01 Dec Imbolc
Imbolc This small figurative piece was also created from an off cut of the Marble block used to create "awakening". It is a celebration of fertility....
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28 Apr Come back to me
Come back to me This figure was something of an experiment, at least in terms of the stone. It is a local stone from the Burren in County Clare, which I dug up in the garden while I was transplanting some pear trees. I was curious...
28 Apr Sunkissed II
Sunkissed II This figure carved in the supine position is a companion piece for Sunkissed I. The stone for the figure was cut from the same marble block used to create "Awakening"....
28 Feb Woman
Woman The stone for this figure once formed part of a grave kerb which was removed when a new one was installed. It found its way into a load of stone for a boundary wall near Craughwell in County Galway. It wasn't used in the building...
28 Feb Father
father This head was carved from one of two pieces of limestone which I received in exchange for a quantity of roof tiles and old bricks, from a salvage yard near Ardee in County Louth....
28 Feb Awakening
Awakening I received a chunky wedge shaped block of marble from a friend who is a landscape gardener. He was working on the site of a disused monumental sculptor's yard, near Drogheda in County Louth. He unearthed a small collection of assorted, discarded stone. The marble...
28 Feb Song of the Selkie
Song of the Selkie While I was working on a house near Ardee in County Louth, I managed to salvage this piece of stone from a skip. It was an offcut from a limestone window sill....
28 Feb Sunkissed
Sunkissed I This figure was carved from a fragment of discarded marble which I picked up from a monumental sculptor's yard in Drogheda, County Louth. It was a very thin slab so I carved a female nude in the prone position....
07 Oct Overwhelmed
Overwhelmed While working on a conservation project on an old church in County Laois, I managed to salvage a small block of limestone from which I carved this figure. It was a small cornerstone measuring roughly 20 x 14 x 16 cm. Along the base of...