I take an experimental approach to making, allowing my ideas to develop during the making process. My aim is to make intriguing objects that invite handling. I want people to pick my pieces up and turn them over in their hands, feel the weight of them, their textures, how they fit in the hand. So surface texture and weight are just as important as form and colour.

I love the density and solidity of clay and the slow processes of carving and scraping. These allow time for decision-making while I make, rather than having it all mapped out beforehand.

Doing the Contemporary Art and Archaeology MA at UHI enriched my relationship with materials and to making, and led me to develop more multi-media installation and film work. I love bringing different elements together, often collaborating with others to see what emerges.