Katrin Moye - Potter

I stumbled across the work of Katrin in The Strathearn Gallery in 2016, in the small Perthshire town of Crieff. It was the usual story, I saw the most beautiful jug on display, fell in love with it instantly, kept going back to look at it and then walked out of the gallery without it. This exquisite jug stayed in my mind for the entire journey home and then as soon as I walked through my front door, I contacted the gallery and paid for it over the phone. The gallery owner laughed and told me that she just knew I'd be back for it. I’ve collected a few pieces over the years and they are much loved and admired.

SO HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT KATRIN...

Katrin Moye is well known for her intricately decorated handmade ceramics - planters, jugs, cups and bowls are thrown on the wheel and hand painted with delicate precision, describing an imaginary Scandinavian rural idyll of flowers, snowflakes, trees and forest animals. These patterns and motifs are inspired by the picture books, interiors and folktales of her childhood in the UK and Germany in the 1970s. A few years ago, Katrin undertook a long residency at Nottingham University's Lakeside Arts Centre, funded by Arts Council England, where she worked on a project that took her work in a new direction. This time allowed her to develop and expand her ideas about what objects mean to us all, and how they reflect and confirm our identity to ourselves. Today, Katrin creates a range of earthenware pieces using a variety of techniques and all exquisitely hand painted in a bold colour palette of slips and underglazes.

You can visit Katrin on her website www.katrinmoye.co.uk or follow her on Instagram @katrinmoye