Catherine Macauley
Catherine Macauley
I am an Australian Ceramic Artist who specialises in sculpture and making pieces of Wearable Art. I studied Ceramics at Seven Hills College of Art, South Brisbane TAFE and the QUT at Kelvin Grove and concluded with a Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in ceramics. Most of my work is sold through the Moreton Bay Regional Art Galleries. However I also have work in other Galleries and Gift shops in Brisbane, the Lockyer Valley, Mt Tamborine, Cairns, Sydney, Melbourne and Canada.
I was taught to do a lot of art and craft as a child. I lived in small country Queensland towns and early on lived at Baffle Creek, which offered a dirt road, no bridge to get across the creek and no electricity. So my Mother swapped her electric sewing machine for a Singer Treadle and spent a lot of time sewing. The Treadle had a nice rhythm to it and the stiches that had good tension.
At Peachester, our new neighbours were what I knew as hippies; the father spent his spare time building a mud brick dome and the mother, who had a spinning wheel, taught me how to spin. I also like to play with clay, paint, and draw. During high school I was invited to be a part of the Young Artist of the Commonwealth Exhibition that toured London, Edinburgh and Zimbabwe, and later went on to study art, and majored in ceramics.
Having two young children made it difficult to do large sculptures and so in time I started to do smaller sculptures that were easier to manage. Those smaller pieces developed into wearable art. Twice now I have won the “Most Outstanding Work” for the category of “Jewellery and Accessories” at the Shorncliffe Potters annual “Expressions” exhibition.
Most of my creating is done on the back deck where I can look over my garden. I have two resident ducks, a blue tongue lizard, a large green tree frog and a sleepy possum that show themselves occasionally.
art@cathmacauley.com.au
www.cathmacauley.com.au
Catherine will be holding one workshop during the festival.
DESCRIPTION
Making jewellery with clay, it can be done and will look brilliant, we can design it, make and fire it all on the same day and you can go home with your own specially designed piece
TIME AND PLACE:
July 14, 8.30am to 4pm,
Studio S1, Community Arts Centre.
WORKSHOP FEE:
$75.00
ART MATERIALS LIST:
