Arundel Contemporary

Austrian-born ceramicist Katharina Klug will be showing her exquisite pieces at Arundel Contemporary from August 18 and throughout this year’s Arundel Gallery Trail.

Katharina’s designs reflect the things she sees around her: power lines, meadows, woodland.

”While striving for perfection in the shape of the vessel, I deliberately embrace imperfections in my surface pattern designs. I draw freehand onto the form using my trademark crayons. These hand-drawn lines make the work lively, rough, immediate and unique and preserve the moment of mark- making.

I enjoy how the lines follow the curves of the pot, coming together or widening. Inspiration comes from little snippets of observation in my environment. Lines are jumping out at me in almost anything – stripes on cloth, wires and cables, plants and grasses, architecture and streets to name a few,” says the artist.

She simplifies the lines and allows them to cross over, leaving the viewer to reach their own interpretation. The linear patterns on the exterior of her works are contrasted with translucent colour created by metal oxides on the interior, resulting in beautiful hand-crafted pieces which will grace any home.