I studied Art in Social Context at Dartington College and then gained a B.A.Hons. in Ceramics and Glass at Birmingham City University.

I have taught ceramics and glass for over 30 years in schools, colleges, social services and adult education whilst also producing work for galleries, exhibitions and private commissions.

I am now focusing on my own work, but am also a Founding Director at Create CIC in Camborne, which provides a community ceramic, glass and jewellery studio. I occasionally run masterclasses in ceramcs and glass.

My work is always about feelings; Images that provoke an emotion and then stick in my head. I then have the need to express them physically.

There is a constant impulse to handle the material and challenge myself to produce work that represents these feelings.

My work reflects the search for balance and harmony and explores both the differences and commonality between two apparently diverse materials showing that forms crafted from two disparate materials can produce an object of dignity and poise. 

Projects

2024  ‘Impulse’, with Sue Davis & Lesley Harry, RCPS, Falmouth (Sept).

2023  ‘Lode’ with Sue Davis & Lesley Harry,  Penwith Gallery, St. Ives.

2022  ‘FORM’ Art Fair with CCA Falmouth.

2022  Invited to exhibit at ‘Connections – Print & Ceramics’, with printmaker John Howard, RCPS Falmouth.

2022  ‘Flux’ with Sue Davis &  Lesley Harry, RCPS, Falmouth.

2021   Invited to exhibit at 'Connections' – Print & Ceramics’, with printmaker Sally Spens, RCPS Falmouth.

2021  ‘Arc’ with Sue Davis &  Lesley Harry, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives. 

2019: Invited to talk Cornwall Ceramics and Glass Group AGM.

2019  ‘Echoes’ with Sue Davis & Lesley Harry, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives.

2018 Invited to exhibit at 'Breeze' Exhibition, Trerife, Penzance.

2018: Winner of Charmian Adams Prize for Innovation (Breeze Exhibition).

2018  ‘Curve’ with Sue Davis &  Lesley Harry, RCPS, Falmouth.

2018  ‘Coast’, with Madeleine Strobel & Lesley Harry, RCPS Falmouth.

2017  ‘Edge’, with Sue Davis & Lesley Harry, RCPS Falmouth.

2016   Invited to exhibit at 'Five Ways’, with Bob Dawson, Roy Goodman, Elizabeth Rose, & Lesley Harry, Penwith Gallery , St. Ives.

2016  ‘Flow’, with Sue Davis & Lesley Harry, RCPS Falmouth.2020: Invited to exhibit at Galeri Caernarfon.

2015: Focus Exhibition ‘Equilibrium’, Trelissick Gallery.

2014: Accepted into Cornwall Crafts Association.

2014: Completed several private commissions.

2013: Established the Fused Glass Teaching Studio at Falmouth Adult Education.

2013: Exhibition; 'Cornish Glass Artists', Malcolm Sutcliffe Gallery, Penryn.

2013: 'Member’s Exhibition', The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society.

2013- 2015 Established Jane Smith Glass Gallery in Falmouth.

2012: Joint Exhibition of Cornish Artists, The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society.

2012: 'Postgraduate Exhibition', Royal William Yard, Plymouth.

2011: Large private commission, Cambridge.

2011: Joint community mosaic with Penryn School, Jubilee Wharf, Penryn.

2011: Large public commission for Pentewan Sands Holiday Park swimming pool.

2009 Founded ‘Green Bottle Company’, designing, wholesaling and retailing an eco-range of recycled glass bottle products in conjunction with the Eden Project.

2007: Set up a ceramic and glass studio at Jubilee Wharf, Penryn as a making and teaching venue including both private and Adult Education classes.

Employment

2020-Present: Founding Director of Create CIC.

2016-2020: Guild, Gallery and Pottery Manager. The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (The Poly), Falmouth.

2008-2014: Teaching Fused Glass through Adult Education, Falmouth.

1999-2010: Art and Design Lecturer specialising in Ceramics and Glass and teaching A Level, National Diploma and Foundation Art Courses, Cornwall College, St Austell.

1994-1997: Ceramics Teacher at Blue Coat’s School, Edgbaston.

1993-1994: Assistant Youth and Community Worker, promoting arts-based activities.

1984-1993: Art and Crafts Instructor Lowbrook Day Centre. Social Services.