British Glass Biennale 2024

Honoured to have two of my glass Colonnades series selected for the British Glass Biennale at Stourbridge. The BGB is the UK's major exhibition of contemporary glass.

The profiles of the Colonnades pieces are based on pollen core samples extracted from lakebeds. These core samples tell a story about the effect of human intervention on tree and plant life during the Holocene period, showing the loss of various species as agriculture dominated the landscape.

Clay, Craft, Concept

My installation, Sea Change was selected for the exhibition CLAY / CRAFT / CONCEPT at The Malta Society of Arts. The show investigates different ways of creating with clay, from prehistory to contemporary practice, and creates a dialogue between sculptural and functional clay objects by bringing together a large and eclectic group of artists, all of whom think and create differently.

Sea Change considers traditional ceramic craft techniques as a means to explore my preoccupations with architecture, ruins, reparations and memory.

Metamorphic

My installation, Sea Change II is included in Metamorphic, an exhibition at the exciting new gallery, County Hall Pottery based in County Hall, London.

Artists: Matthew Blakely, Alison Cooke, Tim Copsey, Caz Hildebrand, Dean Mueller @countyhallpottery

Exhibition runs from 8 July to 1 September 2024
Open Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 1pm & 1.30pm – 6pm

County Hall Pottery, County Hall, Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB
@countyhallpottery www.countyhallpottery.com

Twenty Four / Seven Exhibition

An all-women’s exhibition that sits with questions of community and longevity

I exhibited my new installation, Sea Change at Hypha Stratford, an exhibition by seven women artists exploring the openness and confinement within coexistence and ownership. As the name suggests, this exhibition serves as a mirror to artists’ continuous thought processes and the endless nature of re-purposing to explore new narratives.

The artists take inspiration from the discarded, undertaking material explorations and referencing past lives. These emotive and energetically charged works embody an uneasy resolution for the challenges we all face together.

Journey of Ceramics: Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale 2023

My piece Correlation No. 3 has been selected for the Journey of Ceramics: Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale 2023 and is on show in Jingdezhen until 15 June 2024.

Clay Dig Summer 2023

Clay pit dig at WH Collier's Brickmakers in Mark's Tey, Colchester. This is a new seam of clay they have excavated from the prehistoric lakebed clay pit on site. This is the first time that this clay has been exposed to daylight for thousands of years. We have been working with WH Collier's and a micropaleontologist who studies core samples taken from these digs. We are developing a new body of work based on his extraordinary findings.

International Glass & Ceramic Art Biennial 2023

I was delighted to have four ceramic pieces selected for exhibition at the International Glass & Ceramic Biennial 2023. The show is open from October 21 – 29 October in Haacht, Belgium.

Shown here: Correlation No.1

Brickworks Residency

I have been spending time on a residency at WH Collier's brickworks in Essex, working with fellow artist Nina Gerada. Their bricks are all made by hand and the brickmakers have been sharing their skills and knowledge with us. We have been researching the processes and the clay, developing ideas and learning. This has been an opportunity to spotlight and celebrate bricks, support the handmade brick industry and shine a light on a declining industry.