Carol Cauldwell

Carol Cauldwell was born in Germiston, South Africa and grew up in the beautiful surroundings of the Magaliesburg mountains north of Johannesburg.

Inspired by her father’s love of everything creative, she joined the Johannesburg school of Art, Ballet, Drama and Music. She acquired a diploma in ceramics from the Technicon of the Witwatersrand where she excelled in Sculpture. After her studies, she started a Pottery Studio which was so successful that it produced up to 4000 hand painted units per day.

In 2000 she changed direction painting Greek Orthodox icons in the Byzantine style, painted a few churches and taught herself woodturning

A random visit to a top gallery in 2011 so overwhelmed Carol that it finally brought the fulfilment of a lifelong dream. “I remember gasping so loud in sheer shock at the beauty of the sculptures on exhibition that I immediately ran downstairs and asked somebody for the name of a foundry to use and went straight out and bought some clay and started my journey. When I opened that first bag of clay I burst into tears. I had missed it so much and I haven’t looked back.”

She started sculpting in wax and bronze casting and has once again found enormous joy in this creative process