Despite working in one of the oldest and most traditional of materials, my work is very much about the here and now. The inspiration for my work often comes from events and incidents that are going on, and changing around me, events followed by a nation daily in the papers. It is this Õthrow-away aspect of the news, which most interests me. My pieces could be called 'fad' artefacts, reflecting the same throw-away nature; objects likely to be found in the doorway of a 'Mister Pound' . Through remaking these objects in clay, I am changing their emphasis with the change in material; light plastic objects are made heavy, solid and more imposing. The kitsch is taken out of context in these pieces, and used as a vehicle for far more sinister objectives. The pieces are subverted through their decoration to pose far more serious questions; a cutesy, happy childhood world, hit with a dash of realism. Working with multiples allows the freedom to manipulate my ideas, to make each individual piece unique but create a 'group' piece that expresses a whole theme, not just part of a theme, as only a single piece may have been capable of suggesting.