Katch Skinner

In 2018 Skinner won the Liberty Open Call competition, becoming one of three makers chosen to have their work stocked at the Liberty London store,^[4] with her limited edition distinctive character egg cups.^[5]

Also in 2018, Skinner's work was included in an exhibition at Cartwright Hall which celebrated 100 years since the suffragettes helped to secure the vote for women.^[6] As part of the celebration of the centenary of the vote for women,^[7] commissioned ceramic pieces by Skinner were also part of A Woman's Place exhibition at the Abbey House Museum in Leeds.^[8][9] The commemorative pieces, commissioned by Leeds Museums & Galleries and now held in their collection,^[10] celebrated local Yorkshire heroines.^[11]

Prior to her commissions from Leeds, Skinner embarked upon a self-directed project entitled 'Women in British History' - an ongoing series of commemorative ceramic ware to celebrate remarkable women, both famous and those less well-known.^[12][5] Skinner was invited to exhibit her 'Women in British history' project at the Innovation Centre in Halifax, with the addition of a ‘Elsie Whiteley’ plate specially commissioned for the show.^[13]

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