Melanie’s ceramic sculptures and jewellery stem from an interest in geological features and rugged, weathered landscape and coastline, particularly of Northern England and Scotland.

Rockpool Boulders emerged from a collaborative project between Melanie and writer Sue Spencer who wrote a number of ‘haiku’ poems in response to the ideas behind Melanie’s boulder forms. Metal letterpress is used to imprint the words into the surface of each piece. Melanie now also incorporates some of her own haiku into her work.