I have been very fortunate and have been able to attend workshops, symposiums and classes over the years. You get to know other artists and share knowledge, successes and failures and learn from these. I am curious and like to know how things work, and how far my skills can take a material. I have so much still to try out and understand. I did art throughout primary school, intermediate and high school, and was very hard on myself and the results were far from what I was wanting but I am resilient and persevered. As an adult I had a little taste of ceramics, then wanted to go bigger and went to stone, then discovered cast glass and I have always sketched and painted. At the moment, I am going much more in depth into ceramics.

I like to begin with getting any basic housework done and ideally to have a walk or get some yoga in then I can focus in the studio. I tend to be more creative as the day goes on for some reason. Sometimes I know exactly what I am going to try to complete or achieve and sometimes it might be a day to test or try something out and challenge myself. I may have website updates to do or photographing of completed work. Packing and delivering to be done. I can be quite driven and might begin work in the studio at 5.30am or still be working at 2am. It is hugely varied so it's a great career but can be isolating. Being an artist has given me the opportunity to gain a lot of skills.