Kay Doble

Kay is fascinated by nature and its inherent beauty, making work out of natural materials, predominantly bird, reptile and animal skins as well as other components such as bones. Attracted to the intricacies of formation, proportions, structure and surface found within nature from an aesthetic, microcosmic and physical level but also from a deeper, macrocosmic and scientific level where science is combined with art in particular biology, genetics and the relationship between our innate behaviour and our outward physical appearance with particular fascination by the golden ratio, natural selection and the ornamental differences found within sexual selection. Valuing craftsmanship and process Kay enhances, juxtaposes and explores the limitations of natural components and traditional processes, aiming to question conventional roles and associations, creating original and conceptual pieces that invite the viewer to see the work with a fresh perspective.