Katie Brown
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Katie Brown is one of New Zealand’s premier female glassblowers, celebrated for her elegant, organic glass vessels that combine elongated silhouettes with intricate line work.
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Whanganui-based artist Katie Brown is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s foremost female glassblowers, celebrated for her elegant, organic vessels, platters, and vases. Deeply inspired by the natural world, Brown utilizes hot glass to give form to fluid, living structures.
Her signature aesthetic balances dramatic, elongated silhouettes that reach upward with intricate, fine line work. Through a masterful command of color and precise cold-working techniques, her pieces achieve a delicate sense of structure, captured in luminous, refined forms. A graduate of Whanganui UCOL (1999), Brown’s technical foundation was shaped by years of elite international immersion, including three years in the United States as part of renowned glass artist Josh Simpson's studio team, followed by a transformative period in England working alongside acclaimed environmental glass artist Neil Wilkin. Since returning to Whanganui in late 2003, she has been a vital force in the New Zealand glass movement, playing an instrumental role in establishing the New Zealand Glassworks facility. Today, her pieces are held in private collections both locally and worldwide. |
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