Kate Semple

Kate Semple had an innate interest in form from a young age, making still Life collages and papier maché sculptures often incorporating vessels as her mother was a ceramics dealer, her home was filled with objects that would come and go. After studying art, she worked in London in editorial illustration and film, including special effects painting and puppet painting. During the pandemic, clay became her primary medium. Her motivation is to impart a sense of energy, of ideas forming like a line from a poem, within the body of her work.

Semple creates at her home, working indoors through winter to build and glaze, and firing outdoors in warmer months. With magpie tendencies, gathered papers and card are repurposed to create paper vessels on the big dining table with drawings & ideas playing out. This portable nature of working and switching between mediums suits well, she likes the transient nature.