Diving Cat Studio and Gallery

Specialties

The Diving Cat is a Studio and Gallery filled with the creative work of a 100+ artist and designers. In an ever-​changing display you will find work that includes a colorful, eclectic mix of jewelry, glass, metals, folk art, furniture, wood, art wearables, pottery, textiles, photography, and paintings. Now, you can buy many of these creations in our web store.

History

Established in 2008.

Diving Cat Story

Markels is often asked why she calls her studio Diving Cat Studio. Could it be that she has cared for over 30 feral cats feeding, vetting and loving them throughout her life? No. that is not the reason, she chose the name. The reason her studio is called Diving Cat Studio is based more on a feeling.

When I was growing up and adventuring into adulthood, I found that I had an instinctive yearning. This feeling often pulled me in many directions and into many life lessons. It was uncontrollable, a pure instinct, much like when a cat spots something in the high grass. It can’t stop itself from crouching down, winding up and leaping into an unknown situation. I had the same reaction to life. I wind up and leap into something I often don’t know and find when I look down at what I’ve caught it is something that enriches my life even further.

Diving into life not knowing what lies ahead has brought me to where I am now in both my art and my life. Diving Cat Studio and Art G

Meet the Business Owner

Markels R.

Business Owner

About Markels Roberts

Markels discovered her passion for art working with clay as a grade school student living in southern California. She is now established as the Diving Cat Studio and Gallery in Phoenixville, PA creating pottery sculpture and glass art, and running a 2000 sf. retail gallery showing the work of over 150 artists and designers.

Clay allows her to work in three dimensions with few limitations. She works with earthenware, red clay, stoneware and porcelain. Her favorite subjects are found in the forest: animals, bugs, leaves, rocks and sticks, and symbols. These themes are sculpted and illustrated on vessels. She likes to use a broad palate of color and abstract design. Sculptures of dogs, cats and birds are also a recurring themes in her work. Half of her studio space is used for pottery and ceramic sculpture. Over the years, while her artistic skills developed, She was introduced to glass as an expressive medium. She became fascinated with the challenge of a whole né