Your new collection of ceramics is beautifully bright and joyful, a visual feast so to speak! Were you especially inspired by an idea that determined the body of work?
Pretty much all my work is autobiographical in some way, and intuitive. I’m a reflective person by nature and spend a lot of time musing inward (possibly too much time!!!). This work is the manifestation of that as it relates to our journey as a family in 2021. 2021 was super challenging for us as we faced some big health hurdles with our eldest child. As a Mum it meant re-adjusting the way I saw my child’s future, who they were and their place in the world. It meant recalibrating what was important to us as a family, and viewing the world through a new set of eyes. There was a lot of uncertainty, living from day-to-day, getting used to a drastically different new normal, and reflecting on the past with hindsight.
Looking back at that period (now that things are on the up) I can see those times of confusion, intense clarity, fear, pain of change, with a lot more objectivity and context. And that’s what these pieces are about. You’ll see imagery of eyes, hands, pathways, arcs of light, love, and growth on these pieces.