Kathryn McAvoy

Kathryn McAvoy

Pronouns: she/her
Major: Economics
Minor: Fine Arts

Kathryn McAvoy is a ceramic artist from New England, currently based in San Francisco. She graduated from the University of San Francisco with a BS in economics and a minor in fine arts and has worked with clay for over fifteen years. Her work consists mostly of thrown ceramic vessels with hand built elements, playing with humor and functionality. Hoping to pull a chuckle out of all her work, Kathryn attempts to blend beautifully crafted pottery with jocularity.

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I am drawn to the absurd. Possibly out of a stubborn belief in treating everyday life with flippancy, I make my pieces with the intention of humour. I exaggerate natural shapes, take advantage of natural laws, or flip conventional uses on their head. The functionally nonfunctional.  I work with clay because of its versatility and long standing history of practical use. Though every work I make serves a function, it may not go about it in the traditional sense. There are always more ways to perform a task than meets the eye, some paths to completion are more comical than others.

WET PAINT
USFCA Design & Fine Arts
Class of 2025
Senior Projects