In the mid naughties I was still driving an old Land Rover. At one point I had to remove and dismantle the gearbox and became entranced by the many gears inside. In the studio at the same time I was making terracotta ceramic sculptures based on the architecture of poppy heads. The two influences conflated in my head to produce something with the sensual curve of a poppy head and the machined precision of a gear. Poppy Head.
