Western Mail Feature: April 2020

Western Mail feature : April 2020

Artist Katherine Jones should have been exhibiting her work on a stall at the RHS show in Bute Park this weekend.

When it was cancelled due to the coronavirus lockdown, she came up with a novel solution: She will set up the stall in her house and share pictures of it via Instagram, where all the work will be for sale.

Katherine is a Cardiff-based artist and architect whose work ranges from finely detailed drawings to fascinating three-dimensional art made with found objects.

She studied architecture at Cardiff University and, after qualifying, worked in London for several years before returning to Cardiff. Along the way she started making object art - initially just as gifts for family and friends - and then rediscovered her passion for drawing on a trip to Central America and Mexico.

Now fully self employed both as an architect and an artist, she faces a significant challenge in the face of the lockdown.

'A large part of my income usually comes through festivals and events where I have a stall to sell my work.

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, these have all obviously been cancelled," she says. "I decided not to let that stop me!"

Her virtual stall opens at 11am tomorrow and will continue throughout the weekend on her Instagram @katherinejonesartist.

"The products will also be on my story highlights after the weekend," she says.

"The items will include one-off bespoke object art pieces as well as original drawings and a range of my usual prints."