Lizzie Deshayes

Together with Tim Butcher, Deshayes is the founder of Fromental, which makes exquisite hand-painted and bespoke wallpapers ( fromental.com)

Because we make wallcoverings at Fromental, I find pattern or design on any surface very interesting, which is why I responded to Jasmine’s work. Her draftsmanship skills and the way she handles a paintbrush are extraordinary, especially because she paints directly onto the round surface of an object. Her work is also very mature for her age – you can see in photographs the progress she has made and how she has blossomed in just a year. Her ceramics are very beautiful, tactile objects, but I also saw some work she did during the lockdown. She didn’t have many materials at her disposal, so she made sculptures out of packing tape,usingacombinationofclaymodellingandorigamitechniques. There’s something really spontaneous about the way she works.