About Me

My creative journey started with photography, which I studied at college in the early 90s. I was never able to do very much with it though, as my husband and I ended up relocating abroad for his work and my visa did not allow me to run a business. I kept myself busy with waitressing and then volunteered at the aquarium on the island, my main job was working with the seals, and turtles

— one of my favourite and most rewarding times in my life.

Once we moved back to Scotland and as my children grew older, I realised at some point I would have an opportunity to return to the world of work. It would have to be something that would give me flexible hours to fit around a busy family life. I embarked on becoming a yoga instructor, however after my final exams I knew teaching yoga was not to be for me, and my desire to create was constantly on my mind and had to be explored...

Image shows Kirsty at work on her potter's wheel, deep in the process on creating a beautiful porcelain pot.

...So I took a weekend ceramics workshop in Edinburgh in 2018 and I knew straight away that I had to make ceramics a full time venture. When I told my husband I wanted to take up ceramics he said “That’s fine, but this time you have to commit.” So I did. My kiln arrived in October of that year, and I purchased myself a Rohde wheel in early 2019. I did my first craft fairs in late summer of that year, and I haven’t looked back since.