Posted at 15:56h
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by Tommy Brennan
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...
Posted at 15:45h
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by Tommy Brennan
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"....
Posted at 17:06h
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by Tommy Brennan
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...
Posted at 16:56h
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by Tommy Brennan
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....
Posted at 16:06h
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by Tommy Brennan
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...
Posted at 15:46h
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by Tommy Brennan
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....
Posted at 07:32h
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by Tommy Brennan
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....
Posted at 08:21h
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by Tommy Brennan
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...