Time line

1960 Solo ceramic exhibition at St Bees school
1973 Studied Art at Blackpool Technical college
1990 Started making ceramics from clay from Westby Brick works
1994 Acquired a kiln from a local school
1997 Enrolled as a mature student at UCLAN studying ceramics
1998 Student exchange to South Africa
1999 International Ceramics Festival Aberystwyth
2000 Helped build a medieval kiln with the archaeologist Eddie Deighton
2001 BA Hons
2001 Invited to work at Ardmore ceramic studio in South Africa
2001 Exhibited at Lytham Heritage with Brother David
2002 PGCE at Bolton Institute
2002 Moved to South Africa the Eastern Cape
2002  Invited to work at the Xun Khwebushmen workshops in Platsfontein
2003 Set up studio in the Eastern Cape
2004 Exhibited in Dubai at the international arts festival
2004 Exhibitor at Sembach Gallery in Cape Town
2005 Exhibited in Johannesburg “one of a kind”
2005 Exhibitor at East London at the NEPAD Conference
2005 Exhibited in Helsinki
2005 Helped set up various sustainable crafts programmes in the Eastern cape
2006 Commissioned to make a series of copy Khoi San pottery
2007 Returned to the Uk
2009 Exhibited for a few years on the Isle of Bute
2010 Exhibited at Lytham Heritage with brother David
2017 Exhibitor at Booths Gallery Lytham
2019 Exhibitor at Lytham Heritage with brother David
2019 Joined Northern Potters
2020 Started Using Local Lytham Clay during The Lockdowns
2022 Member of University of Central Lancashires “Artslab”
2022 Exhibitor with Northern Potters at Lytham Heritage Centre