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From a living plant to porcelain

The plants grow in Diana's garden. A real plant is soaked in porcelain slip and the kiln burns the organic matter away. Its exact form stays in porcelain.

A porcelain ear of wheat, a pussy willow twig with catkins and leaves beside their real, dried counterparts on a board.

A seedling with roots growing out of a block of clay in a glass vessel. — Growing
Seeds are sprouted in clay and in porcelain.

Porcelain radishes fixed to a metal mesh. — Soaking
The real plant is soaked in porcelain slip.

A hand holding a fired white porcelain root against a metal mesh. — Firing
The organic matter burns away, the form stays.

Two glass vessels with plants growing in clay under grow lamps on a table.

The green research laboratory

Plants growing in clay and in porcelain.

An oval porcelain lamp with a plant in relief, glowing from within. — Porcelain lamp
Made from plants she grew. It speaks of how much plants need light and warmth to grow.

White beans in a pale ceramic bowl. — Seeds
Seeds collected every year became the inspiration for porcelain works.

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