ABOUT CATHERINE
Beginnings As a child, Catherine played with fabric scraps and buttons later pursuing textile art as a career. She completed a foundation year at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and a Diploma in Textile Studies at the College of the North Atlantic (CNA). She set up a home-based studio and has been exploring, learning, pushing her materials and herself ever since. Work For over 25 years, Catherine has embroidered, rug- hooked, wove and created figurative sculptures. Her work is in Private, City (St. John's, Nfld) and Provincial (Nfld and Labrador) collections. McCausland has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally. From small markets to juried fairs to open-studio sessions, she has offered small production lines and one of a kind pieces. Catherine teaches adult-education courses at CNA (Anna Templeton campus) in Rug-hooking, Colour and Design. |
Art Felt McCausland has retooled her studio recently to focus on felting. 5 years ago she first laid hands on the exciting world of felt. There Catherine encountered a textile medium in which she could 'paint' and create broader strokes after the relative pointalism of Rug-hooking and Tapestry. Recent group exhibitions include: Stories We Tell Ourselves - figurative sculptures mixed-media including hand made felt and electronic systems Stellar- Art Felt landscapes Both exhibitions were sponsored by the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador (CCNL). Home Catherine lives in Tors Cove, Nfld, Canada in a cove with moving islands, an over-run garden with heavenly briar roses, her family, a crew of lively chickens and the Wonderous Bees. |
ABOUT ART FELT
Wet-felted
These works are made of 100% wool and are wet-felted. This creates Care and Cleaning:
a durable cloth that can be displayed without a glass covering. The Direct-mounted Art Felt (without glass) can be cleaned with a lint-roller
art works are mounted on a canvas and wood frame designed to run gently over the surface. While some fibre may be visible on the
set the work off from the wall by 3/4 inch. This method also shows roller, it will be minimal and will be mostly dust.
uneven exterior edge which naturally occurs with felting. I call this With textiles, it is best to display all Art pieces out of direct sunlight.
the honest edge and enjoy its undulations. It is also possible to The colours used are professionally dyed and colourfast but no textile
mount works in a traditional frame or in a recessed frame with can withstand sun's UV rays
gallery-glass (non-glare).
Needle-felted
The surface in these pieces are more fragile due to the 'painting'
process used. All works offered in this method need to be
mounted under glass for their own protection.
Wet-felted
These works are made of 100% wool and are wet-felted. This creates Care and Cleaning:
a durable cloth that can be displayed without a glass covering. The Direct-mounted Art Felt (without glass) can be cleaned with a lint-roller
art works are mounted on a canvas and wood frame designed to run gently over the surface. While some fibre may be visible on the
set the work off from the wall by 3/4 inch. This method also shows roller, it will be minimal and will be mostly dust.
uneven exterior edge which naturally occurs with felting. I call this With textiles, it is best to display all Art pieces out of direct sunlight.
the honest edge and enjoy its undulations. It is also possible to The colours used are professionally dyed and colourfast but no textile
mount works in a traditional frame or in a recessed frame with can withstand sun's UV rays
gallery-glass (non-glare).
Needle-felted
The surface in these pieces are more fragile due to the 'painting'
process used. All works offered in this method need to be
mounted under glass for their own protection.