Kenneth Cobonpue, who has long worked in a nautical vernacular, weaving abaca onto pebble- and leaf-shaped steel frames, now produces seating and tables inspired by fishermen's nets.
For her experiment she studied the inheritance of three traits: a maroon coloured leaf marking, a white V-shaped leaf mark pattern, and the production of hydrogen cyanide in damaged leaves, which is thought to be a defence against predators.