Poppy for Derek - stoneware ceramic, slips, underglazes, gold leaf. Approx 55x 55 cm — **Poppy for Derek - stoneware ceramic. Approx 55 x 55cm**

**Poppy for Derek - stoneware ceramic. Approx 55 x 55cm**

**You will Blaze- Stoneware ceramic. Approx 55 x 45 x 20 cm**

**Tell Them I’ve Gone to Papua New Guinea - stoneware ceramic. Approx 50 x 50 cm**

**It’s Been Agony…stoneware ceramic. Approx 110 x 90 cm**

**Looking for Permission, Longing for Release - stoneware ceramic Approx 35 x 25 cm**

I was selected to make a new body of work for Collect Open 2025 which is taking place at Somerset House in London in February/ March 2025.

I will be making my most ambitious work to date. “A Conversation” will consist of 5 “portraits” of queer creatives that had a significant impact on me as a teenager growing up in the 1980’s. They are film maker Derek Jarman, raconteur Quentin Crisp, poet Wilfred Owen, performer Leigh Bowery and ceramicist Angus Suttie.

I will be documenting my progress through my Instagram page and on this website so follow me here