About Zan

I never dreamed I'd be a potter. After completing a Masters in Anthropology, I pursued quite an academic path, working in social and market research. In my early thirties I moved overseas with my husband and during our decade there I worked in relocation, had my babies, and segued into freelance writing. So it was quite a circuitous route to get here.

It was only during lockdown that I allowed myself to explore my creativity, and I haven't stopped making since I picked up that first ball of clay. I come from a family of makers, so in way it's been a homecoming.

Humans fascinate me, but alone in my studio is my happy place. What I love about clay, especially the slow process of handbuilding, is that it gets me out of my head, while keeping me in a calm, contemplative state. It's a cliche I know, but it does feel like a primal connection to the way we were before modern life and technology frazzled us.

Thank you to each person who has bought one of my pieces. I'm immensely grateful, and know that while making it, I singlehandedly solved all the world's problems in my head, taking occasional breaks to dance to eighties music.