Kate Lyons Miller

As a maker, Kate is drawn to the elemental nature of clay—its weight, heft, its memory, its capacity to hold both time and touch. Within its surface lie traces of age and movement, a quiet dialogue between earth and maker. Her practice explores this dialogue, embracing the tension between fragility and permanence, utility and artistry. Whether shaped into a vessel that fits the hand or a sculpture that commands space, clay remains a living material—responsive, mutable, and deeply expressive.

In her workshops, Kate connects participants with the raw sources of this material: clay drawn straight from the quarry, minerals gathered along footpaths, the textures and colours of the land itself. Through these encounters, she invites a reconsideration of clay as more than medium—as a grounding presence that reminds us of the material world we inhabit and shape in return.

Walking at night, near my high Dartmoor home, I could see a line of light over towards the coast, and above it a second line, the street lights reflected on the low cloud. Little flecks of sparkle on the shoulder, ground granite , called growan, stars….

Black Stoneware with Inclusions and Additions of Found Clays

30x30x30cm