Kate Stevens
1-31 October 2013
Kate Stevens loves clay, from the first time she touched it she felt compelled to create with it. Kate makes pieces that aren’t necessarily what you’d expect to find in clay
– a lot of her pieces have a bit of whimsy or melancholy. She also likes to be
playful with traditional pottery ideas. She uses traditional clay transfers in
unusual ways, a generic pattern seen a hundred times on mass-produced ceramic
bowls will pop up on her sculptures as the pattern on the outfit of a melancholy
mouse or a the costume of the lesser-known superhero ‘Catman’. Kate is not a big
planner or sketcher; she often has the spark of an idea, and with that in mind
starts working and lets the clay take her where it wants to.
Kate draws inspiration from all over; commissions are obviously her
interpretation of other people’s thoughts – be they vague or detailed. Of course
they’re always delivered with a distinctly ceramic snippets twist! Some of her
work is functional, but she particularly likes working on small sculptures; little
pieces that can sit anywhere or be popped in unexpected places to catch the eye.
Very rarely does Kate make a similar piece twice and she definitely doesn’t mass-reproduce; she
wants her art to be inimitable. She feels her love of clay should never be a
chore – what she makes comes from the heart and mind, flows out of her hands and into
the clay, and when a piece gets passed on, that’s a little snippet of her going
to someone else. She is in love with sculpting in clay and wants to share this
love with the world! Kate's aim is to make affordable art pieces that enchant and
enliven the imagination of the recipient.
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