TRANSITIONS, 2017-2018
The body of work below was created for the Transitions Exhibition at CRAFT ACT March - May 2018 curated by Zoe Brand.
Transitions is a group exhibition of 5 Contemporary Australian Mosaic Artists including Helen Bodycomb, Pamela Irving, Rachel Bremner, Kate Butler and myself. Transitions explores mosaic as a vehicle for complex artistic expression and conceptual investigation using traditional methods and experimental techniques.
Download the Digital Catalogue
Each artist took a different approach to exploring the theme of Transitions. My personal approach was to investigate the passage through emotional states and disconnection.
Studio photography by Ona Janzen. Gallery Photography by Five Foot Photography.
Transitions is a group exhibition of 5 Contemporary Australian Mosaic Artists including Helen Bodycomb, Pamela Irving, Rachel Bremner, Kate Butler and myself. Transitions explores mosaic as a vehicle for complex artistic expression and conceptual investigation using traditional methods and experimental techniques.
Download the Digital Catalogue
Each artist took a different approach to exploring the theme of Transitions. My personal approach was to investigate the passage through emotional states and disconnection.
Studio photography by Ona Janzen. Gallery Photography by Five Foot Photography.
Transitions Exhibition Craft ACT
Image: Five Foot Photography
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'Losing Touch' and 'Weapons of the Mind' Craft ACT
Image: Five Foot Photograhy
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'... the dramatic work of Caitlin Hepworth references a more symbolic realm or inner dialogue. Her Weapons of the Mind series, rendered in glossy black smalti, evoke ceremonial objects, hieroglyphs or symbolic codes. There is a cathartic quality to the objects, released through their creation, giving form to the invisible'. Kate Nixon, Exhibition Essay
Download the full essay HERE
LOSING TOUCH
2018
Approx Size: 17cm x 17cm x 70cm
Smalti, Marble & Oro Mosaic over steel, fibreglass and cement hanging form
SOLD - Private Collection
Approx Size: 17cm x 17cm x 70cm
Smalti, Marble & Oro Mosaic over steel, fibreglass and cement hanging form
SOLD - Private Collection
WEAPONS OF THE MIND
Old Wounds,
2018, Slate, Smalti, Marble, unglazed ceramic
SOLD
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Rumination, 2018, Slate, Smalti, Oro, Basalt.
SOLD
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Rumination, 2018, Detail: SOLD
Self Sabotage, 2018, Slate, Smalti, Litovi, Oro. Sold
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Self Sabotage, 2018, Detail
SOLD
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Self Sabotage, 2018, Detail. SOLD
Blame, 2018, Slate, Smalti, Oro.
Available for Purchase
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Blame, 2018, detail
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Catastrophic Thinking, 2018, Smalti, Oro, Cinca. Sold.
Catastrophic Thinking, 2018, Detail: SOLD
Twisted Truths, 2018, Smalti, Slate, Oro, basalt. Available for purchase.
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Twisted Truths, 2018, Detail
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Caitlin uses mosaic to explore psychological themes, building objects as metaphors. Her work has touches of Goth fairy-tale, everything black and glittery, with titles like Twisted Truths, Self Sabotage and Blame (all works 2018). Many of them are shaped like old-fashioned weapons, while others are almost floral rosettes. They are darkly seductive.
Review by Caren Florance in Her Canberra