I am fortunate to have a studio in Norfolk, which is not a far cry from my beginnings as a county boy on the east coast of Suffolk, and teach in London. My journey started in the 1980s at Ipswich School of at Art, where I aspired of becoming a graphic designer, but the freedom my friends exhibited in the fine art department drew me in. I then had to choose between photography and ceramics. I chose the latter and went to do my BA Honours degree at Central St. Martins in London. I was fortunate to be taught by Rob Kessler, Richard Slee, and Gillian Lowndes, and with their input them another transformation occurred. No longer was I to be a potter in St. Ives as the questions asked by the sculptural form suited my current way of thinking . The work completed on the course awarded me with a full scholarship to study at Colorado University in Boulder, USA. Here I worked under the guidance of Betty Woodman, Scot Chamberlain and Tom Potter. The experience of working in a huge equipped department with access to a large studio was to lead to a change in scale and materials. Another aspect was the landscape. The college was at the base of the foothills to the Rockies, and cycling, skiing and bouldering were great distractions. On returning to England in 1990 I got a teaching post as Artist in Residence and exhibited in Copenhagen. This show lead to my first solo show at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, Denmark. At the end of the residency I started up my own studio in South London. I was chosen by the curator Tessa Peters to be included in a show at the Barbican Centre called “Atlantic Crossings”. I was subsequently shortlisted for the prestigious Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 2001 and the Arts Foundation Fellowship in 2004. From here I was to have my first London solo exhibition with gallery Cosa and represented them for three years at COLLECT. I have since taken part in numerous group shows, including; Award at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (2011), Stoke-on-Trent; Ripe at the Crafts Council (2000) Solo exhibitions include; Abugation, Marsden Woo Project Space (2012); Galerie Sandra Buergel (2007); and Hypoplastic at Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham (2002). My work is also represented in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Presently and since 2000 I have been generously supported by Marsden Woo gallery, and been included numerous group exhibitions along side many of my tutors listed above.