I grew up in Co. Sligo in the north west of Ireland, about halfway between the sea and a forest park.

I made my first pot on the wheel when I was 5 years old at a country fair. It was a kick wheel and I had a lot of help from the potter. Many years later I did a ceramics degree at Limerick School of Art and Design and learnt how to develop sources of inspiration and ideas into finished pieces. Then I did the Pottery Skills Course in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny and learnt how to make pots well.

In 2018, I moved to Salisbury for six years. During my time there I became apprentice to Julie Ayton, thanks to Adopt a Potter funding, worked at the pottery at Salisbury Arts Centre and Messums Creative. I set up my first studio in the north Dorset countryside and was selected for several of Britain’s top craft and pottery markets..

I moved back home in 2024 and have set up a small studio in the back shed.

Artist Statement

The making processes have always been a source of inspiration for me, throwing and slip decoration in particular. I enjoy challenging myself with seemingly simple yet complex forms and techniques, altering thrown pots and playing with surface decoration. I combine these with my love of pattern, line and colour.

I use traditional pottery techniques like sgraffito and inlay and also paper resist to create patterns with a contemporary feel, embracing the natural imperfections and qualities of the materials and decorating techniques. Each piece is intentionally decorated slightly differently so that it is one of a kind - perfect for gift giving.

I design and make each piece so they are a joy to use and enrich the little everyday moments of your life.

Stockists

My Shop… Granny likes it, 29/31 Upper Abbeygate St., Galway Una Bhan Tourism and Craft Shop, King House, Main St., Boyle, Co. Roscommon Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon Lough Gill Brewing Co., Unit 1 Cleveragh Business Park, Cleveragh, Co. Sligo Sevenoaks and Steele, 9 Albert Walk, Bray, Co. Wicklow

FOLDE, 1 Gold Hill, Shaftesbury SP7 8JE Jonathan Garrett’s pottery shop, Jolliffe’s Cottage, Stour Row SP7 0QW

Awards

The Welsh Prize at Potfest in the Pens Melton Mowbray, 2022 Sue Hill Perpetual Trophy, Boyle Arts Festival Open Exhibition, 2017 Shortlisted for the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Craft Awards, 2016 Gallery Zozimus Purchase Award, 2016 Finalist - The Kilkenny Group’s Irish Craft and Design Week Emerging Ceramic Design Competition, 2016

Shows and Exhibtions

Ireland Boyle Arts Festival Art Open Exhibitions and Art Trails, Co Roscommon Ceramics Ireland Open Exhibitions Ceramics Ireland Selected Exhibitions Cré, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny Glucksman Craft and Design Fair, Cork Kilkenny Potters Market Odyssey Limerick School of Art and Design degree show RDS Craft Awards Exhibition, Dublin

Great Britain Craft Festival, Cheltenham and Bovey Tracey Julie Ayton’s Christmas Open Studio, Salisbury MADE Brighton, MADE Makers Online Potfest in the Pens, Melton Mowbray Potfest South East, Glynde Place and South West, Shaftesbury Salisbury Arts Scene markets

Atelier OPEN, Atelier beside the Sea, Brighton Drawn to Craft, Salisbury, Salisbury Arts Centre Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair Trailblazer, Manchester Art Gallery RAW, Arteria, Lancaster Summer Craft Collection and Autumn Craft Collection, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

For a full and more detail list of the markets, fairs and exhibitions I have been part of, have a look at my CV page.