Kathy Cady’s Bio

Kathy Cady is a native of northwestern Connecticut. She earned her Master’s degree in Art Education and, for thirty years, has taught ceramics at the high school and college levels. Her ceramic artwork has focused on pit firing techniques inspired by ancient and classical forms. These creations maintain a fluidity and gracefulness that complement the primitive pit firing process. Kathy also creates tile artwork infused with crystals and melted glass, which is inspired by geological formations and the wonders of water. Fabricated metal is often used to enhance her pottery and tile creations. 

Kathy’s current pottery forms incorporate crystals adorning lidded vessels. New works are frequently triggered by a fascination with crystals and her desire to unite the proportion and balance of those minerals within each pottery form and glaze application.

Kathy Cady’ Artist Statement

Ever since early childhood, I have felt a connection to our natural world. Growing up on a tree farm, vacationing alongside lakes and oceans, and working the soil with my hands while gardening has allowed me to nurture a creative enlightenment that I portray throughout my pottery. This has imbued me with joy and a deep kinship to our environment, and I intend to continue cultivating this feeling as I move through the topography of my life and our world. 

Evening winds whirl desert dust; a pastel palette flares twilit skies.

Tattered, wind-worn badlands hurl jigsaw shadows ‘neath the icy glimmer of a gibbous moon.

Across gloom-shrouded sharkskin seas, a door of perception parts far beyond the clear horizon.