Craft Gallery Jeweller Of The Month : Jess Withington

The Ropewalk Craft Gallery is an ever changing display of the best in contemporary craft. Representing over 200 makers from throughout the country and beyond, it features an extensive collection of ceramics, glassware, textiles, jewellery and more.

Jeweller Of The Month

Catherine Woodall

Catherine Woodall initially trained as an engineer in the eighties before changing to a career in arts administration. However, her enthusiasm for science combined with the arts has led her back to the craft of jewellery making. Catherine studied jewellery and silversmithing to an advanced level at the Yorkshire Craft Centre for five years both during and following a Certificate for mature students’ course at Bradford College (2001 - 2003). Her work has focussed on fin-de-siecle Vienna, drawing inspiration from the work of the Wiener Werkstätte and the paintings of Gustav Klimt. Natural forms also inspire her designs and produce jewellery pieces impressed with leaf textures, bezel set with dewdrops of rainbow moonstones and aquamarines. Based in West Yorkshire, she works predominantly in silver and semiprecious stones, although she has produced bespoke gold pieces to commission.