Bridget Catchpole new jewellery
Exhibition
/
24 May 2007
-
17 Jun 2007
Published: 21.05.2007
Galerie Noel Guyomarch
Brooch: Sweater girl, 2007
Silver, recycled plastic, peridot
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Thematically, Catchpole’s work references social and political issues, cultural identity and personal history.
Artist list
Bridget Catchpole
'As you desire me…' (1932 soap ad.) is a satirical grouping of work that parodies the color, texture and bold forms found in communication design. Empty cosmetic and beauty product containers are transformed and manipulated into prickly and bumpy amorphous shapes using a heat gun and/or air suction from a small studio constructed vacuum former.
Retaining little of its original shape and function the reworked plastic becomes symbolic. Popular advertising fallaciously represents itself to mend the western cultural dichotomy between physical and inner beauty. It appears to “remedy” our inner sense of well being through physical alterations. Thus the physical garbage of the cosmetic containers are analogous to the throwing away of our natural beauty.
Her work is a juxtaposition of identity and culture. Specifically, it is a response to the limits of conformity and consumption, using humor, and new technologies and materials alongside traditional metal techniques. As a result, the wearer and viewer become participants in a discourse of interpretation.
Bridget Catchpole has been a studio jeweller for over ten years. In 1998, she received her BFA, with distinction, in Studio Art at Concordia University in Montreal. She has been recognized by the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council as well as exhibiting internationally. Thematically, Catchpole’s work references social and political issues, cultural identity and personal history.
Her work can, most recently, be seen in Metalsmith’s Exhibition in Print 2004, 1000 Rings, 500 Brooches and 500 Earrings published by Lark Books, 2004/2007.
Retaining little of its original shape and function the reworked plastic becomes symbolic. Popular advertising fallaciously represents itself to mend the western cultural dichotomy between physical and inner beauty. It appears to “remedy” our inner sense of well being through physical alterations. Thus the physical garbage of the cosmetic containers are analogous to the throwing away of our natural beauty.
Her work is a juxtaposition of identity and culture. Specifically, it is a response to the limits of conformity and consumption, using humor, and new technologies and materials alongside traditional metal techniques. As a result, the wearer and viewer become participants in a discourse of interpretation.
Bridget Catchpole has been a studio jeweller for over ten years. In 1998, she received her BFA, with distinction, in Studio Art at Concordia University in Montreal. She has been recognized by the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council as well as exhibiting internationally. Thematically, Catchpole’s work references social and political issues, cultural identity and personal history.
Her work can, most recently, be seen in Metalsmith’s Exhibition in Print 2004, 1000 Rings, 500 Brooches and 500 Earrings published by Lark Books, 2004/2007.
Pendant: Crosswords, 2007
Recycled plastic, silver
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Earrings: Curiosities, 2007
Silver, recycled plastic, rubber
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Necklace: Bay Window Belly, 2007
Silver, recycled plastic, steel, thermoplastic
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Galerie Noel Guyomarch
-
Con-tacto. Centro de Diseño, Cine y Televisión. Degree Show 2020
24May2021 - 21Jun2021
Centro de Diseño, Cine y Televisión
Mexico City, Mexico -
Simply Brilliant. Artist Jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s
27Mar2021 - 27Jun2021
Pforzheim Jewellery Museum
Pforzheim, Germany -
Keramiek Triënnale 2021
07Mar2021 - 30May2021
CODA Museum
Apeldoorn, Netherlands -
Masterpieces in Miniature. Treasures from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection
05Mar2021 - 15Aug2021
DIVA. Antwerp Home of Diamonds
Antwerp, Belgium -
Poetic Ceramics by Judith Bloedjes
28Feb2021 - 20Jun2021
CODA Museum
Apeldoorn, Netherlands -
Freaks, Skulls and a Mad Family
27Jan2021 - 20Feb2021
Platina
Stockholm, Sweden -
Course Review: Stone Cutting with Zhenghong Wang
26Jan2021 - 26Feb2021
China Academy of Art
Hangzhou, China -
Invisible Thread
22Jan2021 - 27Feb2021
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein
Munich, Germany -
Preziosa Young 2020 in Barcelona
13Jan2021 - 03Feb2021
Hannah Gallery
Barcelona, Spain -
Like Silk
12Jan2021 - 12Feb2021
EASD València
Valencia, Spain -
HomeWork by Melanie Bilenker
08Jan2021 - 11Feb2021
Sienna Patti
Lenox, United States -
An Octopus's Garden of Silly Delights by Ulvi Haagensen x Morfosis by Ihan Toomik and Andreas Kivisild
06Jan2021 - 27Feb2021
A-Gallery
Tallinn, Estonia -
Fables for the Times. Presentation of Artist in Residence Program Revive in Ten
25Dec2020 - 05Jan2021
MEI-BO Art Museum
Shanghai, China -
Schmuckmelange. Die KunstModeDesign Herbststrasse. Degree Show 2020
21Dec2020 - 31Dec2020
Die KunstModeDesign Herbststrasse. Evening College JewelleryDesign
Vienna, Austria -
The Palace of Shattered Vessels: Light Catchers
19Dec2020 - 31Mar2021
FROOTS & Nogart
Shanghai, China