catandcoat

I now concentrate mainly on making artists' books, though I am also involved with printing, painting, drawing and making things in general.

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To give you an overview:
A great deal of my current work, but not all of it, is inspired by my locality, especially Morecambe Bay.
My work is often based on my love of and concern for the natural environment,
while at the same time acknowledging the realities of the modern world, and I want to share both these
aspects with others. In my less serious works, I hope to encourage playfulness and curiosity by the
unfamiliar nature of the binding methods. Exploration of the craft of artists’ books is as fundamental
to my practice as the themes I choose.

Any comments? Please mail me, catriona (at) artistsbooks.org
However, if this fails please inform me via my partner, chris (at) utopia-britannica.org.uk

To find out more about me, go to Biography

Recent and Future Exhibitions and Book Fairs

Future

10 January - 5 April 2009 Salford Museum, with artistsbooksonline
13 Sep - 18 Oct 08 Buckley Library Gallery, with artistsbooksonline
9 Aug - 6 Sep 08 Rhuddlan & Ruthin Library Gallery, with artistsbooksonline

Recent and Current

'Rock and Water', latest book on exhibition at Maritime Museum, Lancaster

19 June-11 July The Owl and Lion Gallery, 15 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2HS
14- 29 June 08 'Hidden Gems' studio/arts trail
24 May - 12 July 08 South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, with artistsbooksonline
23 May - 17 Aug 08 'Echoes of the Lune', Maritime Museum, Lancaster, with Echo Artists
23 Ap - 'In Situ', group show with Artlab at Centre for Contemporary Art, UCLAN, Preston
5 Ap - 18 May 08 Haworth Art Gallery Accrington, with artistsbooksonline
7/8 Mar 08 Leeds Book Fair, Parkinson Building Leeds University
15-29 Feb08 ‘Washed Up’, curated show, Lurcher Gallery, Broadstairs, Kent.
26 Jan - 22 March 08 National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, with artistsbooksonline
25 Jan 08 ‘Pfarty’, Nguzo Saba Centre, Preston, with Plaited Fog Artists Group
12-16 Nov 07 ‘Beneath the Tarmac the Grass’, open artists books exhibition, ‘Tether Festival’, Bromley House Library, Nottingham
10Nov-12Jan08 ‘For the Love of Books’, Gwynedd Museum & Art Gallery, Bangor
Sep/Oct 07 ‘Coastal Influence’, Mona House, Morecambe, group show with QSands
Sep/Oct 07 ‘For the Love of Books’, Wrexham Art Centre, group show with Artistsbooksonline
Aug 07 Liverpool, group show with Artlab