12 Facts About Catherine Cobb

Catherine "Casty" Cobb was a British jeweller and silversmith, she was from an established Art and Crafts family.

Catherine Cobb's father was a bookbinder and her mother was a jewelry maker who inspired her to work with metal.

Catherine Cobb became friends with Joyce Clissold, a textile printer, and later took over a space in the Footprints textile workshop which Clissold took over from its founders.

Catherine Cobb's legacy as a jeweller continues in her granddaughter Abi Cochran who is a jeweller having started to learn at her grandmother's knee.

Catherine Cobb continued to teach jewelry at her house in Trumpington up until just a few months before her death aged 92, sharing the benefits of her excellent collection of tools and her enthusiasm for the subject.

Catherine Cobb began taking on orders for individuals and worked at Cameo Corner, a jewellery shop near the British Museum.

Catherine Cobb's work falls into three categories: First, jewellery, often using found objects like garnets from a Scottish stream and materials of low value.

Catherine Cobb made boxes and cruet sets, but particularly cutlery.

Catherine Cobb made knives and forks with steel elements forged in Sheffield to her design, to which she added her distinctive pique handles.

Catherine Cobb was a member of the Art Workers Guild and the Red Rose Guild.

Catherine Cobb found some Punch and Judy puppets in the family attic and Clissold printed fabric for a "set-up" and in the summer of the 1930s they took their Punch and Judy show on tour around Buckinghamshire and along the south coast.

Catherine Cobb worked in his woodcarving workshop in the Cotswolds, and behind the scenes of his critically acclaimed puppet shows which were performed in front of the Duke of Westminster and Winston Churchill.