Borne returned to Britain and studied sculpture at the Regent Street Polytechnic and also developed her singing ability to the extent she was offered, but refused, professional roles.
[2][3] In 1933, she met Joyce Bidder, (1906–1999), who taught her to carve and with whom she set up a studio in Wimbledon in south London that they maintained together for some fifty years.
[2][3] Borne was a member of the Women's Amateur Rowing Association after World War II.
In 1987, the Fine Art Society hosted a two-women show of Borne and Bidder's work.
[2][3] Borne exhibited her first piece in Palomina marble, Madonna of the Adoring Angels in 1939 at the Royal Academy.