So many things concern me when making a piece of ceramic work. It can be things as prosaic as a 'nice shape' I have seen, or the sound of a cockrel scuttling over a farmyard. Sometimes the sculpture can be a carrier, enabling me to exploit a particular aspect of the process I am using.

Regardless of the subject, the making process is much the same, first drawing, usually from real things, followed by the making of a maquette, which allows ideas as well as technical problems to be examined. Only after this do I begin on the actual sculpture. Most sculptures are modeled in stoneware or porcelain clay using my fingers and wooden tools. They are usually constructed upwards.

The sculptures are normally about 3-4mm thick and hollow. When completely dry the pieces are fired in a glass kiln to 1000oC. They then undergo a further firing after the colour has been added. Jeremy studied Fine Art at Exeter School of Art and Design, before taking a Masters degree in Ceramics at South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education. He is currently based in Heanor, Derbyshire and is Senior Lecturer in Applied Arts at the University of Derby.