Legality isn't a problem because they're not selling the clothes as something to be worn. If the pills used are dangerous, then the gallery displays them with warning signs and keeps them behind glass. And if you're concerned that the work is just a waste of pills, Susie explains, "some of the pills are out of date and provided by manufacturers. Others come from people's houses where they could have been potentially dangerous." The pills used in 'One for the Road', which visualises the pills taken during two years waiting for a hip replacement, are mostly ones which haven't been used and people have handed back to doctors.

As for the future, "we're trying to relate more generally, but we do veer towards women's issues. We also want to do something about medicine in its raw stages, perhaps using flowers, showing where pills come from. And we've got a rather sad looking packet of Viagra. Someone tried it, gave it back and said it's not for me. So we may use that."

Susie Freeman's and Dr Liz Lee's work can be viewed at: Contemporary Applied Arts, 2 Percy Street, London W1P 9FA (enquiries call 020 7436 2344 or visit www.caa.org.uk) and from 19 July - 27 August at 'Fact, Fantasy and Pharmacopoeia', MAC, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH (enquiries: 0121 440 3838).