Kate McKay’s Open Studio is open at 10:00am – 4:00pm on Saturday, 19 November at 29 Breadalbane Road, Collector, NSW.

Kate McKay is a regional ceramic artist with her studio on Ngunnawal country, very close to the village of Collector, not far from Lake George (Weereewa). McKay’s foundational practice predominantly revolves around an intense focus on process. McKay is mostly known for her stoneware cups, plates and bowls and other functional objects. The studio is shared with her father, fellow potter, Alan Howard. She uses a Bernard Leach designed kick wheel, manually propelled by McKay kicking it along as she throws. Manually propelled wheels are a rarity in contemporary ceramic practice, but as McKay says it is a beautiful way to keep the gentle throwing lines alive.

Visitors can expect a wide range of ceramics for sale on the day, with an emphasis on tea cups and Yunomi (Yunomi is the most common type of Japanese teacup, cylindrical in shape and without a handle, a beaker). Visitors will be offered complimentary tea to have in their cups/beakers and there will be a small selection savoury and sweet treats for sale.

We are less than 1 km from the village of Collector.

Do NOT let google maps take you to PARKESBOURNE or BREADALBANE.
These are the co-ordinates:
-34.905087, 149.437406 copy and paste these into your GPS.