Property News · August 13, 2016

Me and my garden: ‘It is our cat’s jungle’


Jennifer Lee, potter, south LondonThe feeling of green and space is important. My studio is an old extension built into a small south London garden. I wanted the garden to be dense, lush, jungle-like. I love the bamboos from woodland around Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural park in Japan, where I was an artist in residence. I love the skeletons of the enormous leaves and the way they wrap the trees with rushes in winter to protect them.Twenty-six years ago, this garden was full of builders’ rubble and there was a red carpet (possibly a Wilton) that still appears from time to time when digging. Now we have a place to sit where I dry clay in the summer. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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