Grayson Perry a transvestite. At the age of 15 he moved in with his father's family in Chelmsford, where he began to go out dressed as a woman. When he was discovered by his father he said he would stop but his stepmother told everyone about it and a few months later threw him out. He returned to his mother and stepfather at Great Bardfield. Perry frequently appears in public dressed as a woman, and he has described his female alter-ego, "Claire", variously as "a 19th century reforming matriarch, a middle-England protester for "No More Art", an aero-model-maker, or an Eastern European
Grayson Perry and war. Perry combines various techniques as a "guerrilla tactic", using the approachable medium of pottery to provoke thought. Perry created the 15 m x 3 m "The Walthamstow Tapestry" in 2009. The large woven tapestry bears hundreds of brand names surrounding large figures in the stages of life from birth to death. Perry's 2012 TV documentary series "All In The Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry," about class "taste" variables, included him making large tapestries, called "The Vanity of Small Differences." Their format was inspired by William Hogarth's "A Rake's Progress." Of the tapestries, Perry says, "The Vanity of