About Katrina

Fascinated by the beauty of Australian landscapes, my recent work is a spontaneous creative process of refining raw cuttlefish casts into contemporary jewellery.   

My interest in jewellery making started in high school. I discovered I had a natural aptitude for jewellery design and making as I won First place in the Royal Melbourne Show jewellery competition. 

Before sitting my final high school exams, I was invited to Canberra for the day to attend an interview at Canberra School of Art. It was a joy to be accepted by the Canberra School of Art Director Udo Sellbach during my interview on the same day.

My work has taken on many forms. At Art School and in the studio I established in 1986, the growing architectural landscape of Canberra inspired my work. Later I produced a series of art jewellery influenced by studies into African Tribal body adornment and travels to Ghana and Mali. See the Retrospective page on my website for some of my previous work.

Since moving to the Mornington Peninsula in 1999, I have been practising the ancient technique of cuttlefish bone casting. 

Bio

  • 1983 Canberra School of Art (CSA) Diploma of Visual Art, Gold & Silversmithing

  • 2023 Pop-up Gallery, Casterton VIC.

    2016 Refined, Antipodes Bookshop Gallery, Sorrento VIC.

    1995 The Works, Blackwood Street Gallery, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne VIC.

    1988 A New Perspective, Solander Gallery, Deakin, ACT.

  • 2018 Pop up Gallery with Sandi Faulkner, Red Hill VIC.

    2015 Peninsula Studio Trail Annual show, Antipodes Gallery Sorrento VIC.

    2014 Peninsula Studio Trail Annual show, Bakers Gallery, Balnarring VIC.

    2002 28th Alice Craft Acquisition, Territory Craft, Alice Springs NT .

    2000 Paper, JMGA Vic. Annual Members Exhibition, Chapel Gallery, Prahran VIC.

    2000 Linked Up, Annual Cufflink Exhibition, Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne VIC.

    1999 25th Alice Craft Acquisition, Crafts Council of NT. Alice Springs Division. N.T.

    1998 Selection of Works, JMGA Vic. Annual Show, Charles Smith Gallery, Fitzroy VIC.

    1998 Linked Up, Annual Cufflink Exhibition, Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne VIC.

    1997 Showcase, JMGA Vic. Annual Show, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne VIC.

    1997 Linked Up, Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne VIC. & Sydney NSW.

    1996 Head First, Craft West Gallery, Perth W.A.

    1995 Profile, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne VIC.

    1990 Warm Ups, Canberra Dance Ensemble Fashion Show Extravaganza, Woden ACT.

    1989 200 and 1 or change/ing perspectives, Bondi Pavilion, NSW.

    1988 ART AND INDUSTRY, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne VIC.

    1984 Graduate Metal, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne VIC.

  • 1995 NEIS Program for Visual and Performance Arts, Melbourne VIC.

    1988 Federal Department of Territories Community Development Fund Grant, ACT

  • Jewellery World, ‘Casting from Nature’ by Cheryl D. Harty p. 24 & 25

    Mornington Leader ‘Trail Leads to evocative gems’ 22 October 2013 p. 13.

    A Matter of Making CSA Alumni Part 1, September 1996, Canberra School of Art, p.56.

    The Australian Financial Review Magazine, August 1996, “Feisty Cuffs” by M. Spencer, Photographs by Richard Weinstein, p. 9, 63 & 64.

    Craft Australia, Autumn 1983/1 p.82.

    The Age, Sat. Extra, 4 May 1996. Inspirations “Off the cuff” Zinta Jurjans-Heard, p.13.

    The Age, 30 October 1995. “Jeweller back on track after the pain” John Westwood, p.19.

    The Age, Wednesday 15 March 1995, Tempo 2, “Art dates”.

    Muse, #126, December 1993 “Testing the waters financially” Maurine Rogers, p.10.

    Work in Progress, Vol. 2 No. 2, “Silver rings and plastic”. Kate Farrow, August 1993, p.8.

    Muse, #103, November 1991, “Artists at Gorman” Maurine Rogers, p.6 & 7.

    The Canberra Times, 12 February 1988, “Canberra actors”. Stephen Guest.

    Lemel, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia Magazine, August 1987 p.7&9.

    Craft Australia, Autumn 1983/1 p.82.