I build colour and texture onto the surfaces of my wheel-thrown pots to create a sense of layered storytelling. Working with slips, stains, underglazes and glazes, I think of the surface as a palimpsest—evoking ideas of loss and enrichment while remaining in harmony with the form. I use techniques such as monoprinting, impressing and brushwork to create these layers.

My visual language is inspired by old, weathered buildings, where time and human activity have left their imprint. Their faded, eroded, many-layered surfaces seem to hold stories in much the same way that I want my pots to. Casual graffiti adds another layer: a universal human impulse to be seen and to communicate, “I am/was here.”

Having moved between continents and professions, my own journey inevitably informs my work. Ideas of movement, belonging and cultural overlap find their way into the layers of my pots. I want my work to move between the functional and the contemplative—to quietly inhabit everyday spaces while inviting people to pause, look and notice.

I received a PhD in Communication from Texas A&M University, USA, in 2009 and subsequently taught at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India, my country of birth. Later, recognising a long-held passion for ceramics, I changed direction and completed the two-year Studio Pottery programme at Clay College Stoke, UK, in 2019. Since then, I have been working from my studio at the historic Spode Works site in Stoke-on-Trent.