Katie Walker

Education

She first studied Furniture and Related Product Design at London"s Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication and went on to study for an Master of Arts in Furniture Design at the Royal College of Artist

Career

Her designs combine the function of the object with a sculptural interpretation of its structure. She works with craft and volume manufacturers and produces specific one-off commissions from a variety of materials. As a furniture designer and business person (she runs Katie Walker Furniture), Katie designs pieces for batch production and for one-off commissions.

1993 "Walk don"t Walk", street furniture exhibition at Liverpools" "Visionfest" 1994 The Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Oxted, Surrey 1995, 96, 98 "Decorative Arts Today", Bonhams, London 1995,96,97,98,99,01 "100% Design", London 1996,97 The Garden Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire 1996 "Living at Belsay", Belsay Hall, Northumberland 1996, 97 "Design Resolutions", Royal Festival Hall, London 1997 "The Garden", The Harley Gallery, Worksop 1997, 2002, 2004 The Grace Barrand Design Centre, Nutfield, Surrey 1997 "Almost Edible" Six Chapel Row Gallery, Bath 1998 The Hill House, Helensburgh, Scotland 1998 "Katie Walker Furniture" Hove Museum & Art Gallery 1999, 01 A Celebration of Craftsmanship, Cheltenham 2001/ 2002 "onetree": Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Tenants Hall, Tatton Park, Cheshire. Bristol City Art Gallery.

The Geffrye Museum, London 2002 Chelsea Crafts Fair, London 2004 "New Member Focus", Contemporary Applied Arts, London 2006 Collect 2006 Origin.

Achievements

• Ribbon Rocking Chair (winner of the Wesley Barrell Craft Award and both the Wood Awards Furniture and Innovation Awards in 2006).