I am a Ceramics artist who studied a Foundation course at the College of Art in Carmarthen, a BA in Ceramics at Cardiff Art School and an MA in Ceramic Design at Staffordshire University.

I was born in 1978 and grew up in Aberystwyth. I now work on my own at FWCS Studio (Clay Fireworks Studio) in Glanyrafon, Cardiff.

My parents gave me drawing pens and a good set of watercolour paints when I was about 11 years old. My parents also took us to art galleries, so attending galleries was a very familiar experience for me.

I had a good teacher in Ysgol Penweddig called Mr Glyn Thomas who emphasized drawing. This has certainly given me a good foundation.

In terms of artists I admire, I enjoy the work of the artist Eric Ravilious (a war artist who also created murals and illustrated for Wedgwood) and Jaime Hayon (a Spanish designer).

I'm a Ceramic artist, and the illustrations that decorate the work play an important role in the finished pieces. Most of the illustration work is created with ink and watercolour paint, but at times I will work on the illustrations digitally or use mixed media.

I tend to use high fired white clay to create my work - either bone china or porcelain. I use industrial techniques on a small scale, namely slip casting. This means having to start by creating moulds from plaster before casting with the clay itself. The pieces are fired between 4-5 times which is like the creation process in the industrial field. I add different coloured glazes; the drawings are transferred to transfer paper, and I finish the work with gold or platinum lustre. My master's degree in Staffordshire was very influential. The decision to study there was deliberate as I wanted to try to imitate the dishes that decorated my grandmother's home.

I have also experimented with light over the years, by creating candlesticks and lithophane panels (see the film); making wallpaper; illustrating books; creating an installation during a residency in Mexico; decorating a BT Box (see picture) and creating several trophies for various organisations.

Without a doubt, drawing and painting with watercolour paints. I also enjoy that the rest of the work is quite technical, as there is a pattern to that type of work.

I see my work in three different periods and I now anticipate starting my fourth period.

The clay material, the colour palette and the themes of the illustrations have changed during these developments. I started by working with porcelain clay, documenting my grandmother's home with a more reddish and darker palette. Then I moved on to using white earthen clay responding more to collections in museums or the world around me. The third period began when I was studying for my MA where the clay, the themes of the work, the decoration and the colour palette changed. These collections were much lighter as I used colours such as pink, yellow, orange, and light blue. I was travelling back and forth from Aberystwyth to Stoke-on-Trent at the time, so I think the change in light between the two places affected this.

I'm about to start an experimental project to create unique, one-off works instead of creating a limited number of the same pieces. I will also set out to create a practical 'everyday' collection for the home, which is quite different to my experimental work. I predict that the nature of the colours will change once again.