The sculpture toured in a tri-national exhibition entitled From Rembrandt to the Selfie at the Kunsthalle in Karlsruhe; the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Lyon; and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

At the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University she was awarded the Waugh Scholarship and won the Fitzgerald Prize.

[3] "The result is a most unusual and highly objective form of portraiture with a powerful, poignant beauty... which develops in a challenging way the concept of self-representation.

Palmer collaborated with Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, to make a sound and light installation, tracing a century of the evolution of the eight-cylinder engine.

To illustrate the most recent geological epoch, the Anthropocene, marking the impact of man, Palmer created a faceted, rock-like structure in highly polished stainless steel, allowing the viewer to see his own reflection.

She said "Today, a tropical forest the size of a football pitch is destroyed every four seconds, affecting climate, biodiversity and the livelihoods of indigenous people.

"[13] The installation was then exhibited outside the Danish Parliament building in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Change Conference; Oxford University's Museum of Natural History; and it is now in its permanent location at The National Botanic Garden of Wales.