Clements’ installation titled Blue Hydrangea references historical wallpaper and ornamental architecture. Her work explores the ambiguity of style and its capacity for imitation and distinction; its juxtaposition of the artificial and the natural; and its intersection with class, modernity, and taste. The fragility of the glass becomes metaphorical for the impermanence of beauty, the fleetingness of taste, and the constant pursuit to grasp and possess them.

Clements’ distinctive technique uses finely pulverized glass (frit) to create intricate patterns that get fused in a kiln and installed on walls or hanging in space. The wafer-thin panels reference naturalistic designs and floral motifs that explore ideas of beauty, taste, and impermanence.

Kate Clements received her MFA in Glass from the Tyler School of Art & Architecture in Philadelphia and her BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute. She has been awarded residencies at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, Pilchuck Glass School, S12 Gallery in Bergen, Norway, and the Charlotte Street Foundation. She has exhibited nationally, and her work can be found in private and public collections including, the Chris and Angie Long Collection at CPKC KC CURRENT Stadium, Kansas City, MO and Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI. Clements’ work has received numerous awards including, Best in Show in the Heartland 6 exhibition in 2024 at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery. Her work has also been featured in Italian Vogue Gioiello, American Craft Magazine, and New Glass Review 36,37,38, 42, and 43.