My work explores themes of walking, materiality and sustainability as a means to investigate the mapping of a place and our ability to form deep emotional connections to it.

The act of walking provides an opportunity to connect with a site; to observe and experience my surroundings and its nuances over time. I see walking as a multi-sensory experience consisting of layers of visual information, forms, textures and sounds, all of which occurs simultaneously. Using clay as a collaging tool, I present walks in the form of layered strata, with each material component reflecting an individual element of my walk and the landscape I move through. I make quickly, combining different ceramic materials, hand building techniques and mark making approaches.  Clays and glazes are used in various states of malleability providing opportunity to elicit connections to site and perhaps recognisable qualities found there.