My art practice seeks to mitigate my deep uneasiness with being an artist. I cringe therefore, as I write this Artist’s Statement. I perform the role of an artist, and badly. How long can I keep up the charade?

I create little ink drawings with a battered calligraphy pen and a single nib. I take inspiration from cartoons, comics and absurdist comedy. Sometimes the drawings are rude, sometimes they are witty, but they are always free therapy. I use humour and satire in my work to mask my festering imposter syndrome. The ink is a conduit for me to purge the self-doubt, pessimism and scepticism that lies inside onto the page, and out of my head. I am the fly; the ink is my ointment. I also slab and coil build semi-functional pottery. The medium of ceramics is prescriptive – there are technical rules that must be adhered to. I find solace in the structure and science. The pressure to be perfect eases (slightly).