Research

I am a ceramic artist and researcher interested in how creative practice shapes identity, community, and society. My work explores craft education, alternative pedagogies, and feminist perspectives in art, with a focus on supporting makers and sustaining creative practice.

My Research

My research explores how creative practice is experienced, sustained, and represented, with a focus on craft, art education, and visual culture. I am particularly interested in how artistic identities develop, how makers navigate precarious working conditions, and how representations of the body intersect with identity and agency.

My current research investigates the representation of the breast in art history, exploring female identity, authorship, and the gaze. This work draws on feminist art theory and visual culture, including Laura Mulvey and Griselda Pollock, and signals an ongoing interest in how artistic practice, pedagogy, and representation intersect in lived experience and society.

MA in Arts and Cultural Management

During my MA, I investigated the role of privately run, maker-led pottery evening classes in Sheffield. Using Etienne Wenger’s communities of practice framework, I explored how these alternative educational spaces foster skill development, creative identity, and supportive communities outside formal institutions. The research highlighted how intimate, studio-based learning empowers students, nurtures mentorship, and sustains creative practice in ways that commodified mainstream education often cannot. The study also engaged with craft theory, examining historical hierarchies and gendered discourse that continue to marginalise feminised, amateur craft practices.

Selected Work:

How Have Privately Run Pottery Evening Classes Contributed to Contemporary Ceramics in Sheffield (MA, Sheffield Hallam University, 2024)
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