Ceramics was an important craft for the monastics, and St Paul’s Abbey’s pottery is open to visitors again after years. In this almost enchanted space, where the dust has lain for decades, Samuel Sarmiento displays his ceramic works. With loose brushstrokes, glazes, lustres and gold leaf, he depicts humanity in all its complexity: religion, history, colonialism and migration come together in his sculptures. His work shows how everything is connected. Some of his work is inspired by the Bible and Caribbean religions, where Caribbean myths and European archetypes come together in surprising ways. The female figures in his art represent motherhood, nature and life force, not as a romantic cliché, but as a powerful alternative to male dominance. Moreover, his ceramics are double-sided: what you see on one side can be a surprising test of colour on the other.