Welcome to an stiúideo fiáin
representing the multidisciplinary work of Catherine Thompson

The name an stiúideo fiáin is Irish (gaelic) for

'the wild~uncultivated~feral studio'

a quest for the untamed within discipline in all things ... music, visual/material arts all things living living as true as possible attempting the seemingly impossible task of casting away the bonds of a modern life to find answers within the natural world trying to balance the ancient with the new to see if listening to the deep sounds can forge a new path to find the touchstone to a new world

a major part of all my work at the moment is connected to The Sun and the Wind Project

To search for a deep and sure connection with the natural world through the motivations and perceptions of the mythical character/being Skuld; of mythic imagining and re-vision-ing. Skuld and her kind have been amongst us humans for all remembered time. In the earliest days when all spoke as one – the animals the humans the trees the earth – their presence was known. As time wove on and the humans decided that they were different and of primary importance, that all the Earth was made for them, when they forgot the language of all, Skuld and her sisters found themselves forgotten and yet still pulled along with the myths of the people to their great distress. The Skuld Project is about the search and struggle to find the state where all spoke as one, when all were as one. To resist the destruction of the wild.

please go to The Sun and the Wind Projectfor more information

I have started to put some of my gourd instruments up for sale. They are being sold at Musideum (www.musideum.com) in Toronto . I have 2 banjos there at the moment. I also have an Etsy online store now (etsy.com/shop/CatherineThompson) with 2 coras up there for sale.