I’m a maker, material investigator and creative facilitator working with clay and people. 

My practice operates in the space between maker and material autonomy. Sensitively and curiously experimenting with tactility, light and form to reach the edges of what may be expected, beyond clay's traditional or anticipated guises. 

This has now developed into a growing body of research into the longstanding role of clay in global death practices, and how this can be reclaimed by contemporary and western rituals; in particular the potential for an expanded practice of clay to form a new, ecologically regenerative end of life pathway.

This work is slow, cyclical and heavily material and process led; choosing to work with predominately reclaimed materials and integrating waste from many years of studio practice back into new work.

I instinctively gravitate towards repetitive and laborious processes that require a state of almost devotional making. Nurturing, refining, and working in tandem with the material at every stage. It is a collaboration, a conversation, a container. 

This work exists in the in-between. Seeking to capture moments of silence that speak of, or to, something sacred.

Emily is based in Somerset, has recently completed her MA in Fine Art: Ceramics at Bath Spa University and is currently leading on Artist Development at charity and visual arts agency Somerset Art Works.