A move from the Perth Hills to the Margaret River region in 2003 marked a significant shift in direction, bringing a deeper connection to the coastal landscape and a renewed exploration of surface and form. As a beachcomber, Alison gathers fragments of weathered shells and shoreline remnants, pressing these found traces into textured clay to create delicate impressions that evoke imagined fossils and skeletal forms.

Her plates, vessels and dome forms are spontaneous and entirely unique, each built slowly by hand and shaped by the colours, light and rhythms of the sea. More recent works extend this process through collections of found objects — rocks, seed pods and ceramic fragments — slip cast and assembled into sculptural forms that continue her ongoing dialogue between memory, material and place.