Catherine Large
Jeweller
Published: 05.08.2020
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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 enable 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 the addition of colour might enhance it.Re-imagine; reinterpret series.
2 years ago, I purchased a collection of enamel colour samples from Lawson Gems in Brisbane. These samples, most on a copper base, with a few on fine silver, came from an unnamed studio in south-east Queensland.
The range of lustrous colour caught my eye and the possibilities of giving them a new life in another form. Making samples is an integral part of the enameller’s studio and personal to your practice, so you rely on your own testing for colours. I liked the idea of getting these samples out of the studio where their purpose is as a reference tool, and onto the body.
I have tried to maintain the integrity of the pieces, using them as is, complete with flaws, uneven shapes and not quite matching pairs - many of the colour tests are nearly the same colour…but not quite. I have chosen forms to showcase the colour and base-taille detail on the metal.
The sterling silver is recycled, and the 9ct gold was purchased from the estate of a member of my extended family and had been hidden in a box since the early 1990s.
This collection of reimagined and reinterpreted materials is transformed into a collection of unique pieces; they can never be replicated.
CV 
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