About
Catherine Hartley is a London based goldsmith exploring the stories of materials and their individual characteristics.
An interest in the ancient, elemental history of metals is woven throughout her practice. Seeing jewellery as a vessel for narrative and memory, her work often echoes the cosmic origins of metals, and speaks of natural forces and phenomena, such as the warmth of the sun or the movement of water.
Through forms that have been pared down to their essential components, the rich colours and textures of metals are drawn out and highlighted in her work. Their unique properties inform her designs, and she often joins various alloys so that the contrast between them amplifies each. At its root, her practice is guided by a simple desire to express the beauty and unique nature of metals.
Catherine’s work is also available through Contemporary Applied Arts (CAA) Gallery, in their London gallery and online at www.caagallery.org.uk
If you would like to enquire about a particular piece, discuss a commission, or arrange an in-studio viewing please email info@catherinehartley.com
Exhibitions
Elements Festival, Scottish Goldsmiths Trust, Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 2023
‘Wood, Metal, & Paper’ exhibition, Contemporary Applied Arts (CAA) Gallery, London, 2023
‘Awe & Alchemy’ exhibition, Association for Contemporary Jewellery Northern Ireland (ACJNI), Market Place Theatre, Armagh, 2023
Goldsmiths North, Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, 2023
‘Meanings and Messages’ touring exhibition, Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ), various locations across the UK, 2022/2023
Handmade Chelsea, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, November 2022
Elements Festival pop-up exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, October 2021
Elements Festival, virtual exhibition, September - November 2021
Photos by Sophie Davidson