
The beach is where I collect a lot of my materials. This beach is feral and precarious. To access the beach, I go past the ‘Danger do not cross’ sign and climb down past the cliff of shards where you can see the layers of broken pottery from when the place was a dump - a perfect place for throwing things off the edge of the world. Further along you can walk for a mile on a cracked clay path that feels like a desert to a plateau of clay. Walking and sleeping on clay inform my practice. As I walk, I collect things that I am drawn to; nuggets of clay and minerals. The clay is blue, yellow, pink and grey and the landscape changes after heavy rain. My work is mostly instinctually made. I do have ideas about how the work should look, but they are not exact - I want to leave space for the unexpected. I’m playing with the edge of what is controllable and what is out of my control.
Group Exhibitions & Events
2025
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Clay and Cloth, Introduced, St Leonards — with Gabrielle Parker Clothing
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Hastings Craft Weekend, The Observer Building, Hastings
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Secret Ceramics, London Craft Week, Christie’s Auction House, London
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FOLDE, The Mint House, Pevensey
2024
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Surface, Milieu Studios, St Ives
2023
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Winter Craft Show, AMP Gallery, London
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The Mud At Our Feet, Gallery 19a, Brighton
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FOLDE, Coastal Currents Arts Festival, The Observer Building, Hastings
2022
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OIKOS, Electro Studios Project Space, Hastings
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Truth to Materials, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
Founder 2023
The Wonki Pot Studio
A teaching and making studio based in Hastings, offering hand-building workshops, courses, and community events.
Gallery Stockists
MAH London
Solo Exhibition
2022 — Terra, Colden’s Gallery, St Leonards, UK
Press
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Homes & Gardens – March 2025
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Living Etc., May 2024 – Cover image feature
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Colden’s Gallery Podcast, 2022