Catriona Faulkner is collector, stitcher and creator of intricate images.

Catriona began collecting as a child, her school desk and shelves obsessively filled with treasures. She continues to gather - magpie-like - shiny screws, nails, nibs and haberdashery, toy soldiers, tiny skulls, and bones. These mundane objects, broken, obsolete, and discarded, are given new life, assembled with delicate hand stitching, embellished with gold work, and beaded into visual curiosities that tell a different story.

Catriona's work challenges our perception of beauty and value, transforming the overlooked and forgotten into something precious and meaningful. Her assemblages and shrines offer a deeper contemplation on the fleeting nature of time, while her visual language pays homage to religious iconography, ceremony, and opulence.