I’d like to believe that we have the power to make today better than yesterday, to focus not on adversity, but what we will achieve in the future. Holding on to the part of you who sees a brighter tomorrow, your child-like perception of the world, informs the narrative of the representational compositions of my work. I primarily use flameworking and the lost wax casting technique to create my pieces.
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Shoes: Storytellers of our Lives is a traveling exhibit of glass shoes accompanied with stories written by the shoe owners. These stories, translated into glass represent our common humanity. Like people, glass is both forgiving and easily shattered. It is sometimes clear, and other times opaque. It can allow us to see inside, or look outside. Glass is the perfect medium to translate this expression into an exhibit built out of empathy. The result of using the pâte de verre technique lends to an added feeling of fragility, another reminder of the importance of honoring and holding space for others.
My recent projects deeply relate to experimenting and finding new ways to express and re-inventmyself as a curious, always renewing artist
The traveling exhibition, Harvest Fruit Gathering with Rachael Woodman and commissions kept me busy during 2022 and 2023. I am currently making a number of sculptural pieces for the summer 2024 garden exhibitions and will be showing work at Hannah Peschar Sculpture Gardens, Fresh Air, Upton Castle Gardens and Doddington Hall. In between this work, we are setting up a new, sustainable studio and working on commissions. When time permits, I enjoy making bowls.
Through the combination of unique textured, opalescent, translucent and reclaimed glass, her pieces aim to recreate the beauty of the local environment and natural forms, and recapture memories of the lake district for her customers. Or with more contemporary designs, simply allow everyone to be able to appreciate the ‘art of light through glass’ in their own homes, be that as small ornaments and hangings through to larger windows and installations.
She exhibits her work in a number of local art galleries within Cumbria, at artisan trade fairs around the region and is also a member of the Eden Valley Artistic Network. As well as her fell and botanical collections, Kate welcomes bespoke commissions nationally and restoration work within the North of England.
The images shown in our profile are a small snippet of the different artists we work alongside. Please visit our website to see the full listing and also the different projects we have been a part of.