Catherine was born in King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape. In 1979 she completed a 3 year National Diploma in Ceramics and gained her BTech Ceramics degree in 2002/3 (Wits Tech). Catherine has worked full time as a professional potter since 1997 and ran a successful teaching studio in Johannesburg until 2004 when she moved to Underberg in KZN. In 2014 Catherine and her husband Lawrance settled in Hermanus where they own and operate The Overberg Studio – A gallery and pottery studio where they display Catherine’s ceramics and Lawrance’s photography.

Over the years she has received several awards while participating in many Ceramics SA Regional and National exhibitions – the most recent being a Merit Award at the Cape Regional in 2020. She participated in several group exhibitions in the Cape last year and has had work exhibited in the USA and UK. Catherine’s pieces can be found in galleries throughout South Africa.