lizz Tuckerman, ‘Nearly but Not Quite’, Charcoal and chalk on Fabriano paper, 2008. Photo: lizz Tuckerman. Courtesy: lizz Tuckerman. Portrait of an embryo destined to miscarry. A little person who nearly made it but not quite. Work influenced by the 15 years that the artist spent as a research scientist investigating the causes of and treatments for recurrent miscarriage.