About Me

Hello!

I'm Kat, the hands behind Kat & Kin. I'm a designer and printmaker from the North East of Scotland, now living and working in South East London.

I grew up shuttling between the city and the countryside, surrounded by Pictish standing stones and tales of giants who slept inside mountains. I'm endlessly inspired by folklore, fairytales, historical oddities and natural wonders - all things fascinating and fantastical, with a rich narrative seam. I trained as a Philosopher/Psychologist rather than an artist, but my hands never stopped making.

My main loves are linocut print and hand-painted decorative ceramics but I've also been known to build puppets, cut intricate paper designs, dabble in origami and sculpt 3D models in clay (two of which have turned into full-size totem poles in London's Hyde Park...).

In my time, I've been a guide for spooky underground ghost tours, a TV researcher, a touring singer-songwriter, a graphic designer and a digital creative working with tech start-ups. None of it stuck - and I'm relieved, because I never would have discovered printmaking otherwise.

I especially like puzzles and fiddly, hidden details - the stories within the stories. I hope you do too.