A new curating service
New artwork sourced for your context.
Kath & Company is launching a new service to curate artists and artworks especially for your place – connecting to your context whether you are a specialist museum, historic house or contemporary art gallery. We design bespoke collections of artists to suit your retail o er, audiences and price points.
Our packages include:
Transformative Tea Towels
An a ordable entry into the world of contemporary artists. We work with a range of artists to commission unique-artist designed tea towels – a great gift, these limited-edition tea towels are made in the UK, competitively priced and printed on long lasting and sustainable union linen.
Transformative Tea Towels supports and promotes work by contemporary artists for everyone’s homes.
Presents with Provenance
A selection of artists from across the UK for special occasion giving.
We develop collections of artists based on your location, supporting sustainable buying with focused seasonal displays. We work with artists who live in your area and may take inspiration from the local landscape and/or source their materials locally.
Site and subject specific
Collections to connect with your particular context whether you have a natural history, textile, ceramic, or art collection or want to celebrate the distinctiveness of your location.
Commissioning
We can support you to commission work about your place. For example, working with illustrator and artist Annabel Pearl to develop a series of new cards or prints inspired by your collections, or bowls made from wood sourced from your location by woodturner Nicholas Rowe.
Workshops
Transformative Tea Towels
We o er workshops and demonstrations by artists to connect to your learning and engagement programmes and broaden your retail o er.
The artists
4 Annabel Pearl (Su olk)Annabel is an artist, illustrator and writer. She works in a variety of media including painting, photography, video, cyanotype, and drawing.
She takes inspiration from objects, their histories and the invisible stories that surround them. Her influences range from archaeological illustration and social histories to personal stories both real and imagined.
Her clients include: Lulu Guinness the Foundling Museum, Smythson of Bond St, Selfridges, M.A.C., Estée Lauder, MATCHES fashion, Pellicano Hotels and Warner Music.
Annabel was born in Liverpool and now lives and works in Su olk. She has a BA Hons Fine Art from Newcastle University, an MA from Central St Martins and a PhD from Chelsea College of Art. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally.
Chris Dobrowolski (Essex)
Chris’ practice encompasses performance, sculpture and storytelling. His inventive work explores landscape and location, nostalgia and escape. He creates works of art that will allow him to come to terms with the absurdities of modern living – or else to escape his daily life entirely.
Chris was born and lives and works in Essex. He studied at the Royal College of Art. He also studied in Hull where he was invited to return, and commissioned as part of the Hull 2017 UK City of Culture. He has exhibited and performed nationally and internationally including participating in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was also an artist in residence with the British Antarctic Survey.
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E e Burns (Yorkshire)
E e’s tactile and textured works made in glass often use everyday natural objects. Like an alchemist she transforms them through the traditional techniques of casting, gilding and engraving into unique miniatures which fit into the palm of your hand. Each work is unique – a one-o reproduction of foraged items from acorns and mushrooms to oak twigs and pears.
“My current artistic practice has become about the need to have a much deeper connection with the natural world and through the process of casting, about preserving natural objects in a precise moment of time, creating a series of earthly treasures.”
“I spent part of my childhood living in a museum. Since that time, I have been fascinated by collections and how things are protected, curated and displayed.”
E e was born in She eld and lives and works in North Yorkshire, UK. She has an MA in Art in Context and BA (Hons) 3D Design (glass with ceramics) University of Sunderland.
Jacqueline Clark (Cornwall)
Jacqueline makes thrown and handbuilt forms based on the environment where she lives and works in Cornwall.
She makes tableware for everyday use and sculptural collections of one-o pieces including jars, boats and large vessels. Her pared down aesthetic is inspired by her study of the Asian tradition, particularly Japan which resonates with the calm, quiet waters of her creekside studio.
Her distinctive collections are produced in seasonal editions with uniquely developed glazes which capture the changes in tide and season. She sources her clay from St Agnes in Cornwall and often uses local materials including mud from the creek where her studio is based in Penpol.
Jacqueline has an BA (Hons) in Ceramics from University of Wales, works as Director of Visual Arts and Marketing at Rochester Independent College and was Learning and Participation O cer at the Leach Pottery, St. Ives (2015-21).
12 Juliet Nichols Wood (Northamptonshire)
Juliet’s creative practice spans design, print, prop-making and textiles. Her early career was in theatre and costume design training at Nottingham Trent University, she worked nationally in theatres across the UK. She went on to work in TV design in both Light Entertainment and Children’s TV.
Juliet’s work as an artist uses sustainable Gelli plate printing. She has developed this new body of work with acrylic paints and collage technique to create unique semi three dimensional images. She often uses found imagery such as old topographical maps collected from antique fairs and printed onto translucent paper. Her work depicts iconic and familiar animal and insect imagery taking inspiration from natural history and her local rural Northamptonshire where she is based.
Juliet lives and works in Northamptonshire. She has a BA Hons from Nottingham Trent University. As part of her practice she leads workshops and primary school art sessions designed to build confidence, support children’s creativity and dispel the early years belief that “I’m no good at art.”
Karen Densham (Su olk)
Karen’s inventive ceramic work is led by an interest in post-war factory produced ceramic figurines, produced by renowned pottery factories such as Beswick, Landro and Royal Doulton.
Her work gently and humorously subverts this familiar trope by remodelling into disquieting and poignant portraits. She invites us to revive their tradition as personal collectables for our homes through her re-interpretations.
Karen currently lives and works in Su olk and is the founder and Co- Director of the Jugg Art Foundation. She has an MA from the Royal College of Art.
Nicholas is an artist and craftsperson turning wood. His material sensitive approach creates work where character and provenance are central. He works with reclaimed, seasoned and green wood. The sustainability of his materials is central to his practice and he consciously obtains most of his wood from local Essex and Su olk sources.
“I have always found wood an attractive material because of the aesthetics (textures, colours and grain) and fascinating natural variations.”
Growing his artistic woodturning practice Nicholas draws inspiration from the bark, grain, imperfections and distinctive features of the wood.
Nicholas has a BA (Hons) Art, 3D design and Craft Colchester Art School, University of Essex. He is a member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen, Colchester Art Society and the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain.
Melissa Montague (Yorkshire)
Melissa is an artist and metalsmith. Based in She eld she works with silver, copper and brass exploring traditional silversmithing techniques such as hammer-raising and forging to create work that is both functional and decorative.
“In today’s fast paced consumerist society many people have become detached from their ‘things’. My work explores the relationship between people and artefacts and aims to re-establish a connection through function, scale and humour. enjoy working with metal due to its versatility and durability and am particularly interested in the practice of preserving and sharing traditional skills.”
Repurposing materials such as brass and copper from plumbing fittings also plays are role in Melissa’s work. She makes bowls, jewellery and sculptural pieces that are domestic in size.
Melissa lives and works in She eld. She has a BA Hons in Metalwork & Jewellery (Bucks Chiltern University) and an MA Design, Metalwork and Jewellery from She eld Hallam University.
Jessica is a textile artist living and working in Southwest UK. Her studio Ruby Cubes is best known as the outlet for her work with 3D stitched ropework. With a passion for creating work that encapsulates utility, sustainability and a tactile aesthetic, Jessica has recently focussed on projects that incorporate zero waste textiles into her existing practice. She works with existing textiles that are classed as waste to reutilise them into the creation of new, useful objects and kept out of landfill.
A recent collaboration with the National Theatre resulted in a bespoke homewares collection, created by Jessica using the Theatre’s costume waste – alongside her own natural materials of unbleached cotton rope and organic cotton thread.
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How we work
Initial consultation (no charge) we are o ering an initial consultation for no charge to include a site-visit and meeting to discuss options followed by examples of artists that are relevant to your context and o er.
All-inclusive fee: fees start at £300 to develop bespoke collections and a suggested artist selection. This includes liaison with artists and a list of suggested artworks and stock.
Collection commission: commission on agreed collections and packages of work on a sale or return basis.
Email: info@kathandcompany.co.uk
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Website: www.kathandcompany.co.uk
Registered Company: 12201264
A new curating service
Sourcing art and artists for your retail context
Bespoke and Sustainable
Transformative Tea Towels
Limited editioned unique-artist designed tea towels
Presents with Provenance
A selection of artists from across the UK for special occasion giving.
Site and subject specific
Collections to connect with your particular context whether you have a natural history, textile, ceramic, or art collection or want to celebrate the distinctiveness of your location.
Commissioning
Supporting you to commission work about your place and context.
Workshops
We o er workshops, talks and demonstrations by artists to connect to your learning and engagement programmes and broaden your retail o er.