What You'll Get

Hands-on Education - Whether your dishes are thrown on a potter's wheel or hand built, you will learn about the process of making tableware and tile and enjoy a hands on experience with clay.

TIme in the Studio - Your Soulcrafting experience will include two hours of studio time in Kate's mountain studio (half hour drive west of Boulder) plus one hour of additional studio time to decorate or glaze.

Description - Spend half a day learning to construct a unique sculptural candelabrum in Kate's studio. Starting with a slab of clay, you will hand build a branch structure and later,using tools, carve into the surface to create textures. You will also experience sculpting a bird to be added to the branch. Kate will fire and glaze the piece after it is properly dried. There are numerous choices in glaze finishes to choose from. Expect two to three weeks for completion. 

Cost - $140 per person for up to four participants. The finished candelabrum will measure roughly 20" in length.

Description - Are you a foodie pining for tableware just the right size, shape and color to showcase how you prepare and present food? Kate will work with you to design your ware, choosing from patterns, forms, surface textures, glazes and sizes.

Whether your dishes are thrown on a potter's wheel or hand built, you will learn about the process of making tableware and enjoy a hands on experience with clay.

Because of the unique and complex nature of each tableware design, we can accommodate only one person (or couple) at a time.

Cost - $780 for a four-person table setting, including dinner plates, salad plates, cups and bowls.

Additional side pieces available upon request.

Additional settings at $180 per setting.

Description - Imagine customizing any space in your home with a beautiful carved tile of your own design. Kate will help you create a design from your own drawings or images you find from fabrics, nature, etc.

Your tile could be decorative, commemorative or made in multiples for an installation in a kitchen, bath or hearth. Working in Kate's studio, you will transfer your design onto a clay tile and learn to carve a three dimensional or bas relief design. A plaster mold will be made from the original tile so that the tile can be easily made in multiples. Tiles can be any shape and up to 8 inches in size.

Cost - $250 per design. Pricing includes:

• Three hours of studio time
• A plaster mold of your tile
• One finished glazed tile

Multiple tiles can be made upon request but pricing will depend on size and complexity.

We can accommodate groups of up to four people.

Kate grew up on the wide open plains of eastern Colorado. Her first experience with ceramics came as a young child at Ester’s Ceramic Shop where everyone smoked cigarettes and wore curlers. Clutching her allowance and pedaling her bike across town, she immersed herself in Ester’s world of greenware elves and romping kittens. From then on, she’s been hooked on clay and has had dirty hands ever since.

After earning a degree in Art History from the University of Colorado, Kate launched a long career in studio pottery. Her early work concentrated on making dinnerware and functional ceramics, and later evolved into sculptural vessels which she exhibited in galleries on both east and west coasts.  Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in shows, chosen for private collections, and published in many books. She has given workshops at universities, colleges and art centers.

Building a home with her husband provided unlimited surfaces for handmade tile, thus sparking a new direction in clay. After twenty years of designing and fabricating custom tile for both residential and commercial applications, Kate has recently designed a production line of distinctive, handmade tile. Drawing on a lifetime of experience in ceramics, her focus is now on producing this unique line of tile. At the same time, custom tile requests are still honored, as Kate can’t resist the pleasure and challenges of collaborative commissions.

Kate lives and works in the mountains of Colorado, sharing a studio with her husband (a studio furniture maker), two children and a motley collection of chickens.