#katycook

🌿✨ Explore the crossroads of nature and creativity with Katy Cook at Forge Open Studios 2025! ✨🌿 Katy’s practice weaves together drawing, monoprint and collage, gathering fragments of the natural world and reshaping them into poetic compositions. From the very first year of her Digswell fellowship, she’s been fascinated by how simple shapes can evoke complex stories—and her latest series pushes those explorations into new dimensions. Every line, texture and cut reveals a dialogue between mark-making and material. 📅 When: 21–22 June 2025 📍 Where: The Forge, Hertford Road, Digswell 🎟️ Entry: Free! Drop by Katy’s studio to see her process in action, chat about her journey and take home an original piece that speaks to the harmony of art and environment. 🔗 Full details: https://digswellarts.org/forge-open-studios-2025/

Meet the Artist: Katy Cook ✨ Katy Cook’s practice begins with drawing and expands into collage, mono-print and three-dimensional forms. Her work is shaped by gathering, researching and assembling — using nature, texture and found objects as starting points. Drawing often becomes a way to collect an experience, recall a visual memory, or translate an idea into something tactile and material. You can meet Katy and see more of her work during Digswell Arts Trust Open Studios Weekend at The Forge. 📍 The Forge, Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn, AL6 0BU 📅 Saturday 20 June, 11am–6pm 📅 Sunday 21 June, 11am–4pm 🎟️ Free entry Come along, step inside the studios, and meet the artists behind the work.

✂️ Rediscovering Collage with Katy Cook Collage workshops led by Digswell Fellow Katy Cook offer a chance to slow down, disconnect from the digital world, and reconnect with making. Often overlooked since school days, collage becomes something entirely different here — a playful yet thoughtful process of working with colour, shape, and materials. As Katy shares: “It’s a wonderful way to be present and play… calming, but with energising results.” Each participant leaves with something personal, vibrant, and unique. 🎨 Register your interest for future workshops → www.katycookart.com 🔗 Read more via the link in bio

✨ Featured Artist of the Month – Katy Cook ✨ Katy’s practice is rooted in drawing and expands into collage, monoprint, and sculptural forms. She describes her approach as a “hybrid practice”, exploring the tactile qualities of materials in a digital age. Inspired by nature, texture, and found objects, her work transforms simple shapes into layered narratives. 🔗 Read the full interview here: https://digswellarts.org/featured-artist-of-the-month-katy-cook-2/

🌟 Artist Spotlight: Katy Cook 🎨 Join us in celebrating our talented Artist Katy Cook, based at The Forge. Katy's unique approach to art is a fascinating blend of exploration and investigation, using drawing as a primary mode. Her work interestingly transitions between two and three dimensions, exploring surface, mark, and line with materials ranging from felt to baling twine. 🔸 Recent graduate from a BA in Fine Art 🔸 Passion for transforming flat materials into dynamic sculptures 🔸 Curiosity-driven by everyday encounters with materials, shapes, and colours 🔸 Inspired by iconic artists like Dorothea Tanning, Lee Bontecou, and Jay DeFeo Katy's recent creations include a felt 'blanket' and a baling twine sculpture, showcasing her ability to see all her work as drawings, whether they are in two or three dimensions. Stay curious, stay inspired, and keep an eye on Katy's evolving artistic journey at Digswell! 🎨 Explore more: https://digswellarts.org/featured-artist-of-the-month-katy-cook/