Awards
2025 Business Boost 2 North Devon Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund; creating a space to welcome and encourage people to visit gallery
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2017 Shortlisted Jerwood Visual Arts Artist Bursary
2016 Lottery Funding, through Arts Council England for ‘Hand to Hand’ project
2014 The Elmgrant Trust funding for ‘Hand to Hand’ project
2013 Visual Arts South West Professional Development Bursary
2013 Craft Pottery Charitable Trust Annual Ceramics Award
Talks/Workshops
2021 ‘The Power of Making‘, Burton at Bideford
2018 ‘A Sense of Place,’ North Devon Arts
2016 ‘Hand to Hand’, Honouring North Devon’s Glove Workers
2016 Making Memory Boxes, participatory art workshops, ‘Hand to Hand’ project
2014 ‘Ceramics Practice’, University of Plymouth College, Petroc
Professional Development
2021 5-Day Table Loom Weaving
2021 Weaving commission; squab covers for two 16th century children’s chairs
2020 5-Day Table Loom Weaving
2019 6-Day Masterclass; Large-scale Advanced Paperclay, Professor Rebecca Hutchinson
2017 5-Day Masterclass; Advanced Sculptural Paperclay, Professor Rebecca Hutchinson
2015 7-Day Creativity is Play, Sandy Brown
2014 Painting with Clay (Earth Pigments), Pete Ward
2013 2-Day Masterclass; A Sculptural Approach to Paperclay, Professor Rebecca Hutchinson
2012 7-Day Creativity is Play, Sandy Brown
Employment
2011 – present Executive Assistant to Sandy Brown
Education
2026-2027 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Ceramics, University of Massachusetts
2012 Foundation Degree Ceramics (Distinction), University of Plymouth College, Petroc
Selected Publicity
2021 North Devon Journal
2021 The North Devon Makers Podcast Series
2016 BBC TV Spotlight, BBC Radio Devon, Craft Potters Association Magazine, Arts Culture
2013 Craft Potters Association News June/July, MAKE Southwest Spring newsletter
Memberships
Associate Member, Craft Potters Association
CAMP, Contemporary Art Membership Platform