Katalina considers clay a material for both creating aesthetically interesting art objects and for facilitating vital explorations of our relationship to and place within, the material and natural world.
Her ‘sympoiesis’ vessels, created using porcelain mixed with mycelium and yeast and left unfired, are living sculptures which continue to change and transform. For her imbrication and coppiced works, finger-sized pieces are removed from one lump of clay and placed in overlapping layers; a single process which generates two separate forms – one through accumulation of mass and one through reduction – stimulating discussions on the connection between the human built environment and nature.
Katalina is continuing her innovative investigations of clay with an MA in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art. A QEST Scholarship will fund her additional research, including up to 5 site specific field-work projects throughout the UK in rural natural areas to excavate and transport materials to be incorporated into her ceramic sculptures.
