“Material is central to my practice, and I focus on form before function. Through making with clay there is a connection to the earth and life. The vessel is synonymous with the body, and through the exploration of abstracted non-functional ceramic vessels. The work is the simplicity of reducing body to simple form, which is found through the act of reflective auto-biographical making. These vessels become an act of quiet activism, seeking to encourage conversation and engagement around the taboo subject of hidden illnesses. This is connected through the fighting of my own hidden illnesses and the taboo nature of them. Through the connection of auto-biographical making and research into health through time, this led to embodying the narratives of historical ideas, myths and legends of Gods and Goddesses into the work. Through the importance of looking back at how we built our ideas surrounding what should be hidden and who can change the outcome. As we find ourselves in a time of underfunded healthcare full of gendered biases, I am asking; how we got here and how do we find equality and equity in healthcare – or is it time to look once again to the Goddesses. ”