Kate began focusing on cups and teapots 10 years ago because caffeine is central to her life. “Every morning, I would talk to my girlfriends with the phone in one hand and a cup in the other.” Like the artists who inspire her, she’s fascinated by the intersection between high and low art. “Teapots are a really great craft archetype. People consider them to be low art, but I create them as containers to hold images of visual art icons.”



(c) Kate employs symbols in her work that serve as commentary on the source artist. Just as the soup can echoes Warhol’s familiar painting, so does the dollar sign handle.

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