Irish Geoscience Network Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Dr. Michael E Philcox 21st October 2016 Recently, I was delighted to be commissioned by Dr. Bettina Stefanini on behalf of the “Irish Geoscience Network” (IGN) to create a unique sculpture for a life-time achievement award […]
In this final post of creating the Ogham Tree Teaching Stone, I cover sourcing, working and installation of this large standing stone. At the beginning of this project, I spent some time wandering fields and the mountainside looking for a natural stone for the Ogham […]
At the beginning of March, I headed down to University College Cork (UCC) where the largest collection of Ogham (Ogam) stones is open to display in the country. The Ogham stones are located in the stone corridor of the main quadrangle at the University. The Ogham […]
Further to my “Garden commission Post ” last month, I installed the Crown Imperial Lily (Fritillaria imperialis) Pod sculpture in the lovely garden of the painter Philippa Bayliss yesterday. Like the time I first visited her garden, it was a beautiful sunny day for installing the work. Her garden […]
Last year I was asked to write in a proposal for an “Ogham Stone sculpture” for Blackstairs Eco Trails, in Killedmond near Borris, Co. Carlow, Ireland. This commission is supported by Bord Failte (the Irish Tourist Board) who are currently promoting the ancient history of the east of Ireland www.IrelandsAncientEast.com […]
Philippa Bayliss the renowned painter and gardener based in County Carlow asked me to create a Sculpture for her Garden last summer. I headed over to her place, not to far from here, on a lovely summer’s day to visit her beautiful garden and try and think of […]
Finally I created the book “Cherries for Cherryorchard”. I was very pleased with the quality. Thanks to Cathy for constructive criticism and editing/proof reading. Thanks to Jeremy Hill for writing a lovely piece about my work. The Book can be viewed and bought at http://www.blurb.com/books/1561668 […]
I finally completed “Cherries” for Cherry Orchard, the Percent for Art Commission I won last year. The were installed in Mid June at Cherry Orchard Phase II, housing scheme in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. See my blog “Cherryorchard2” which documented the process of the creation of […]
At the begining of the summer I was informed by Wexford Co. Council Arts Department that I had won the percent for Art Commision for Cherryorchard Housing scheme. This was a great thrill for me. This is the first commission that I have won so […]
I didn’t win the Shamrock Plaza, Carlow public Art competition. In retrospect, I think I was lucky not to have won it as it was a very tight time frame (2 months) and the site for the sculpture was very busy (visually). I think it […]
The Shamrock plaza is a new building which has replaced what was known as Doyles of the Shamrock hardware, located at the main cross roads of the Dublin/Kilkenny road and Tullow street. Monaco Properties (who developed the new building) invited submissions for a work(s) […]
