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high fire stoneware

Sushi & shoyu platters, ant-proof butter dishes, mate gourds with built-in bombilla rests, and more. These works celebrate both form and function.

metalwork

Lost wax casting, precious metal clay, wire wrapping & forging. Inspired by forms of the natural world: simple and complex in concert.

graphite illustration

Capturing curious details from the Adirondacks to Haleakalā, from El Barrio to Kyle of Lochalsh. Filling sketchbook after tattered sketchbook. Botanical studies, figures, and architectural renderings.

koholā collection

The Koholā Collection celebrates the ocean, whales, and the incredible dedication of the marine biologists and film makers of the Koholā Film Project, who have embarked upon a nearly impossible goal: to film the birth of a humpback whale. Each piece is unique, and 50% of profits go directly to the Koholā Film Project.

terraesthetica

Long inspired by Andy Goldsworthy and Tom Brown Jr., Katie created Terraesthetica in 2008. Each piece was made using exclusively natural materials in a wilderness survival setting with a pocketknife as her only tool. From this, she created a series of graphite renderings and maps, which she presented as her Senior Thesis Exhibition. “Living works” included a wilderness shelter, a reticle to track the sun’s movement, and vessels made of clay dug from the local riverbed. The Terraesthetica project earned Katie Geneseo’s Outstanding Senior Award. “They say that wilderness survival requires food, water, and shelter – but what about the well-being of your soul? My soul requires creativity, and that realization ignited this project.”

burnished black & pit fired sculpture

Colored by fire, metals, and terra sigillata, pit fired pottery has the definitive feel of yesteryear. The practice of pit firing connects us back to the earth, to the very origin of the clay.