About Kate Cornelius

As a ceramicist I am interested in how shape, form and proportion make us feel.

When making a piece I am always looking for something dynamic and energetic, but also a certain familiarity and peacefulness.

I use both the wheel and handbuilding or combinations of the two and then shape the clay whilst it is still pliable.

My work includes many techniques, but always working around pattern; Neriage and Nerikomi. methods where coloured is clay used to create a blocks of colour, much as in Murini bead work and also Mishima and Sgraffito which involve carving into the clay.

The aim of these pieces is to create a pattern that is organic but defined, a shape that is contained but not restrictive, and proportions that are harmonious and dynamic.

Email: kate@corneliusceramics.com