Katie Braida - Vessel

White St Thomas 150-1106. Coil built, bisque fired to 1000C then coloured with oxides and underglaze colours before being fired again to 1180C.

Katie uses hand-building techniques to create individual works. This takes on a variety of forms, but experiments with more sculptural work often lead back to producing vessel forms. Katie enjoys the slow and relatively controlled process of coiling. It allows time for thinking and reacting to the material at different stages.

Currently a limited pallet of colours coming from a range of clays, under glazes and oxides creates a sense of coherence across the work. More recently she has started to glaze the interior of the vessel forms which contrasts the matt exterior.

Inspiration comes from within, it is a combination of experiences past allowed to influence the present. However, Katie has started to look at the landscape and seascape around where she lives and find she is influenced by the man made and natural marks in the environment on both a large and small scale. A constant is the need to make and a desire to get better at it.