Anna is a ceramic artist based in Piha, Auckland, where she draws inspiration from the raw, organic forms and textures encountered during her walks in the local bush and along the rugged beaches of the wild west coast. Working intuitively, she allows the clay to guide the development of her creations. A commitment to exploring the boundaries of the material and experimenting with new techniques serves as a key source of her creativity. Anna strives to establish a dynamic tension between her pieces and the viewer, creating a dialogue through the interplay of formal elements. Her vessels evoke psychological states of being by incorporating aspects such as rips, holes, punctures, protrusions, seams, and movement, all of which reflect the fragility of the human condition and themes of emergence and transformation. Since graduating from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2009, Anna has been an art educator and has recently returned to her studio practice, relishing her explorative journey with clay.