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
A New Day Design: The Barbican Apartment / Elle Decoration (November 2024)

'Ceramicists to know' // Homes & Gardens (October 2024)
House Beautiful UK (September 2024)
'It's all about playfulism' // Livingetc (June 2024)

McCully & Crane // Homes & Gardens (April 2024)
Studio Ashby // House & Garden (March 2024)
'Objects of desire' // Country Living Modern Rustic (2023)
Studio Ashby // Elle Decoration (June 2023)
Tom Faulkner furniture // World of Interiors (May 2023)
Cole & Son wallpaper // Elle Decoration (June 2022)
'Objects of desire' // Homes & Gardens (June 2021)