Katie GoddenGreen - Open Studios

Lower Scarsick is a beautiful place to come and visit Katie in her studio. Wander the gardens, look at the art and enjoy tea and cake on the terrace.

The studio is bursting with Lino prints, acrylic paintings, hand-stitched embroideries, cushions and drawings. There will be a “plan-chest sale”of prints.

Katie’s Lino prints describe habitat, almanac and folklore.

The prints use strong colours, sharp lines and flat plains. Layers are built up with the multi-plate technique or prints are jig sawed together for hand printing on Japanese paper. Central figures, lounging ladies, parrots and puffins proudly represent their land.

Katie draws directly in the landscape, sitting on cliff tops or hiding in caves, building up stories in her sketchbooks. Katie hopes to present humour and familiarity in her prints.

Katie’s cushions are hand made with dyed antique linens and luscious velvets. The paradise embroidered birds perch on Shwe-Shwe African moons. Katie links her love of birth place, Cape Town with the use of the African printed moons.

The Almanac and the moon’s phases allow Katie to work with nature’s cycles. She adds words to her cushions to emphasise this. Commissions are taken for personalised cushions.

The Moon Calendar, 2023 will be for sale along with greetings cards.

The south facing studio opens onto the terrace where tea and cake can be enjoyed. This is the first year Katie will be showing her new studio in the house; framed pieces will be hung in the hallway gallery.