As long as I maintain my observational skills, capturing the detail to reproduce the object as faithfully as I can, everything else falls naturally into place.
The desire to create has always been an integral part of my life. I grew up surrounded by makers—my mother and both grandmothers were skilled seamstresses and, from the age of 4, I would while away happy hours with them, watching and learning. I have inherited from my father, who was a draughtsman, and my grandfather, an engineer, the ability to visualize in 3-D and to turn a 2-D drawing into a tactile object that can be explored with your hands.
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