Her ideas and inspiration remain deeply connected to nature and mythology.
Jennie grew up in the Scottish Borders surrounded by the abundance of nature and local folklore from which she takes inspiration for her practice. The happiest days of her childhood were spent on foraging and collecting flowers and leaves pressed away into books to be found later. She now uses these collected gems as ceramic decals on some of her sculptures. On the rare and joyous occasion of going to the seaside, she would return loaded with shells and pebbles that stirred up her imagination filled with images of mermaids and sea monsters.
A passion for making, Jennie developed her practice in ceramics and mixed media alongside her professional illustration career. Her ideas and inspiration remain deeply connected to nature and mythology. She uses stoneware and porcelain clays often mixing the two to give the clay extra strength. In order to enhance detail in her sculptures she uses a mix of oxides and lustres.