Taylor Knauff

Taylor Knauff

Kamloops, BC, Canada

Taylor Knauff recently graduated with distinction from Alberta University of Arts in 2025 majoring in glass with a minor in ceramics. Originally drawn to clay for its raw tactility, Knauff completed a ceramics certificate at The Kootenay School of Arts in Nelson, B.C. in 2018 and returned to Kamloops to set up her own studio. Four years later Knauff followed a desire to learn more and enrolled at the Alberta University of the Arts with the intention of completing a degree in ceramics. In her first semester elective glassblowing class she fell in love with glass’s materiality and the collaborative community surrounding the medium, switching majors instantly.

Glass blowing and wheel throwing have become Knauff’s most comfortable states of being. Both practices simultaneously interweave mindful meditative flow while exercising full body coordination, balancing the focus between self and environment and allow her to express her admiration of everyday objects.