The part-animal, part-human creatures have an air of the past about them, as though they had wandered from a 19^th Century fairytale. Which is unsurprising, given some of the materials used to create them are fabrics left over from restorations and cast-off clothes of the past.

Suzanne’s work is called Hip Hip Decay, and her figures are sought worldwide. Combining her background in ceramics and costume corsetry, they summon up humanoid rabbits, foxes and other hybrid animals, dressed in a kind of ravaged opulence.

“I love animals, I’m an animal person, so it seems natural to me to make animal characters; but also because I love the costumes, the textiles, the human side of it comes in,” says Suzanne.

“What I really get into is faded glamour and decrepit luxury. Something that’s had a beautiful former life and then been holed up in someone’s attic.”