All About Moi!
For 55 years I have performed on stage and screen and voiced animation. I also ran a drama school for children and teens called "Dragontrails". 20 years ago I closed Dragontrails, to finally focus full time on my passion for pottery. Originally I produced bowls, mugs and vases on the wheel. I decorated them with sgraffiti.
During Covid, without my wheel, my vases bloomed and became sculptures in their own right, “objets d’art”.. My income is considerably reduced, but the blissful moments I gain from my ceramic adventures are priceless.
My main pottery training has been at the Clay Design Studio with Dennise Buckley and Phillis McCulloch. For 5 years I did a summer intensive with Nancy Solway, one of the two original creators of Clay Design. Since buying my own wheel I have rented space in the Clay Design basement where I create my “objets” every week.
I usually make organic designs that reflect the beauty and abundant curves of the natural world. I took an evening course in sculpting nudes at Harbord Collegiate. Every 2 minutes we would rotate the dais the model was standing on. This taught me to constantly turn my work, so that every angle harmonizes with the next.
I am not only unwilling but also unable to copy myself. Every piece that I create is the only one in the whole world, with its own name.
