Cate Richards creates objects that work in tandem with the body, often treating the human form as a landscape in its own right, pulling notions from ritual, history, and the sublime. Her work is an exploration into how human products such as war, worship, and survivalist culture can both transform and fail to transform the natural landscape and the human body. This work reflects her fascination with continually challenging preconceived notions of “finery”, ceremony and jewelry and finding new ways for objects to work with the body.