Katherine Witt

Stavely, AB, CA

I am a self-taught borosilicate lampworker artist based in Nanton, Alberta. Since starting my glassblowing journey in 2021, my work has focused heavily on clean, precise hollow-color preparation, advanced sleeving on the lathe and gold and silver fuming both in hollow and solid form. In early 2026 I took my bench skills and transitioned to the lathe, it has allowed me to work with larger prep, increase my precision and help me build towards the skills needed for quality functional pieces. I currently do a lot of prep work for my partner and want to build skills to transition to making finished work on my own.

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Implosion marbles

I do a lot of fumed marbles for various applications, as stand alone, part of sets or used as prep for functional work

Wig wag bead work

I work with a lot of lined tubing, learning how to make wig wags for various applications like beads, accessories and prep for functional pieces.

Color Prep

Various color prep done on the lathe,all starting as a rod, blown out on a lathe to a tube then this is sleeved inside clear, this create a very clean color look, I also experiment with layering colors with similar methods.

Dinos Last Dance Collab

A finished functional piece completed by my partner featuring my wig wag bow tie and fume prep sections along with many mini Dino figurines that I sculpted

Fume implosion pendents

Various gold and silver fumed implosions with bails, similar techniques can be used for marbles, cabs, etc.

Carta Moon topper

This is another piece made by my partner, using my color prep, I’m highlighting this as the importance of proper walled weighted prep leads to clean outcomes.