“A friend was doing A-level pottery and I popped in to see her class and didn’t leave. I gave up my academic subjects and got happy! Every child should have the chance to use their hands and imagination. To make something, literally from mud – can there be anything more satisfying?” -Vanessa Hogge

Working in porcelain, Hogge creates in her studio in Cockpit Arts Deptford. She takes an instinctive, visceral approach to each piece, painstakingly sculpting every petal by hand so that no two flowers are identical.

Inspired by her passion for all things botanical, and influences as diverse as Frida Kahlo, Indian miniature paintings and Marianne North, Vanessa breathes life into her clay in the form of dahlias, chrysanthemums, daisies, hydrangeas and daphne.