I was a full-time potter and artist throughout the late 1970s, ’80s, and early ’90s, having studied in Canberra. During that time, I established a workshop and gallery in Bungendore with potter partner, also, during that time worked as a designer and production potter on the Gold Coast, retailed across NSW, and exhibited regularly. After relocating to Sydney, I completed a Post Certificate at East Sydney Technical College, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts. I was also an active member of the Inner City Clayworker’s Cooperative. Alongside my own practice, I taught at various TAFE’s and was Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of the Ceramics Arts Workshop at Sydney University. Life took a creative detour—raising small humans, resulting in a long, busy, and deeply fulfilling hiatus. I have since returned to ceramics with renewed passion, a touch of bewilderment, and a shoshin mindset (beginner’s mind, with bonus experience). I have established Mudhouse studio in what was once an old 1940s pool on our property, backing onto bushland in the beautiful Blue Mountains. Here, I create tableware and vessel-oriented ceramic pieces designed for celebrating food and gathering around a shared table. I am relishing the process (most days) and have fallen madly back in love with this glorious, endlessly challenging, and wildly frustrating medium—clay.