Cathy McClure
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Cathy McClure is an artist obsessed with the contrast between a discarded forgotten object and the cherished one; she reinvents unstuffed plastic oddities into precious metals. McClure readily transforms the mass- produced machine-made toy skeletons into newly handcrafted framework.

Using plush and tin toys as metaphors, McClure creates installations and videos highlighting the societal affinity for over-consumption and over-production. Her process involves both destruction and creation, imparting her exotic playthings with a quirky sense of humor steeped in the uncanny. McClure is driven by a fascination with the fleeting value placed on low-prices multiple objects farmed out of factories in record numbers. She takes unstuffed, discarded, mechanical rejects and introduces new identities; the underlying plastic object embodies more potential for her imagination than the stuffed object layered with intricate marketing identities.

"As a multi-media artist with a strong background in metal design, I am seduced by the limitless potential of sterling silver, bronze, and steel. My enthusiasm for the techniques and traditions of metalwork is rivaled only by a wild preoccupation with mechanical toys and the discrepancy between the public's perception of an imagined techno-future and that future that we now inhabit." - Cathy McClure