Katie lives and works in East London. She makes her work in a shared studio (Clay Collective) and also teaches clay courses in studios nearby.

Katie's love for clay was cultivated through various courses and studio set-ups in London. 

She unearthed her preferred way of making whilst working remotely in a makeshift studio space. Beginning to hand build coiled objects with different clay bodies, she found the technique incredibly freeing and provided her with time to reflect from ongoing research. 

During her ceramic studies in Bath, she was revisiting themes explored within her illustration undergrad. Picking up where she left off inspired the development of a unique framework, the framework of the theatre. Katie refers to her clay objects as theatre props which she paints and directs on stage. Stage sets and natural landscapes inspire her painting process and approaches to installing her work.

Katie likes to document her surroundings through sketching by hand and digitally. These visuals are used in the studio as guides for painting her raw clay objects.

She strives to achieve vibrancy in her final outputs, using a mixture of underglazes and slips to paint with. Decorating and firing the clay surface she describes as an ongoing experiment.

Projects / exhibitions:

2024: Limen, TAPPAN

2024: Gather in, Gathering, Milieu Studios

2024: Echoes of Being, TAPPAN

2023: The Winter Collection, Prince & Pilgrim

2023: Winter Exhibition, Thrown Contemporary

2023: Collection 04, FELT Collections

2023: The Gallerist’s Home, Christopher Farr

2023: Spring collection, Curator & Maker

2022/2020: Artist in Residence, KunstKollektivet 8b

2020: Future Edit showcase, Crafts Council

Education:

2019 — 2020: MA Ceramics at Bath Spa University

2013 — 2016: BA Illustration at Winchester School of Art