Growing up in a family of bird-watchers and botanists, Suzanne Crane watched her mother collect, identify, and press rare prairie plant specimens. She loved the abstract patterns that resulted. Today, Crane gathers plants on the wooded slopes and creek sides of the Blue Ridge Mountains, then presses them into her ceramic pieces. In addition to drawing inspiration from nature, Crane is influenced as much by chaos theory and fractal geometry as the Arts and Crafts Movement.All of Crane's…