Kate’s work explores how our private identities are expressed through the things we collect and the material mass we will eventually leave behind. By exploiting the transformative properties of glass, cheap knick-knacks, garbage and 1970s wallpaper morph into precious decorations, adorning large urns and sparkling mosaics.
She completed her honours degree at the ANU School of Art Glass Workshop in Canberra in 2013, incorporating a diverse practice ranging from traditional processes of blown glass, lost wax casting and mosaic, alongside new technologies such as waterjet cutting and ceramic decals. In 2015, Kate completed the two-year Associate Program at the prestigious JamFactory Craft and Design facility in Adelaide.