Kay Foye

Inspired and Free: Kay Foye & the Beauty of Hands-On Work in a Mind-Dominated Time

Season 2
Episode 2

Kay Foye is a knife maker and artist who grew up in Princeton, NJ, where her love of horses began. After leaving the hustle and bustle of work in New York City, Kay became a rancher in Colorado, and in 2018 began to learn the art of knifemaking, and she then began forging legacy knives—handmade knives with the mementos of a client’s life forged within the handle. Kay combines an aesthetically appealing blend of ranch life, artist, and blacksmith into her creative expression.

Photo courtesy of Preston Hoffman

Discussed in this episode:

Finding your path the roundabout way.

The importance of storytelling in different forms.

Creating a legacy through tangible objects.

Collecting items for beauty and longevity.

Creating and purchasing heirlooms for your descendants.

The kitchen as the center of a home.

Upleveling your kitchen tools.

The wrangler life.

The artistic life.

Country life.