Kate Lethlean produces contemporary, elegant porcelain wares for your home and table and striking botanical sculptures based on seasonal plants and flowers. All handmade by nature and food lover Kate Lethlean in her garden studio.
My work is underpinned by a range of fine porcelain tableware. Both practical and simple the pieces are available in hand-tinted and complementary shades to create seemingly endless combinations for your home.
I have been captivated by clay since December 2018. Since then I have dedicated myself to exploring its possibilities. My professional background in cookery inclined me toward making functional pieces, always considering how they might work best for food presentation and creating a beautiful table. My strong interest in interiors also gave me a natural pull toward creating accessories for the home with a contemporary aesthetic.
I have always been drawn to botanicals - as both keen gardener and ceramicist. I became increasingly interested in the historical representation of flowers and fruit in European ceramics. Over the past few years I sought out artists locally and internationally to learn more about these skills, undertaking online courses and forming invaluable relationships with them.
In 2024 porcelain became my focus. I have studied slip casting, mould making and casting organic materials in paper porcelain with renowned ceramicist Sandra Black. From there I went to Italy to learn the art of handmade porcelain flowers with Noemi Iglesias at La Meridiana ceramic school. I then spent a week 1:1 with porcelain artist Martha Pachon Rodriguez in Faenza.
This year, 2025, I opened Claymates Studio in Quindalup. It’s my workshop but so much more to me. Here I grow the plants I wish to capture in my work and it’s where I continue to experiment and learn.
I describe myself as an “aspiring ceramicist”, consumed to this day by clay’s endless ability to surprise, disappoint and delight.