On a cold grey day last Autumn Monica Hayes from KCLR (Kilkenny Carlow Local Radio) came to visit me in my studio to interview me for her great series – A Portrait of …….. We spent almost three hours chatting about all sorts of of […]
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Sculpture in Context 2016
Sculpture in Context opens on Wednesday 7th September 2016 at 6.30pm at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. The show runs until the 21st of October 2016. All Welcome. My “Sycamore Wing” is on show in the gallery there.
Now Open: FORM designmade in Carlow at the Pembroke Hotel for the 2016 Kilkenny Arts Festival
Busy, busy! The 2016 KilkennyArts Festival is here and the FORM pop – up is OPEN! Here are some pictures (thanks Nicola) from our venue at Pembroke Hotel on Patrick Street, Kilkenny. I would love to see you there! FORM Pop – Up Shop, […]
Carlow Garden Sculpture Commission – research
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 […]
A Conference of Pears: Kilkenny limestone
Its been a Pear shaped year!! I did these pears earlier in the year. Now, I am cooking from the Happy Pear cookbook and we ate there the other day. They were shown with the “9 stones artists” for the Carlow Arts Festival (May 2015).
Warted Kettle Gourd (Cucurbita pepo)
I was commissioned before Christmas to do a small gourd about life-size (100mm). I think it was a Warted Kettle Gourd from the identification chart. It was a lovely shape, but I wasn’t that keen due to the small size (fiddly) and due to the […]
New Stone works for Dublin Biennial 2014 at CHQ Building
I’m delighted to say that I will be exhibiting two works at this year’s Dublin Biennial. The theme is an environmental one and curator Maggie McGee was speaking to Cathy who told Maggie about my vegetable-inspired, organic sculpture from local stone. The Artists Reception & […]
9 Stones Exhibition at ‘Borris Town House’ during Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas 13-15 June
I’m delighted to announce I will be exhibiting a new piece ‘Fucus’ at the 9 Stones Art exhibition, in Borris, close to where I live. Uniting for our fifth group show, the South Carlow 9 Stones Artists will present an exciting exhibition of recent […]
2012 RHA Open Exhibition: Velvet (banana)
My banana at the RHA It Sold!!
New Website
I have just got a new website. http://martinlyttle.carbonmade.com really its just a clean easy way to show images of my work. It will be a Gallery for my work.
Gourd: Kilkenny limestone
One of my first works in local Kilkenny limestone. Selected for 2008 Carlow Arts Festival.
