Part of the London Wilds series, which celebrates London's urban nature. This work was conceived and produced in Katie's studio over six months. While these sculptures appear as elegant renderings of nature, for her they each connect to a contemporary issue or story; female only spaces, the demolition of London's historical buildings and people’s communal and private green spaces.
Length 12 cm
Width 11 cm
Height 13 cm
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Katie Spragg
- Ceramicist
- Brighton, United Kingdom
- Master Artisan
Contact
English
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+44 7756467319
+44 7756467319
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Sharing a passion
- • Katie loves teaching ceramics
- • She enjoys working with and engaging with others
- • She is inspired by our interconnection with nature
Working predominantly in ceramics, Katie Spragg creates artworks that peer into our interconnected relationship with nature, questioning the evolving patterns in which humans and plants co-exist. She is interested in the tension and space between managed and cultivated landscapes and the tenacious resourcefulness of nature, pulling focus to the margins and intersections. Her work encourages deeper investigation into how plants behave and how their behaviour can help us reconsider our own approach to communities and landscape. Katie often creates work in response to the participation of other people, this has included Lambeth Young Carers and Clay for Dementia groups at the Garden Museum for Arts Council, a project funded by Lambeth Wilds, and working with young refugees in Norwich on a collaborative project and exhibition with Caroline Fisher and Norwich International Youth Group.
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Photo: © Sylvain Deleu
Nunhead to Bermondsey Turf
Photo: © Sylvain Deleu
Loch Ken Turf
One of the first in an ongoing series of ‘Turf’ pieces – small clumps of land that explore how even a small section of plant life can evoke a sense of a place.
Length 12 cm
Width 12 cm
Height 20 cm
Photo: © Courtesy of the artist
Fern
This collection presents natural objects found and collected while Katie Spragg was walking in the Scottish landscape exploring the theme of wildness. She recreated them in clay, and mounted them to echo the postcards the original objects were gathered on.
Length 15 cm
Width 10 cm
Height 3 cm
Photo: © Sylvain Deleu
Haggerston Skate Park Clover
Part of the London Wilds series, which celebrates London's urban nature. This work was conceived and produced in Katie Spragg's studio over six months. While these sculptures appear as elegant renderings of nature, for her they each connect to a contemporary issue or story; female only spaces, the demolition of London's historical buildings and people’s communal and private green spaces.
Length 10 cm
Width 10 cm
Height 22 cm
Photo: © Dave Watts
Horsetail, Bindweed, Nettles
Part of a collection of works in response to the Piet Oudolf garden at Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, UK and the surrounding landscape. Katie created ten new works as a response to nature, time and place. A theme that threads through this work is interactions: between plants of the same and different species, interactions between cultivated spaces of nature and naturally occurring wild plants and interactions between humans and plants.
Length 18 cm
Width 15 cm
Height 35 cm
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