Today I would like to write briefly about another female turn of the century potter working in the Arts and Crafts tradition, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, who had an important impact on ceramic history, and on my work in particular. She is another source of inspiration for my steampunk persona, Alycia Von Kylnfyre (that is so fun to write!) and a major source of inspiration for my work in general. In fact, the piece above, The Apotheosis of the Toiler (aka Scarab Vase), is probably the one object that seduced me into working in porcelain