Cathy's Creations

• Mirrors
• Frames
• Wall Sconces
• Wall Racks

Squamish Chief Newspaper, July 2009

"Anthropologist, photographer and artist, Catherine Bayly uses her Bowen Island surroundings to find inspiration for her one of a kind textural mirrors, candle sconces and wall racks. Coloured imprints of ferns and leaves or dragonfly and paisley motifs adorn her functional collection. In many of her pieces, actual ferns and leaves are used as imprints to create design in her work as well as the use of symbols from various cultures. Her pallette of earthy grey, brown and green tones are a reflection of the natural beauty of the landscape.

Bayly is self-taught in the process that she is using. Her creations began with a desire to make museum experiences for the visually impaired more exciting and relevant so she looked for a way to create “artifacts” that could be touched and studied. She states, “There was a need to create exhibits that would be durable enough for people to touch - and capable of capturing the most delicate features of the objects being reproduced.” Bayly, experimenting with plaster and polymer combinations, found that perfect mix which is the now the basis for her craft."