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Catherine Large

Jeweller
Published: 06.09.2025

Bio

She has a Research Masters from Queensland College of Art Griffith University, Brisbane and a Bachelor of Visual arts from Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney. She commenced her undergraduate studies at RMIT, Melbourne, before moving to Sydney. Catherine exhibits regularly and has been the recipient of grants, both individually and for group projects. She works with predominantly recycled and reused materials, both precious and non-precious including vitreous enamel.
 

Statement

I like to work with recycled metals and existing objects, some found or collected over many years. These may sit for some time before it becomes clear how to approach using them. Handling the material and tools to form the work provides connections with a long history of the handmade; the use of tools and materials available tell a story and enables the creative process involved in making a useful object or piece of adornment. Not all my work includes found objects, and I enjoy the fresh clean nature of making work from scratch, considering the new form and how adding colour might enhance it.

 

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2023:
Exhibition  19 Aug 2023 - 16 Sep 2023  Something for the Ear.
2022:
Exhibition  19 Mar 2022 - 04 Jun 2022  Of Scale and Intrique.
Small Object Space, Bowen Hills, Australia.
2021:
Exhibition  04 Sep 2021 - 31 Oct 2021  Catherine Large at Contemporary Wearables 21. Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition.
2020:
Exhibition  03 Sep 2020 - 25 Sep 2020  Unintended Consequences by Catherine Large.
2019:
Exhibition  16 Nov 2019 - 22 Dec 2019  2019 ITAMI International Jewellery Exhibition.
Museum of Arts & Crafts ITAMI.
 
Exhibition  03 Oct 2019 - 13 Nov 2019  Profile 2019 Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award.
Exhibition  07 Sep 2019 - 27 Sep 2019  In The Drawer.
Meeting  07 Sep 2019 - 15 Sep 2019  Radiant Pavilion. Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial 2019.
Exhibition  03 May 2019 - 24 May 2019  Re-imagine: reinterpret by Catherine Large.
2018:
Exhibition  19 Dec 2018 - 19 Dec 2018  USE Redland Art Gallery.
2017:
Exhibition  29 Oct 2017 - 21 Jan 2018  Silver Triennial, 18th International Competition Exhibition at Dormagen.
Exhibition  16 Sep 2017 - 23 Sep 2017  Why Jewellery? 2 in Hong Kong.
Exhibition  08 Jul 2017 - 05 Nov 2017  Mostyn Open 20.
Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales.
Exhibition  13 Jun 2017 - 01 Jul 2017  Why Jewellery? 2.
2016:
Exhibition  22 Nov 2016 - 03 Dec 2016  Trace.
JMGQ Exhibition, Brisbane.
Exhibition  06 Nov 2016 - 12 Jan 2017  Silver Triennial, 18th International Competition Exhibition.
Exhibition  01 Jul 2016 - 09 Apr 2016  Small Object Space (SOS) Artisan.
Award  07 Jan 2016 - 11 Jul 2016  Silver Triennial, 18th International Competition Award.

Publications      View / hide publications

Catalogue:  Contemporary Wearables. Toowoomba Regional Gallery:  2017
Catalogue:  Repetitious Rituals. Catherine Large.  Catherine Large (Foreword), Queensland College of Art Jewellery and Small Objects Studio:  Brisbane,  2016
Catalogue:  Strange Objects. Artisan.  Queensland College of Art, Griffith University:  2016
Article:  Artisan Blog feature. Artisan:  2016
Book:  Silver Triennial International. 18th Worldwide Competition. Arnoldsche Art Publishers:  Stuttgart,  2016
Article:  Catherine Large EM Student Member Interview. Ethical Metalsmiths:  2014
Book:  Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor. Dorothy Erickson, Kirsten Fitzpatrick, Evie Franzidis, Artisan.  Artisan:  Brisbane,  2011
Dorothy Erickson, Kirsten Fitzpatrick, Evie Franzidis, and Artisan: Brisbane, p26, 127 (reprint 2012).
 
 
Catalogue:  Revisiting the Australian Landscape. Elizabeth Shaw.  Queensland College of Art:  Griffith University,  2010
Catalogue:  Contemporary Wearables ’09. Toowoomba Regional Gallery.  Toowoomba Regional Gallery:  2009
Catalogue:  Ornamentomology.. Kirsten Fitzpatrick.  Jewellers & Metalsmiths Group Australia Queensland (Inc.):  Brisbane,  2008
Catalogue:  Contemporary Wearables ’05. Toowoomba Regional Gallery:  Toowoomba Regional Gallery,  2005
Catalogue:  Sites for Adornment (JMGA 10th Biennial Conference). 2000
Article:  Sterling use of enamels. Jeff Shaw.  Courier Mail:  Brisbane,  1998
Article:  Fire in the Heart: Australian Enamel. Judith O’Callaghan.  Object Magazine:  1997

Related Forum:

Unintended Consequences by Catherine Large. An Exhibition at Stanley Street Gallery.

Unintended Consequences by Catherine Large. An Exhibition at Stanley Street Gallery

Helen Wyatt
Article
 / 06Aug2020
Thinking of the future makes me hope for opportunities, adventures, and new ideas coming to fruition in the studio. Catherine Large interviewed by Klimt02..

Thinking of the future makes me hope for opportunities, adventures, and new ideas coming to fruition in the studio. Cath...

Catherine Large
Interview
 / 21Jan2019

Related Events:

Something for the Ear.

Something for the Ear

Exhibition
 / 19Aug2023 - 16Sep2023
Bilk Gallery
Carwoola, Australia
Catherine Large at Contemporary Wearables 21. Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition.

Catherine Large at Contemporary Wearables 21. Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition

Exhibition
 / 04Sep2021 - 31Oct2021
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Toowoomba City, Australia
Unintended Consequences by Catherine Large.

Unintended Consequences by Catherine Large

Exhibition
 / 03Sep2020 - 25Sep2020
Stanley Street Gallery
Darlinghurst, Australia
In The Drawer.

In The Drawer

Exhibition
 / 07Sep2019 - 27Sep2019
Small Space Jewellery
Melbourne, Australia
Radiant Pavilion. Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial 2019.

Radiant Pavilion. Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial 2019

Meeting
 / 07Sep2019 - 15Sep2019
Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Re-imagine: reinterpret by Catherine Large.

Re-imagine: reinterpret by Catherine Large

Exhibition
 / 03May2019 - 24May2019
Studio Ingot
Victoria, Australia
Silver Triennial, 18th International Competition Exhibition at Dormagen.

Silver Triennial, 18th International Competition Exhibition at Dormagen

Exhibition
 / 29Oct2017 - 21Jan2018
Kreismuseum Zons
Dormagen, Germany
Why Jewellery? 2 in Hong Kong.

Why Jewellery? 2 in Hong Kong

Exhibition
 / 16Sep2017 - 23Sep2017
Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Why Jewellery? 2.

Why Jewellery? 2

Exhibition
 / 13Jun2017 - 01Jul2017
Queensland College of Art Griffith University
Southbank, Australia
Silver Triennial, 18th International Competition Exhibition.

Silver Triennial, 18th International Competition Exhibition

Exhibition
 / 06Nov2016 - 12Jan2017
Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst
Hanau, Germany
Silver Triennial, 18th International Competition Award.

Silver Triennial, 18th International Competition Award

Award
 / 07Jan2016 - 11Jul2016
Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst
Hanau, Germany
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Related Publications:

Silver Triennial International. 18th Worldwide Competition.

Silver Triennial International. 18th Worldwide Competition

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