MOVERS & SHAKERS

The multidisciplinary maker whose works ref lect a love of rolling, wintry landscapes

FEATURE KATE WORTHINGTON

‘METAL by day and fabric by night’ states the bio on Catherine Hicks’ Instagram page. These materials may seem strikingly incompatible, but for Catherine working with both mediums comes naturally. ‘I love the textures of both metal and fabric and the subtlety of the tones that you can get within each – I love being able to switch between the two contrasting materials,’ she says. Having experimented with making textiles and jewellery since her teens, it was while on maternity leave in 2018 that she made her first mobile, a gift for her son. This quickly became Catherine’s Studio, a business producing exquisite hanging sculptures crafted from copper and brass pieces.

Alongside these is a line of contemporary patchwork quilts made using remnant, end-of-roll and repurposed fabrics from markets and charity shops. ‘Making a quilt for my second child reignited my love for quilt making,’ Catherine explains. Starting with rough sketches, both the quilts and mobiles evolve spontaneously as she plays with composition, balance, colour and proportion as she works