Art on display for Autumn Festival goers
With the Cambridge Autumn Festival fast approaching, artist Kate Burchett is another who is preparing to open her home studio to the public.
Although she has been involved in many mediums throughout her life, ceramic art is where most of her passion lies.
Burchett’s studio, which is not usually visible to the public, will be opening its doors during the Cambridge Autumn Festival to give people a glimpse at what she does.
Almost every wall and flat surface in her home near Lake Te Koo Utu accommodates the artwork which she personally loves.
But the surprise really comes in the warm, homely, rustic but practical creative space, which was once a garage but is now exclusively her working studio.
‘‘All I need now is a sofa and a coffee table,’’ Burchett said.
She aimed to tell stories with her unique styles of ceramic work, and said she found a com-
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pulsion to keep busy.
Sometimes the simplest things will inspire her, and begin to generate more artistic ideas.
‘‘I’ll see something on the news or in life, and I’ll go, ‘Oh yeah, I love that’.’’
Lining a shelf in her studio are a collection of ceramic ‘‘cone birds’’ with long beaks, somewhat resembling toucans.
She designed to be able to fit comfortably over the top of road cones.
Burchett also displays a style of artwork she created while trying to make tea cups.
She said she liked to build works from components, and found she was able to lace together rudimentary cups and saucers of different shapes and sizes.
This was done using the natural flow of her own hand gestures rather than a strict formula.
‘‘I’m really proud of those. Those are my own invention,’’ she said.
‘‘Everyone’s got a different gesture.
‘‘Everyone’s got a different body language.
‘‘These works lean in towards each other. I make them talk to each other.’’