Anna Collette Hunt has handmade 10,000 ceramic insects for her first alone exhibition called Stirring the Swarm opens at Nottingham Castle on 8 October. Each insect from start to finish has taken about three weeks to complete, having to be fired in a kiln, glazed and then fired again. When she was child she visited Wollaton Hall where her work inspired by the stable collection of sealed insects on show. She has spent thousands of hours with the help of friends and family for creating the beautiful insects.