Abstract Sculpture
Catherine works with clay and plaster, scrim and cloth, binding all together, allowing the sculpture to dry to the point of breaking. She then repairs and rebuilds, often going through this circular process many times; an alchemy of decay, destruction, and rebuilding. The pieces are then cast in bronze or remain in plaster. Each piece is made as part of a limited run and can be cast in bronze to create a sculpture that embraces the elements and develops with time. Her most recent work is concerned with the emergence of the image at the surface, strongly influenced by archaeology, alchemy, philosophy and poetry.
Endlessly I walk with you
Bronze - 11O cm x 30 cm (each panel)
This sculpture came into being after an enquiry into philosophy ( the work of Richard Kearney and The Wake of the Imagination) around the importance of 'the other' in the creative process. It’s about Love, the conversation, and how the conversation ' calls' endless possibility
Gabriel
Bronze - 17 cm x 70 cm, Base 17 cm x 9 cm
Sculpture of possibility
The Interior Angel
Bronze - 120cm x 44 cm
This sculpture emerged from a conversation with the late John O’Donohue about what is needed when things fall apart. Inspired by a story attributed to David Whyte, it tells of a man who reaches a mountaintop, only to face another, crossed by a treacherous bridge. He waits for his inner angel. An old woman arrives, bows, says “Namaste,” and leads him forward. He follows — and what seemed impossible becomes possible.