'Hope'

Deborah Mills works from her studio on a small family farm in the middle of Devon near Dartmoor. With a degree in art Deborah works both as an artist and ceramicist and exhibits regularly.

Hope is a Sumatran Orangutan rescued in 2019. Hope was found blinded and near death on an oil palm plantation in Aceh, Nth Sumatra, Indonesia after she was stabbed and shot 74 times by an air rifle. Her malnourished month old baby was by her side but sadly did not survive. Hope was left severely traumatised and was cared for at a rescue centre.