria, Maker Membership
The Australian Ceramics Association
Education
Certificate IV & Diploma in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft
February 2009 – December 2010
Australian International College of Art, Gold Coast, Australia
Born Gorleston, Norfolk, UK, 1989
Permanent Resident of Australia, 2017
Events
2020
Pottery Expo, Warrandyte, VIC
Grampians Music Festival, Halls Gap, VIC
2019
Melbourne Ceramics Market, Melbourne, VIC
Australian Ceramics Open Studios, Halls Gap, VIC
Pottery Expo, Warrandyte, VIC
2018
Melbourne Ceramics Market, Melbourne, VIC
2017
Christmas in the Yard, Isle of Man
Isle of Man Art Festival, Isle of Man
2016
Isle of Man Art Festival, Isle of Man
Exhibitions
2019
Meditations on Landscape, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, Australia
2017
Summer Craft Collection, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
I See A Creature, MOSTYN Gallery Shop, Llandudno, Wales
2016
The Christmas Show, Cambridge Contemporary Crafts, Cambridgeshire, England
MAKE 2016, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon, England
The Cup Collaboration, Box Hill Community Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia
2015
MAKE 2015, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon, England
The Cup Collaboration, Box Hill Community Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia
2014
Shapes + Plates Solo Show, Noa Bakehouse, Douglas, Isle of Man
2013
Ebb Tide Solo Show, Clay Art Benowa, Gold Coast, Australia
Professional Development
January 2019 - ongoing
Mentorship with Gemma Jones, Koorie Heritage Trust
2018
Foundry 658 Bootcamp, funded by Creative Victoria, presented by ACMI + State Library of Victoria
2016
CPA + Adopt a Potter Inaugural Mentorship Programme, mentored by Helen Beard
Isle of Man Art Festival, committee member
Isle of Man Film Festival, committee member
Residencies
2021
Fremantle Arts Centre, Ceramics Studio and the Moores Apartment, WA
To develop my experimental practice through wheel-throwing much larger forms, and to extend my experimentation with silk-screening on clay, a technique taught to me by Fremantle-based ceramicist Elaine Bradley in 2015.
2018
Pop-up Studio, part of Australian Ceramics Open Studios + Craft Cubed Festival, Halls Gap Hub, Halls Gap, VIC
2016
MakeMarket Creative Industries Takeover, Douglas Market Hall, Isle of Man
2015
The Clay House, Fremantle, Western Australia
Projects
2019 - ongoing
Patreon
A subscription service sending art to Patrons every three months. Patrons’ monthly pledges empower me to pick up experimental and long-neglected projects, and take risks in the studio.
Meditations on Landscape
A collaboration with a Grampians-based photographer Jocelyn Turner, blending her imagery with my illustrations, vintage postcards from my childhood home and scanned handwriting from family journals, to capture a grounded sense of place, ritual, memory, and history.
2017 - ongoing
@thepaintedswallow
An Instagram account documenting research and development for a collection of illustrations inspired by women’s health
Professional Memberships
Craft Victoria, Maker Membership
The Australian Ceramics Association
Education
Certificate IV & Diploma in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft
February 2009 – December 2010
Australian International College of Art, Gold Coast, Australia