Artist Grayson Perry talks to Luke Tebbutt about designing for Liberty, the best place to see ceramics, and his incontinent cat

Grayson Perry at the Prints Charming exhibition at Liberty. Photograph: Julian Makey/Rex Features

Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry has been using Liberty prints for years in dresses for his transvestite alter ego, Claire. So when Liberty asked him to design his own fabrics, he leapt at the opportunity. The four prints range from a delicate 50s-style pattern of bicycles to more subversive designs that mix teddy bears with tombstones. He is one of six artists who were invited to design prints, which are now on show as part of a new exhibition celebrating Liberty's fabrics on the London store's fourth floor. Perry lives in London with his wife, daughter and cat (and his teddy bear).