About the Artist

Kat Looby studied Glassblowing at Sheridan College and earned her Bachelor of Craft and Design in glass. She has been an assistant on 3 seasons of the hit Netflix glass blowing competition show Blown Away. In 2020 she did a Collection and Curatorial internship at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo, where she curated an exhibition. She continues to do work for gallery – including working on the install team for their 2021-2022 main exhibitions and intermittently teaches classes and works on various art projects with them. When not working at galleries or on shows, Kat can be found working for a variety of local glassblowers as well as making her own work and personal projects.
She is currently the Artist in Residence at The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, working with fused and stained glass.

A look into the process - filmed by Geoff Guich