Marianne is an artist and Art Clay senior instructor working predominantly with silver clay. She is based in Wiltshire, UK and teaches mainly from her studio in her back garden at home.

Originally trained as a graphic designer, she has worked in IT doing computer aided design. She also has an HNC in Scientific & Technical Illustration and works predominantly in watercolours and acrylics.

After finding metal clay several years ago, she has gone on to do various diplomas and has been teaching since 2016. She achieved her Higher Diploma in Art Clay and is a certified teacher of both Art Clay and PMC and a Camp Metal Clay instructor certified to teach Foundations Course 101. She has had several pieces awarded Certificates of Merit in the AMCAW challenges and has been included in a number of the AMCAW calendars.  One of her tutorials is in the Creatures and Critters Tutorial Collection on AMCAW.  Marianne has taught at MCAS in North Carolina, USA.