I loved art at school it was my favourite class, to be honest it was the only class I didn't either skip out of or detested the thought of going to. Needless to say school doesn't hold my fondest memories.

I loved being 'hands-on' during the one weekly art class. I knew at that time I wanted to be an artist but was told 'it's not a proper job' and 'people like me don't have jobs like that'. As you can imagine I then left college and got a proper job....after proper job. I hated them all.

The dream of being an artist stayed with me and I dabbled with evening courses. clothes making, water colours, creative writing, glass making and photography...

I'm still not 100% sure what made me turn to clay but in 2019 I joined a 10 week taster course which got me hooked. I spent years teaching myself throwing, glazing and other pottery techniques.

I love sharing my passion of clay with others, helping them to release their inner artist - especially when they were also told to get a 'proper' job.

I'm excited to see where else my ceramic journey will take me, what I can create, what is released from my inner artist. I finally feel able to call myself an artist and it's a job that 'someone like me' can do.

Come along for the ride and it might inspire you to release your inner artists - I guarantee they're still there.