Meet Kitt

Clay is a large part of my life.

A few years ago I took a pottery class, and then I took another one. I bought bags of clay. I purchased tools. I took group lessons and private lessons, I attended workshops, and arranged for workshop presenters to present in my town. I acquired a wheel. I learned that it's possible for the process to center me, even before I shape the clay. I learned that at times what I think I am doing, and then what actually happens, turn out to be two different things. And I've learned that that can be a good thing.

Tantalized with possibilities, I found I could make little things, awkward things, chunky things, fine things, elegant things, useful things, artistic things, things like vases, pitchers, bowls, plates, candlesticks, and containers for the kitchen and garden. I don't make things to challenge the viewer; my goal is to make things that are agreeable objects.

I continue to make pottery drawing from my personal experiences of the world, and I find immense satisfaction in making intentionally functional, beautiful things. These days, I'll walk out to my clay space in the early mornings, coffee in hand, checking on the welfare of a piece slipped and scored the night before, and when I look up at the clock, it's noon.

Kitt is a native Californian now settled near the city of Sonoma. She's been mentored, motivated and inspired by a vibrant, local ceramics community, where an ever-changing artist-in-residence program hosts artists from across the country. Kitt has studied with Bev Prevost, Kate Murphy, Bobby Free, Julia Feld, Sunshine Cobb, Tyler Nansen, and Kala Stein, among others. She holds a Master's from California State University, Sacramento, and a Bachelor's from UCLA.