I first fell in love with clay during my final year of highschool in 2002, creating a series of terracotta busts for a PES Art Studies assessment. I had planned to become an art teacher, moving from my rural hometown of Mount Gambier to Adelaide in 2004 to commence my BVA degree. I became completely infatuated with high-fired ceramics in my first year of study and haven't looked back since.
My interest in glaze chemistry came about early in my degree having undertaken a Raku workshop as part of my foundation studies (Underdale campus). This was followed by my introduction to wheelthrowing and traditional Japanese, Korean and Chinese glazes and production techniques learned during my first year of ceramic classes. I went on to major in Ceramics, minoring in Textiles and Scuplture. 
'Canunda' series - Honours - 2007
Dark stoneware with glaze and oxide applications, 21.5cm x 14cm -
Exegesis - "Mapping Landscape: An exploration of the abstract possibilities of glaze and the ceramic surface in relation to nature and the rural South Australian landscape."
I completed my Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours in 2007, became a Design Associate at JamFactory Centre of Craft and Design in 2008 and later undertook my Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts - Masters by Coursework in 2009/10. 
2009 - Ceramics, Sculpture and Glass department, UniSA City West Campus.
After completing my studies I travelled and worked in various roles within the field while establishing my home studio where I have worked as a private tutor and artist since 2012. 
I create wheel thrown vessels and functional pieces in porcelain and stoneware implementing a wide range of high-fire gas reduction glazes which I have developed over the years. I strive to evoke through my work a sense of the natural and organic; sometimes muted and understated, but predominantly colourful, playful and vivid. I am particularly inspired by the historic spiritual connections we have with our natural environment, and explore this theme in various ways through my exhibition work.
My obsession with glaze chemistry informs the development of my work, with each firing leading to new discoveries and possibilities. I love to explore the limits of the materials I use and in doing so create pieces which are difficult to replicate making each piece entirely unique. It is this endless process of experimentation which I find most exciting and fulfilling.
Since my daughter was born in 2015, I have worked in my studio at any available opportunity. Juggling parenthood with the demands of my ongoing workload has been the biggest challenge I've faced in my ceramics journey as our support network is limited. I currently work part time 9am-2.30pm.
A little bit about me: I am a dedicated Mother, cat person, night owl and typical Scorpio.
I am passionate about food and cooking, a trait passed down from my late mother Maria who taught cooking/Food and Hospitality.
I love gardening, growing flowers and food for our family and friends. I love good books, wine, travel, music, live shows and art. I have a true appreciation for skill, technical ability and intensity in all artforms and seek to have my mind blown by other artists.
I enjoy listening to podcasts and audiobooks on a broad range of topics while working in the studio, including; technology, physics, psychology, philosophy, health and healing, ancient civilisations and cultures, gnosticism, esotericism, spirituality, entheogenic research, world history, child development/pediatrics, space exploration, current affairs, comedy, sexuality, art and music.
I live with my partner and our daughter in the western suburbs of Adelaide with our cat Chenko and our chickens Rita, Dorothy and Janet.
I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land upon which I live and work, the Kaurna people of Kaurna Meyunna Yerta/Tarntanya. I pay my respects to their elders past and present.