Biography
Catherine Hough (b. Bristol UK 1948) abandoned a teaching career to pursue a course in glass and metalwork at Stourbridge College of Art, completing in1978. She was then invited to set up a studio at Royal Brierley Crystal to make one-off pieces in glass and metal. These bottles, boxes and bowls incorporated a number of cold-working techniques, including; cutting, sand blasting, and enamelling. Metal was introduced to the pieces either by blowing the glass into a metal frame or electro-forming silver onto the surface of the glass. In 1980 Catherine Hough joined the Glasshouse, London, where she worked until 1985 when, in association with Steve Newell and Simon Moore she founded a studio in London.
