Catriona R MacKenzie Glass

About Catriona R MacKenzie Glass
Catriona is an Award-winning Glassblower and Glasscutter based in the South West of England. Cat also uses her twin passions, silversmithing and lamp-worked glass to create contemporary jewellery.
In 2005, she graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a 2:1 honours degree, specialising in glass blowing and casting. While studying her degree she was chosen on merit to attend Alfred University, NY state to study Glassblowing and Molten Casting for six months. She then attended the International Glass Centre, in the West Midlands, where she earned five distinctions in blown and carved glass. She has also wan funding towards 2 separate masterclasses at Northland run by Simon Moore, Janusz Pozniak and Tobias Mohl. Her work has been exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery in London as part of the prestigious COLLECT exhibition, at London Glassblowing and in galleries throughout the UK and abroad.
In 2013 she won the Craft & Design Magazine's Silver Award for Glass, and was a finalist in 2014 and 2016.
In 2015, Catriona was chosen to receive business mentoring by the Crafts Council's Hothouse programme (hothouse 5).
In 2016 R&A Collaborations made two films about Catriona's work. These can be viewed on vimeo - "Dance of Glass"and "Sparks"
Catriona moved into her current studio space at Centrespace in October 2016, moving into a large space there in 2017.
She creates her contemporary jewellery and teach beginners lampworking from her studio. She also teaching bigger groups at various institutions.
Further Info
Specialised in
Glassblowing
Glasscutting - lathe, sandblasting, engraving
Lampworking - soft and boro
Jewellery Design
Jewellery Production
Photography
Open to the Public?
Yes, by appointment only
Provides Course / Training
Yes
Available for Craft Fairs
Available - please ask about pricing
Contact
FRITH Glassware & Catriona R MacKenzie Jewellery
Centrespace studios, Studio 16
6 Leonard Lane
Bristol
BS1 1EA
GB
Limn Bottles
Handblown and carved glass pieces. A highly skill-based range of work I made for COLLECT 2011. Each one has a number of hot and cold processes to create the final piece.
The bottle has a carved surface to reveal ‘windows’ of transparent pattern underneath, which glows in natural and artificial light.