Born in Canada, I’ve been living in New Zealand since 1989.

I seriously started playing with clay in 2012, and four years later, I obtained a Diploma in Ceramic arts at the Otago Polytechnic. In 2018 I went back to Canada to study painting and ceramics at UQAM University in Montreal and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in April 2021.

My ceramic art is inspired by Japanese aesthetics, a set of ancient ideals that include wabi – a quality of austere and serene beauty – sabi – old and faded, and yugen, grace and subtlety.

I enjoy doing functional ware as much as sculpture and ornamental pieces. Spontaneity, imperfection and organic forms are some qualities that best describe my work. By moving away from perfection, I tend to let the objects retain some aspect of the enigmatic and elusive.

I offer small groups of ceramic workshops in a friendly environment.