Window

£2,700.00

Materials: Sterling Silver and Niobium

Dimensions: 15cm x 15cm x 4cm

Window is a metal painting. It depicts a snapshot in time of looking out the window at the green fields in Northern Ireland. This piece combines sterling silver and niobium to give a piece of art that is unique and timeless.

Approaching silversmithing in a contemporary way has allowed me to redefine what a silver object can be. I enjoy challenging the boundaries of traditional techniques through function and design. Making work that can be viewed as a 3 dimensional painting excites me as the possibilities are

endless. The woven green square has a range of reactions from the making process through to how it is viewed by the audience. The array of vibrant colours given from niobium are mesmerising. They hold an iridescence that is indescribable as the light reflects and refracts off its surface.

In my eyes, this material was perfect to mimic the green fields of home. I see the green woven square as my interpretation of the landscape through colour. The square frame elevates this green square, allowing it to ‘float’ in the middle of the wider frame, like looking out of the window. I like the crisp contrast between the sterling silver and coloured niobium. The two materials work together to form one coherent piece.

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Artist Bio

Caitlin Murphy bio:

Caitlin Murphy is an award winning Northern Irish maker. Her most recent success is being named the Retail Jeweller’s Emerging Jeweller of the year 2024. She graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2022 with first class honours in silversmithing and jewellery. Her studies continued at a postgraduate course at Bishopsland Educational Trust for two years.

Now, a Bishopsland Fellow, she joins the vast alumni of established makers who have studied there. During her time, Caitlin received support from the South Square Trust. Caitlin also became one of the first artists to receive a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Emerging Maker Scholarship. Her sponsors being Mark and Tara Boddington. Caitlin has received multiple accolades for her craft, including three gold awards at the Goldsmiths Craft and Design Council Awards 2024. Caitlin will be continuing her craft as an Artist in Residence at the Glasgow School of Art from September 2024.

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