Ceramic artist Kitty Shepherd specialises in slipware, the technique of painting on damp clay  using coloured slip and through her designs she creates dynamic and  joyful works of art that evoke feelings of nostalgia and joy. Kitty  arrived in Spain rather by accident, but the circumstances had a  positive and direct effect on her work. Her upbringing might be  considered unorthodox and Kitty talks candidly to radio broadcaster Ian Rutter about her mysterious  father, her maverick mother and an idyllic Sussex childhood.