I wasn’t encouraged to learn about myself or the world around me when I was young. When I left home, I was an adult who was really a child. It took me longer than most to find meaningful, personal direction.

I finished my psych degree in the mid 90’s and found ceramics circuitously through an art group I ran at a mental health outpatient day program in Moonie Ponds. After a number of years of distress with work in the welfare sector, I left my job and went to tafe to learn about clay. I remember being mesmerised by the motion of the wheel….

At the point where people around me were consolidating their place in the home and workforce, I started again. Concurrently, the housing crisis in Melbourne made it increasingly difficult to find stable accommodation and my mental health declined sharply, leading to pervasive feelings of alienation and unsafety.

Making things out of clay brought me groundedness, facination and joy. I rediscovered the freedom, excitement and pure happiness I lost during my childhood. In my late 20’s, I learned how to play, have fun and create just for the sake of playing, having fun and creating.

The theme of my work is Choose Life because ceramics came to me when I was at a crossroads and it offered me a lifeline. I focus on vessels which allow me to invite nature into my home because plants remind me that time heals and things change. Nothing more special than watching life grow!

My experiences have taught me that there is beauty in the weathered, uneven, transient and unfinished. Flaws are meaningful and have important things to teach us!

I’d like to share my journey with the offering of simple and imperfect handmade decor products to incorporate into your daily routine. After all, art and life should be a part of one another!