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 […]
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Carlow Garden Sculpture Commission: Crown Imperial Lily Pod
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 […]
Film “Cherries”
Cathy had some film footage of when I was carving the “Cherries” last year and now she has made a small film for me . Thanks cathy!!
Marrow: Schist
Completed a new vegetable – a marrow! Sculpted from a stone found in the garden. Its a schist of some sort, much harder to carve than limestone. It has a greenish tinge to it and the quartz vein gives it interest. Dimensions: 1.5 ft, heavy!! […]
Pumpkin: Kilkenny limestone commission
I have just finished a new sculpture. It was a commission for a local friend so it has gone already!
Enniscorthy Public Art Commission: “Cherries” completed and installed
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 […]
