{"id":2717,"date":"2026-03-25T10:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:13:47","slug":"kate-harrison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/kate-harrison\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Harrison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sitecontainer\">\n<div class=\"pagecontainer\">\n<h4 class=\"homepage-heading-h4\">Degree Show 2024<\/h4>\n<div class=\"postcontainer\">\n<h1 class=\"thestudentpostname\" id=\"studentpostname\">Kate Harrison<\/h1>\n<h3>BA Art and Design<\/h3>\n<p class=\"studentstatement\">My practice channels the dual nature of the ancient roots of human experience alongside non-human, organic bacteria finding parallels in our feeding and nurturing interactions through the medium of textile production. The process of making is integral to my practice, with me as the artist reflecting the conceptual roots of the work, acting as the carer and provider for the creation of my own material.<\/p>\n<div class=\"socialstack\"><span class=\"material-symbols-outlined\">handshake<\/span><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with <span id=\"withme\">Kate Harrison<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--FILE01--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mediafileviewer mfvimages\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading =\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kate-harrison-01_Kate-Harrison-scaled.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1697px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1697\/2560;\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mfv-caption\">This film shot was taken from the early stages of the installation gestation. The image reflects the important relationship between the made object, the found object alongside the absence and presence of the human being. The manifestation of the sculptural properties of the textile utensils evolved further into the finalised installation however, I think it&#8217;s necessary to show the preliminary stages where the material is visually more organic, yet the nostalgic feelings of the eating experience can still be felt by the viewer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--FILE02--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mediafileviewer mfvimages\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading =\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kate-harrison-02_Kate-Harrison-scaled.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2181px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2181\/2560;\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mfv-caption\">This multimedia installation seeks to reflect the dual narratives of these ancient human experiences alongside contemporary textile exploration, unifying their differing qualities and functions through film and object. I have created a Dining Space which nurtures the collaborative human experience of eating. The displays of various collections of bottles and handmade spoons bring an archival quality to the work, the methods of collecting reaffirming the installation\u2019s domestic setting. There are amplified sounds of fermentation to remind the viewer of the living, breathing organic processes through which the artefacts were created, akin to the gestation of all new life. In choosing the recognisable domestic forms of eating utensils, I hope to illuminate the collaborative communion that underlies the rituals of sustenance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--FILE04VIDEO--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mediafileviewer mfvvideos\"><video width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" controls><source src=\"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kate-harrison-03_Kate-Harrison.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">Your browser does not support the video tag.<\/video><\/p>\n<p class=\"mfv-caption\">My experimental film The Hand That Feeds Us (2024) provides the visual link to the nurturing qualities of the woman as the ancient provider. The material bears witness to our lives, exposing the textural marks of our human experiences with a visually unnerving quality, like that of human skin, which echoes the anthropological thread of my enquiry. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\ndocument.getElementById(\"withme\").innerHTML = document.getElementById(\"studentpostname\").innerHTML;\ndocument.addEventListener(\"scroll\", function(){\nvar sitedescription = document.querySelector(\".site-description\");\nvar studenttitle = document.getElementById(\"studentpostname\");\nif(window.pageYOffset > 100){\nsitedescription.classList.add(\"highlightstudentname\");\nsitedescription.innerHTML = studenttitle.innerHTML;\n}\nif(window.pageYOffset < 100){\nsitedescription.classList.remove(\"highlightstudentname\");\nsitedescription.innerHTML = \"School of Design, University of Leeds\";\n}\n});\n\/*Heart a submission*\/\nlet theheart = document.getElementById(\"heartsvg\"); \/\/ assign the SVG class to a variable called theheart\nlet lsheart = localStorage.getItem(\"onheart\"); \/\/ access a key called onheart in LS, and assign it to a variable called lsheart\nlet heartmsg = document.getElementById(\"heartmessage\");\nconst enableheart = () => { \/\/ create a function to colour in the SVG when the SVG is clicked\ntheheart.classList.add(\"activeheart\"); \/\/ tell the function to add a class to the SVG that will add colour\nheartmsg.innerHTML = \"You liked this submission\";\nheartmsg.classList.add(\"addpinkcolor\");\nlocalStorage.setItem(\"onheart\", \"enabled\"); \/\/ activate LS with the key and a value, hereby called enabled\n};\nconst disableheart = () => { \/\/ create a function to remove colour from the SVG when the SVG is clicked\ntheheart.classList.remove(\"activeheart\"); \/\/ tell the function to remove the class from the SVG that added colour\nheartmsg.innerHTML = \"Like this submission\";\nheartmsg.classList.remove(\"addpinkcolor\");\nlocalStorage.setItem(\"onheart\", \"disabled\"); \/\/ activate LS with the same key but a new value, hereby called disabled\n};\nif(lsheart === \"enabled\"){ \/\/ if the LS key has a value of enabled then...\nenableheart(); \/\/ ...run the enableheart function, which adds the class to the SVG\n}\ntheheart.addEventListener(\"click\", function(){ \/\/ when the SVG is clicked...\nlsheart = localStorage.getItem(\"onheart\"); \/\/ ...I think the LS needs to run on itself\nif(lsheart === \"enabled\"){ \/\/ if the LS key has a value of enabled...\ndisableheart(); \/\/ ...run the function that changes the LS value to disabled\n} else { \/\/ otherwise...\nenableheart(); \/\/ ...run the function that changes the LS value to enabled\n}\n});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Degree Show 2024 Kate Harrison BA Art and Design My practice channels the dual nature of the ancient roots of human experience alongside non-human, organic bacteria finding parallels in our feeding and nurturing interactions through the medium of textile production. The process of making is integral to my practice, with me as the artist reflecting &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/kate-harrison\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kate Harrison&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ba-art-and-design","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2897,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions\/2897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}