Steph’s work is inspired by a fascination for eroded

surfaces together with the timeless qualities and subtle colours that age imparts on everything around us. She also admires the work of such wonderful artists as Turner, Tapies and Rothko together with the beautiful ceramics of Sebastian Blackie and Gabrielle Koch.

Her decorative work is thrown and fired in an electric kiln, each piece being individual and sometimes fired several times adding layers of glaze each time. Her pots are made with both stoneware and earthenware clays, often combined, this allows different glaze to body interaction resulting in subdued variations of surface colour and quality.