Eve Casson

Eve Casson is the mother of Cadmium, Indigo and Rose. She had a sister called Linda who was mother to Saffy in Siena before she died. Eve and Bill then adopted Saffy. Eve is an artist like her husband, who describes her work as 'not exactly art'. She is based in the garden shed where she has a pink sofa and kettle. She is shown to be possibly a bit mad. Eve doesn't cook proper meals so the children live on tinned food, food cooked by Sarah's Mother or Indigo's adventurous cooking. She always seems surprised when the children need more art.

She teaches art to 'young offenders' at college and Rose goes with her sometimes; this makes Rose learn lots of words Bill does not approve of. She never has her picture in the books but in Indigo's Star, Rose describes her as a "Blurry version of Caddy. Caddy painted with not such good colours and a slightly worn brush." Eve often does strange things like drying her paintings in the oven or with a hairdryer.