SHE FLEW AWAY, 2025

She Flew Away was made at the end of 2025 for a group exhibition called Home. An emotional piece created at a tender time in my life when I was getting used to the idea that our only child had spread her wings and flown the nest. It’s clear I was exploring a the theme of Home from a very personal perspective.

My original intention was to reflect the contrast between the calm exterior of home and the unseen chaos within – the love, struggles, and shifting bonds that shape family’s story.

Very quickly my own introspection wove itself into the narrative as two little finches landed on the rim above – bound by shared responsibility – while a third peers into a hollow below – gently tethered by a soft leather cord. As if without warning, she was ready to fly – secure in the knowledge that she always has Home to return to.

34 × 20cm

Dark midfire clay with sgraffitoed coloured paperclay slip, leather cord.