Pot Thoughts
Welcome to my Blog! This is where I post behind-the-scenes content, design development processes, my inspirations, rants about art history, in depth technical tips and more!
How it Started
If I told my 20 year old self that I would be a potter in less than 10 years, I would have been very confused. When I decided to go to art school I started by taking prerequisites at my local community college in their Painting program. In my last semester before transferring, academic requirements forced me to take a ceramics class-- and I'm so glad it did.
That one class led me to transferring as a Ceramics major rather than Painting
... but I HATED wheel throwing.
Despite wanting to focus on sculpture, I transferred into a ceramics program that was led by a very talented production potter (and sculptor, but he was focused on his dinnerware line at the time I studied under him) and so flash forward to me in multiple ceramics classes at once, throwing on the wheel for AT LEAST 20 hours a week. Even with this amount of practice, it STILL took me 6 months to learn to center. So if you're new, don't give up. All of this exposure slowly led me to learn to love wheel throwing.
After graduating (I ended up graduating with a degree in Painting because it would have taken me an extra 2 years to finish a Ceramics degree), I no longer had access to a wheel or kiln and my life took a different turn. Years later I have returned to ceramics and it feels like coming home 🖤
Explore my early ceramic sculptures
Developing My Style
I put a little piece of my soul into everything I make as I blend my painting and sculpting experience with my functional pottery to create whimsical works to brighten your day.
When I first started working with ceramics again after my post-graduation break, one of the first batch of things I made was a collection of small planters with faces, and these were very indicative of where my path into the world of clay would go.
I continue to use my sculpting and painting skills in everything I create, from butter dishes that look like a stick of butter with a sculpted cow head knob, to salt jars that look like wizard cats holding a spoon wand, and even the more utilitarian style garlic grater/herb stripper dishes I throw and alter.
Check out the development of my style by scrolling through the gallery
Where I'm Headed
My short term goals include continuing to get my art into as many people's homes and hands as want it.
I also want to continue with and increase the charity collaborations I do for causes that I care about.
Other goals of mine are to integrate more into my local ceramics community as well as build my own community of cat.but.human collectors. To do this I will be seeking to collaborate on projects with local artists, expand the geographic range of the markets I participate in, and have my work published in art magazines and online.
Keep up with what I'm making daily by following me on IG
About Cat
I was born in Barcelona, Spain to an English mother and Californian father but came to the US as an infant and was raised in Ventura, California. I grew up loving both art and science which lead me to earn two bachelors degrees in art as well as complete a four semester pre-med program. I've found that ceramics is the perfect intersection for my love of art and chemistry.
After graduating from art school in 2020, I applied to a graduate painting program in the UK and was accepted, but had funding fall through at the last minute. Afraid of how I would be able to support myself through art, I went back to school and completed prerequisites for medical school. But after going through a very rigorous and competitive application cycle, I decided to give art another try before going over two hundred thousand dollars into debt for medical school. And right now? I love my life. 🖤