Liza studied traditional soapstone engraving while living in Kenya. In 1993 she returned to London where she started engraving soapstone plates full-time. She then moved from engraving to collage before developing her sardonic 'Dark Boxes': small 3D dioramas featuring small dolls engaged in awkward social predicaments, including her Dysfunctional Doll's House. After this she started diversifying into sewn work and carphology.