Katrina Hude
NWDC is pleased to share the art and ideas of Katrina Hude.
Katrina Hude lives on Whidbey Island in Washington State. She began working with glass as an undergraduate at California College of Arts and Crafts and then, received an MFA from San Jose Sate Univ. California in sculpture in 1995. Since, she has been awarded the fellowship at The Creative Glass Center of America and Emerging Artist in Residence at the Pilchuck Glass School. Katrina has lectured and demonstrated as a guest artist in Japan, Australia. Here in the US, she was an Artist in Residence at the Tacoma Museum of Glass and a Visiting Artist at West Texas A&M University. In 2012, Katrina also participated in the International Glass Symposium at Novy Bor, Czech Republic, the Glass Art Society Conference, Toledo, Ohio and the California Glass Exchange in Oakland, CA.
How were you introduced to art?
Encouraged since early childhood, I can't remember a time when I was not an artist.
Where do you find inspiration when creating new work?
Inspiration is found everywhere and anywhere when one can take or make time for introspection. Specifically, I enjoy discourse about purposeful living, how the arts impact our culture and civil mechanisms. Mentorship and creative synergy are huge drivers in my eyes. I find a deep wealth of creativity in discussions of micro and macrocosms.
What do you consider your greatest artistic achievement?
Learning the art and value of failing gracefully.
What is the quality you most like in an artist?
Expansiveness and the ability to reach the viewer in a cerebral and physical plane simultaneously.
Katrina Hude, “Lilting Fetish” Blown glass, engraved. 2025 grouping H 2.5” x W 8” x D 3.5” avg.
Which living artist do you most admire?
Off the top of my head, Anish Kapoor, for his tactile, visceral and emotive observations of the material world and how the objects themselves refer to ethereal notions more so than the tangible realm. Tomorrow I may be attracted to another artist who is pushing a different boundary.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would give myself permission to farm out administrative and domestic tasks.
What is your most treasured possession?
Possessions are a joy and a curse for me. I am a very nostalgic and loyal so I have impractical attachments to certain objects. Today's favorite might be a very specialized tool for chopping glass tiles. It is very heavy cast iron and it serves only one, very distinct purpose. It was given to me by a cherished friend and creative mentor. It takes up a lot of real estate in my studio but I love seeing it every day. It carries good energy.
Katrina Hude ”Forget Me Not Fetish” Blown glass. 2025 H 4.5x W 16” x D 4.5”
Who has had a significant influence over your work?
Rainier Maria Rilke comes to mind, "Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue." *RMR Authors who examine deep introspection and courage have always been comforting for me. Plus, every artist who has let me inside of their reason for being, by words, by actions, or with objects, has shaped the way I process my creativity.
How has your studio practice changed?
First of all, I have one, (studio) which is perhaps the greatest achievement (Re: Q#3) and now that I have the opportunity, I can share and provide space to other seekers as my mentors have done for me.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Equilibrium? Newton's third law: for every action there is an equal and opposite action? To have presence of mind in my home and practical actions and total immersion in my creative practice.
Katrina Hude, “Skin Deep Fetish” Blown glass, engraved. 2025 H 6” x W 9” x D 8”
