Botanical ceramicist

摘要

When I was ten my father gave me a microscope. It was a beautiful brass one -I still have it. When I had to choose between studying biology and art, I chose biology. Because my interest was natural history, I found biology completely alien. So I failed my exams. I switched to art and ended up studying ceramics, but most of my work has referenced natural history. I did some projects with micromorphology specialists from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London, exploring plants as inspiration for the applied and fine arts.