Cat Merrick deconstructs traditional jewelry themes of light and color with experimental materials like painting pigment and scientific lenses. When jewelry is referred to as sculptural, it is usually in reference to traditional lost wax casting and modeling technique going back to antiquity. Merrick doesn't use a single construction technique in common with traditional jewelry and is instead influenced by the experimental optics of contemporary sculptors like Olafur Eliasson.
Pigment Necklace
Pigment Necklace
Pure fine art pigment under quartz glass, set in precision machined black anodized aluminum and attached with a ribbed magnetic clasp.
Astral Projection
Pure fine art pigment set in quartz, housed in precision machined black anodized aluminum and attached with a ribbed magnetic clasp.
Astral Projection
Pure fine art pigment set in quartz, housed in precision machined black anodized aluminum and attached with a ribbed magnetic clasp.
UFO Necklaces
Pure fine art pigment set in quartz, housed in precision machined black anodized aluminum and attached with a ribbed magnetic clasp.
UFO
Pure fine art pigment set in quartz, housed in precision machined black anodized aluminum and attached with a ribbed magnetic clasp.
Far Sight
A half round mirrored crystal set in a precision machined bezel. Attached with a ribbed press fit magnetic clasp.
Strange Days in Malachite pigment
Custom machined anodized aluminum set with painting pigment in quartz glass. Closed with a press fit magnetic clasp.
Strange Days in Malachite Pigment
Custom machined anodized aluminum set with painting pigment in quartz glass. Closed with a press fit magnetic clasp.