Hi! My name is Kat. I am a printmaker based in Oxfordshire.

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My art is for people who want to fill their homes with accessible, affordable original art that reflects the messy beauty of the modern world, full of the detail that is often left out.

 

I grew up on an old copper and arsenic mine in rural Devon, where I spent my time exploring the streams and woodlands that hid the valley's industrial past. I take my inspiration from human impact on the modern landscape, documenting our changing world and bringing to the foreground the turbines, cranes and pylons that others avoid.

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I took up printmaking after taking evening classes at Leicester Print Workshop, and immediately fell in love with the smell of the inks, and the way that acid, wax and fire react to create beauty and intricacy from a sheet of dull metal.

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After the COVID lockdowns, with two young children, I realised that going back to a  London commute and my career as a historian was not going to work. I joined the Oxford Printmakers Co-operative as a member in 2022 and now combine working as an artist, family life, renovating our old cottage and being a local councillor.  

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My etchings start as a piece of roofing zinc. A design is drawn on the metal, with different techniques using wax and acids to etch the line and texture into the plate. After experimenting with colours and papers, each individual print is inked and hand-wound through a press. I love the different processes involved in turning a sheet of bare metal into a beautiful design - full of lines, shade and texture.​​

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Please do get in touch using the form below if you have any questions. Thank you for your interest in my work.