Meet the Artists: Kate Hursthouse

Last week we celebrated our 4th Birthday, and launched a series of art prints inspired by the wise words of a few of our past CreativeMorning/AKL speakers. A selection of talented artists & designers from our community have taken these quotes and crafted a stunning collection of art prints. 

Over the next few weeks we’ll introduce you to these talented individuals, and point you to the talks from which they gained their inspiration. 

First up: the wonderful Kate Hursthouse!

Kate Hursthouse is a former architect turned illustrator, calligrapher and designer based in Auckland, New Zealand. She is known for her calligraphic and typographic illustration based artworks. Her love for words and letters stems from studying calligraphy, an ancient art form that has become lost due to the onset of computers.

Her detailed illustrative works use the structure of typography as the foundation to explore pattern and texture. Using different tools, textures and materials she currently explores how you can manipulate letterforms to the point where you create texture from language. This exploration can be found in Kate’s debut solo show Enigma, showing at LOT23 until 3 Dec.

Find Kate on Twitter, Instagram or at her website.

For our SHOCKtober exhibition Kate took the words of Threaded Magazine’s Kyra Clarke, who spoke to the theme of Freedom in June 2014. Watch the talk that inspired this poster here!

“Where does creative freedom come from?” by Kate Hursthouse

Kate’s print is available for purchase from Endemic World. By buying her print you’ll be supporting CreativeMornings/AKL, helping us to continue providing you with breakfast and inspiration. Plus you’ll get a rad piece of art for your wall! Chur.