Fiona Bowring, Liz and her house of hearts (PEOPLE 2023)

I was drawn to the house with hearts sculpted in hedges. In a year when I sought out people doing what they loved, I wanted to meet the person who lived in and cared for the ‘House of Hearts’. Within minutes of knocking on her door, Liz had invited me in to ‘see her skulls’. ‘Not human’, she reassured. And so I was introduced not only to the ‘Yoricks’, but delighted by her exquisite blackwork embroidery, her collections of helicopters and eggs, her systematic jigsaw-assembly system, her prize-winning beadwork, and the warmth of her welcome.

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