My recent work has been made in cast iron. The objects that I have made have sprung from memories and experiences. I have physically combined casts from my body with found and/or functional objects. The resulting objects often have a dark element, which simultaneously attracts and repels.

Through my work in iron, I have made experimental pieces, pushing the limitations of the material. I have ‘wrapped’ iron around stone, and have poured iron into glass. And, I confess, I have been completely seduced by the drama and choreography of the ‘pour’.

Since completing my MA at Wolverhampton, I have worked as a teacher, curator for a collector of contemporary fine art, and for the past 3 years I have worked as a foster carer. It is the children that I have lived with and cared for that have inspired my recent ideas. My work carries with it a strong narrative and the life stories and situations that I have been involved in recently have begun to materialise in my work.