Designed and created for the Gravesham Borough Council Bloomin’ Lovely Festival 2020, this steel beehive features steel flowers and planters, blending the natural beauty of real flowers with the seemingly inflexible nature of metal. The contrast between delicate blooms and industrial steel highlights the harmony between nature and craftsmanship.

This collaborative project, created alongside two other artists, resulted in the creation of five life-sized sculptures crafted from steel washers and set atop concrete plinths. Each statue represented one of the key COVID guidelines:

• Wash your hands

• Keep 3m apart

• Use a credit card, etc.

Inside each statue hung a glass heart, symbolizing hope and resilience during challenging times.

"A Project of Hope" involved the creation of 300 raku-fired bowls, each uniquely decorated by the public during a series of free workshops. These bowls were then fired to reveal the beautiful, unpredictable results. The project encouraged participants to reflect on what truly matters to them, while embracing the inherent inconsistencies of the raku process. Although three bowls decorated in the same way can each turn out differently, this unpredictability became a powerful metaphor for life itself. Just as we often don’t get the outcomes we expect, we can still find beauty and meaning in the unexpected.

Working with Chatham historic Dockyard to create work in workshops that reflects the theme of women in the dockyard