The main inspiration behind my work is my love of animals, observing human foibles and an interest in folk tales, fantasy and medieval illustrations.

My figures often have a playful and humorous element to them and are produced by my exploring the familiar, everyday objects around me.

I am always on the lookout for human and animal personalities in the objects around me.

Handbags for instance can have personalities and facial expressions. Some have an impish smile, others can look grumpy or haughty and some even look sad.  

 

This ability which I have finely tuned, is called Simulacra and is an inborn ability we all have to see faces and figures in clouds and rocks etc.