I enjoy the contract between porcelain and heavy grogged stoneware clays. The original meadow block vases played with this contract- delicate porcelain flowers with discreet design details and chunky block vases. The vases were made from both commercially bought and 'wild clay' dug from my Uncles farm. The pieces evolved to included dried flora, such as Honestly, Wheat Flowers, Grasses and Lavender.

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I have always been drawn to flowers. I first started using them with clay, as ceramic transfers, in 2009 and first started making flowers in porcelain in 2010. An International Artist Residency in 2013 to USA marked my shift to mixing pigments into porcelain to achieve a floral pastel colour pallet. Flowers have played a key feature in my work ever since, from 'Kaleidoscope', 2015 2013 they always seem to feature, evolving over time.

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Colour can be so uplifting and has the power to impact your mood. The ebbs and flows of colour in nature, grey clouds verse sunny days, can be mirrored by that of our feelings and internal monologues. After first exploring the heavy contrasts between my delicate flowers and the course black and red stoneware clays I found myself returning to using porcelain. The white canvas allows me to achieve a kaleidoscope of colours, flowing into each other.

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Flowers can bring joy and are a sensory delight. My porcelain forever flowers and block vases are a nod to the joy flowers can bring. Being connected to nature and the seasons that come, dried seasonal flowers and grasses can be added to the block vases to your liking.

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The British flower calendar opens the year with Snowdrops and Primroses, then come Daffodils, Wood Anemones, Blue Bells, Wild Garlic, Daisies, Dandelions, Forget-Me-Nots and Foxgloves. Summers sees Buttercups, Cornflowers, Poppies, Roses and Sunflowers bloom and as Autumn falls the Ivy and Harebells and come into their own. Finally, the year closes with Teasel, Holly and Mistletoe.