Donna Kato is a well known polymer clay author,teacher,product developer and artist who has worked in the medium for many years. Her book,"The Art of Polymer Clay" (Watson Guptill) published in 1997 remains one of the most popular and respected texts on the subject. Within the polymer clay community, she is best known for her technical innovation and the ability to present concepts in a clear, concise and organized manner. Her work has been included in other texts as well, including "Creating With Polymer Clay" (Ford and Dierkes), "Foundations in Polymer Clay" (McGuire), "The Polymer Clay Techniques Book" (Heaser), "Polymer Clay: Creating Functional and Decorative Objects" (Gikow) and "Your Guide to Creativity" (Better Homes & Gardens and JoAnn Stores) a comprehensive guide to crafts and crafting.

Through the years, she has worked with virtually all the clays marketed in the United States having started as a demonstrator for Kemper Enterprises, functioned as artist in residence at Polyform Products and served as consultant to Eberhard Faber in the United States. This experience provided the expertise required to embark on the journey with Van Aken International resulting in the formulation and production of Kato Polyclay™.

Donna is a regular guest on HGTV "The Carol Duvall Show", and has appeared frequently on "Home Matters". She has released,through MindStorm Productions, four instructional videotapes with more scheduled for future release.

Her publication credits include "Jewelry Crafts", where she is a Contributing Editor, "Bead and Button", "Lapidary Journal", "Better Homes and Gardens", "Women's Day" (SIP), "Arts &Crafts", "Great American Crafts", to name only a few.

Donna has participated in gallery shows including The Masters Invitational Polymer Clay Show, the POP Show, The Society of Arts and Crafts Polymer Clay Show and the Bead Museum Show.