Anne-Marie has drawn and modelled animals from an early age.  She gained a degree in ceramics from Middlesex University in 1992 and went on to set up her studio in the New Forest where she was inspired by the animals around her.  Her travels around the world enabled her to study wild animals first hand, particularly in Africa.  Anne-Marie’s more recent work is based on the domestic and wild animals that inhabit the Forest around her studio.  She uses a vareity of techniques to construct her work including slab building, press moulding, pinching and coiling.  Interesting surface textures are achieved by experimenting with rolling the clay on a variety of materials.  The pieces are coloured with oxides and underglazes and then fired up to 1200c.  Anne-Marie’s work is constantly evolving.  More dogs are on the way.