About

Ovington Pottery opened its doors in 2025, nestled in an intimate third-floor studio of a brownstone in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The space—once the living and dining room of Katie's grandparents—has been in her family for over 20 years. Katie moved into the apartment in 2019, using it as her personal studio for five years before deciding, in November 2024, to share it with the public. Her vision was to create a welcoming community centered around clay, right in the heart of the neighborhood.

The studio sits on Ovington Avenue, a street deeply woven into both Katie's family story and the artistic history of Brooklyn. Katie’s great-uncle first moved to the block in the early 1900s. When her grandfather emigrated from Ireland in 1928, he too made Ovington Avenue home, raising a family here with his wife, Mae. The Coughlin family has lived on this block ever since—more than a century of continuous presence.

The artistic legacy of Ovington Avenue reaches even further back. Originally known as the Ovington Artist Village, ( the name being taken from the family farm land the village then occupied) the area became a refuge for artists fleeing Manhattan during the yellow fever outbreak. Two of the Ovington brothers even ran a china ware company in Brooklyn, designing pottery and importing the wares in from France. Their creations—labeled “Ovington Pottery”—can still be found in thrift stores and antique shops today.