Kate Clarke

I love figs so much, that I named my business after the tree. Ficus Carica is the edible species of common fig, thus Ficus Ceramica... I love them so much that a big botanical illustration of a fig branch is my only tattoo. I have a mental map of every fig tree in every neighborhood I've ever lived in. Why do I love them so much? Where do I start!? First, I just love picking them... In New Orleans, figs are ripening on the trees at the end of June, into the beginning of July, so we're in...

What an opportunity to learn new things, these croissant butter dishes have been! In other words, what a frustrating saga full of dead ends and expensive new materials... I have had an incredible amount of demand from instagram reels gone viral, and I've been working on developing ways to increase production to meet this new demand. With slipcasting, plaster molds are only good for a limited number of uses, before the details wear away. Additionally, I can only use the mold 2-3 times per...

This spring, I found some really gnarly cucumbers at the Asian grocery, and realized that a pickle is such a good food for my art! What...