Kathleen is a Scottish artist and metalworker with over ten years of experience whilst living in the UK and Japan. She graduated from The Glasgow School of Art Silversmithing & Jewellery department in 2015 and completed her Masters in Jewellery & Metal at the Royal College of Art in 2018. Her journey creating Oku began in 2018 when she visited the 'Biology of Metal: Metal Craftsmanship in Tsubame-Sanjo' exhibition at Japan House London for London Design Festival, and discovered the skills of their craftspeople. In 2019 she moved to Japan on the Daiwa Scholarship. From 2020-2022, she trained with artisans in Tsubame-Sanjo and developed Oku which won Dezeen Awards Homeware design of the year 2022.
