The underlying theme of my artwork is predominantly an interest in transport and the changes wrought by inner-city development. Urban Calamari is a documentary record of artworks that I have produced from 1971 to the present.

My current works are predominately simple coil forms fired in primitive raku and pit kilns. This approach of minimal construction and decoration is both an aesthetic preference and a structural one. The archaeological appearance of the pit fired work and unpredictable lustres of the raku are examples of a simple elegance. The asymmetrical potential of the almost childlike coil pot a preference to the symmetry of the wheel.

Joe and Belinda welcome their new friend 'Miro' a male chocolate Burmese kitten into their artistic household.