Fatbellypots

The work I make is small, carefully crafted and delights in imperfections. I spend time with each piece considering how to best show its character. Not cleaning up and hiding the making technique, but looking for ways of emphasising that which it is. The surface decoration happens in a similar way. I throw and tear and stick, working with both plan and chance then look and think and hunt for possibilities. From these possibilities characters and narrative evolve.. The fun for me is exploring how the characters communicate, both with each other and with the viewer.

photo by Mick Dixon

"Katherine's work is highly individual, quirky and enigmatic. The pots suggest stories, with an atmosphere that is intriguing, odd, and sometimes plain weird. I love the way her decorations challenge our imagination."

Bluestone Gallery, Hay-on-Wye

PRIZES

2023 - FIRST PRIZE

          City Arts' Teapot Competition

2022 - PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

September Ceramics 2022, City Arts Newbury

2021 - JUDGES CHOICE AWARD 

 Allen Gallery Open Art Exhibition, Alton

2019 - VOLUNTEERS' PRIZE 

Black Swan Arts Open, Frome

  SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (for current exhibitions, etc. click HERE)

Oxford Ceramics Fair - 26th-27th July 2024

Black Swan Arts Open 2024   - 27th July - 15th September

Playful, City Arts Newbury - 9th - 25th August

September Ceramics 2024, City Arts Newbury - 13-22 Sept 2024 (Thu - Sun)

Celebrating Ceramics, Waterperry Gardens - 19 - 21st June 2024

Open Studios WBNH - 2019-2024

Spring Collection - New Ashgate Gallery Jan-April 2023

Potters - Bristol - Guest Potter - March/April and Nov/Dec 2023

Wherever I Lay My Hat, Baxter Gallery, Dartmouth - 26 May - 16 June 2023

Art in Clay, Farnham -  November 2022

Achtung: Kunsthandwerk, 75 Yahre, BDK, Stuttgart   -   Mar - Sept 2022

September Ceramics, City Arts Newbury, 17-25 September 2022, Prize winner

Celebrating Ceramics, Waterperry, Oxford   - 2021, 2022, 2023 

Cup The Intimate Object XVII - Charlie Cummins Gallery, Florida   - Oct/Nov 2020-22

Handmade Chelsea   curated by Dan Goode - 12 - 14 November 2021

Allen Gallery Open Art Exhibition - May-July 2021 Prize winner

Obsidian Art Summer Collection, Stoke Manderville,  - July/Oct 2021

Oxford Ceramic Fair, St Edward's School, Oxford - Oct 2019

Black Swan Open Exhibition, Frome - Prize winner


  PREVIOUS GALLERY REPRESENTATION:

Found Gallery, Dunbar

New Ashgate Gallery  Farnham

Bell Fine Art  Winchester

New Brewery Arts  Cirencester

Studio 3 Cleveden, Somerset

Ceramic Art Whitway

The Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted

Strawberry Fish, Hartley Witney

The Jelly, Reading

Pennifex, Wallingford

The Peacock Gallery, Reading



  TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS:


Apr 2023 Bucks Pottery and Sculpture Society

Nov 2022 Art in Clay, Farnham

Dec 2020 Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild - online

Mar 2020 West Forest Potters

Sep 2019 City Arts Newbury


For a more detailed - but less well presented list of exhibitions, talks and publications, click HERE