Claire Mc Dermott is an artisan and poet of London-Irish descent, who is interested in the physical aspect of plants; to understand their function and mechanism and how they interact with our atmosphere. Her passion is ignited by her field observations of phenomena that she witnessed in nature, now detailed in two of her recently published poems. Her most recent work has been poems recognising from a female perspective in search for peace.

As a transdisciplinary artist and naturalist, she uses art and science to create sculptures that embraces sustainability, cares for cultural identities, and respect Mother Earth.  Her sculpture moves between disciplines to explore spent plants and social and environmental concerns, and she uses macro photography to capture the essence of nature, while her notebook drawings and prints are her methods to formulate the data of her thinking.

As a working-class female, her practice-based research describes her concepts as a form of storytelling or as an inspirational reference.  Mc Dermott graduated with a MA in Art and Science at Central Saint Martins, and an MRes at the Royal College of Art with her thesis titled Happenings, Sightings and A Plumed Seed.  She has exhibited at the Tate Exchange, Watford Museum, Cooke Latham Gallery, Beaconsfield Gallery and South Park Gallery.  Her illustrations are held at Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ireland, and her public sculpture ‘The Meeting Tree’ is installed at Newton Farm Ecology Park, London.