I always carried the idea of creating Another Dinner Table, as an homage to Judy Chicago. During my ceramic residency in Shigaraki, Japan, in 2018, I created my first Banquet table, a tribute to and celebration of femininity. This installation has been an ongoing project since 2018 and continues to evolve as part of my practice.

It happened both organically and through a decisive turning point. As graphic design changed dramatically with the arrival of computer graphics, I realised I did not want to work primarily on a computer. I deeply valued physical, tactile processes, from cutting, pasting and painting to making things by hand.

In Japan, I began working with high firing gas reduction kilns, a completely new approach for me after years of working primarily with earthenware. This shift profoundly redefined my relationship to materials: lay, glaze and firing became a vast field of exploration, challenge and discovery.