Rock formations of the desert gave me the initial inspiration for my work. The colours of the rocks, although intrinsic to the overall effect, were not the cause of my excitement - rather it was the way in which nature had taken the different coloured layers, and with a time-span that was unfathomable to me, had fashioned them into the fine patterns that I encountered, and which held me in awe. Throughout their formation, the rocks had kept the layered ‘imprint’ of geological history. In places these layers appeared to be so very fine, that some unseen ‘magic’ could have kept them from forming one congealed mass of colour and pattern. The excitement for me, in working with the thrown and hand built layering technique, is the mystery of the resulting finely layered effect. How will the throwing and turning process reveal the ultimate linear patterns in the pot, and bring out the hidden, unrepeatable striations, and random spiral effects, which decide the finished look. The different layers (upwards of 200 at times) will ‘organise’ themselves during the making of the vessel, and, as I cannot predict the outcome, the result never ceases to fill me with wonder. My work is in fine white porcelain, tinted with stains.