“I make pots so I’ve got something to paint on - by 'paint,' I mean with slip. All my materials are ceramic. I was trained to paint on canvas but found the turning surface of a more pot sympathetic to an unfolding visual narrative. Pots are our museum pieces, our archaeological and documentary evidence. Their human, cultural and historic associations appeal to me as a feminist artist interested in recording and interpreting women’s histories and contemporary lives.

Pots also break and can be rebuilt. It is a compelling metaphor for the human experience of trauma and survival: ‘I was shattered. Now I’m piecing myself slowly back together.’ I use this method particularly in my feminist work when I'm responding to accounts of forgotten or marginalised lives. These pots can act as a memorial and also serve as a call for action especially when part of a performance. “