Kay Doble

Kay Doble is a visual artist pioneering original techniques rooted in traditional taxidermy preservation and developing a distinctive sculptural language that highlights the inherent beauty of natural materials. Her refined craftsmanship and unique material sensibility form a meticulous practice aimed at inspiring awe, provoking curiosity, and shifting perspectives. 

Working primarily with found or by-product preserved bird pelts, treated almost as fabric, Kay creates intricate sculptural compositions and functional pieces that reframe historical context to foreground the beauty of natural phenomena. She works with materials that exhibit iridescence, metallic reflectivity, translucency, and the full rainbow spectrum, drawing on themes of natural selection, biomathematics, geometry, Indigenous culture, psychology, biophilia, and ecology.