I was born in Churchtown, Dublin, to Tom and Elsie de Lacy. I am the second eldest of six daughters.

From very early on I was fascinated with the structure of inanimate objects and how they worked. At the age of seven, to my father's horror, I took his clock radio, which unbeknownst to me had been gifted to him by his employer, and dismantled it while he was at work. Attracted to the bright colours, I removed all the components from the circuit board and rearranged them into colour coordinated groups, intending to make a pretty necklace.

As a teenager I went on to design and create my own jewellery, carrying out minor repairs for friends and family.

This early fascination with bright colours together with my curiosity in the mechanics of how things function, is something I have carried through into my adult life as an artist and designer. I enjoy experimenting and incorporating various materials into my art, including wood, ceramics, metals and glass.

My life long relationship with colour, geometry and mechanics is evident throughout my work, particularly in my most popular paintings 'Spectrum', 'It's Complicated' and 'Fractured'.