Kim Donaldson is a British ceramist based near the Georgian city of Bath. Her inspirations come from uncontrived compositions of everyday life. Arrangements of colours and textures that find themselves within a frame and catch her eye: fallen leaves by a rusted pipe, flowing patterns through streams of water, a bird sitting amongst sun dappled branches, and nature’s debris lying by everyday, unobserved manmade objects. She translates these observations into spontaneous, uplifting, and gentle patterns that are painted, stencilled or scratched into her hand built ceramics.

She began her studies with an Art Foundation at West Surrey College of Art and Design in 1973, and went on to refine her particular interest with a Ceramics BA, at Bath Academy of Art from 1974-1977.