I started making again in 2011 after the flower shop I was working in closed. Around the same time my mum and dad were getting rid of their old pottery equipment and asked if I would want it. Suddenly I had everything but a kiln. So I saved my last few wage packets did some odd jobs and hey presto a new Kiln arrived in July that year. I cleared out our garden shed and moved all my equipment in.
I have been designing in my head for years, ever since I finished work at Hornsea pottery, where I worked as a tableware designer. So i had a clear idea what my pots would look like.
I spent that first summer working on my designs until I had a reasonable range of stuff to sell. My kids school was holding a Christmas craft fair so I booked a table and did really well.
People kept mentioning Etsy as a possible out let, but it took an artist friend to convince me that my work was good enough. So here we are bang up to date I opened my shop in January 2012, learning as I go along improving my shop and stock. the whole techno world doesn't come naturally.
Getting my first sales have spured me on, so hopefully my shop will go from strength to strength.
Thanks to everyone who has and continues to support me and my work, I love what I do and I love that other people love what I do too.