Leanne Culy believes she was born with a creative mind. Art was her favourite subject at school, kickstarting a career that traversed graphic design, interior design, styling for still shoots and TV, then making low-impact commercials while raising two daughters on an organic farm in the Wairarapa with her photographer/cinematographer husband Brian. She began by painting and then moved into designing her fabrics and furnishings, which led to Homebase Collections, a new store opened in Ahuriri/Napier. She became a Certified Professional in 2019. a full-time artist, and since taking up ceramic modelling in 2020 and doing a stint at Coromandel pottery Driving Creek last year, she’s been exploring a new medium, clay.
