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June 1, 2017

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On World Earth Day Im delighted to share that my i

On World Earth Day Im delighted to share that my installation Past Future Tools has been selected for Remembering the Future at VISUAL Carlow opening on June 8th and running until late August. As a silversmith and educator I am interested in preserving ancient skills that depend on the human hand for their survival. My recent Anthropoware pieces were developed using the recently rediscovered process used to forge a ribbon torc in the Iron Age. Modifying the process that I learned from the master @brianclarkesilversmithing (who spent a decade figuring out the torc and discovered that antlers were the original tools used to make one) lead to me developing a range of tools, some copied directly from Brian's and others produced with the help of woodturner @john.flynn.9275439 A Future Makers Bursary in 2021 allowed me to attend a blacksmithing workshop to forge the big black stake, which gave me a new insight into tool-making, and a greater understanding of the torc, (albeit not a great stake to work on!). I continue to develop tools but ironically Im discovering that if I look hard enough in nature, or in discarded metal waste, there is potential for developing tools without the need to extract further from the earth. #visualcarlow #carlowartsfestival #futuremakers2021 #dccoi #sustainablemaking #toolmaker #irishdesign #toolsinstallation #visualart

Delighted to be exhibiting in the National Craft G

Delighted to be exhibiting in the National Craft Gallery this June with a selection of wonderful international jewellers and silversmiths. Anthropoware IV (shown here on DCCI website) will be exhibited in the Collectibles and Curiosities show opening 6th June https://www.ndcg.ie/exhibitions/collectibles-curiosities#dccoi #Collectibles andcuriosities #Irishdesign #irishcraft #ncdg #anthropoware #clodaghmolloyjewellery

Spent a fantastic morning sand-casting an aluminiu

Spent a fantastic morning sand-casting an aluminium drain cover on Saturday with @_ex.novo_ I had only ever cast small lost wax jewellery pieces so this was fascinating. Really looking at ideas to transition to a more sustainable practice such as eliminating the use of gas in the workshop. The circular model kind of depends on going full circle back to our ancestors for tips! #ironagecraft #sandcasting #sustainablecraft #sustainableliving #sustainablepractice #charcoalfire #irishdesigner #newwaysofworking #commissionedart #nationalmuseumofirelandarchaeology

Beautiful book with lots of simple tips to strengt

Beautiful book with lots of simple tips to strengthen our connection with nature. I was shocked to read that the junior Oxford dictionary has removed words like acorn, bluebell, buttercup, pasture, blackberryand otter to make room for words like broadband and chat room!! They have removed around 400 words related to the natural world it seems, highlighting just how passive people have become about the very things that make life on earth possible! While researching Iron Age ireland during my studies on the ribbon torc it was apparent that the ancient people had a deep reverence for nature, replenishing what they took from the earth and respecting both animals and plants. If we all really thought about about the origins of everything we use every day, trying to shorten the journey from source to us it would make a huge difference. #wildembrace #returntonature #anthropoware #buyless #responsibleart #responsible making #biographyofthings

Shiney new stake just landed. Thanks to the master

Shiney new stake just landed. Thanks to the master @brianclarkesilversmithing for letting me copy his tool design,and to @gurudutt_designer_goldsmith for casting. We had two of these whoppers cast from a wooden model. Brian is running silversmithing workshops in France in Sept, check out his page for details! #silversmithing #silversmithingworkshops #metalstake #planishing #irishdesign #creativeflow #silversmithingtools #bespoketools

And we're off! First experiment started for my mos

And we're off! First experiment started for my most ambitious Anthropoware piece to date. Anthropoware are objects that seek to reconnect humans and nature through some aspect of their being such as their materials, function or narrative. In this case I'm using copper reclaimed from a roof and my kinetic pieces spin with the aim to induce in the user a similar state of flow that I experience whilst hammering. I want to highlight the use of our hands as a means of engaging with the natural world and our inherent human nature. #anthropoware #thewildplaces #engagements #handheartconnection #consciouscreativity #environmentalist #sustainablecraft #sustainablesmithing #wellbeing #artmetal #kineticsculpture #wildembrace

Procrastination or meditation?! I'm in the "where

Procrastination or meditation?! I'm in the "where do I start?" phase of the first stage of a major new project that will keep me busy for the foreseeable. I've discovered that just getting going on anything vaguely related to the brief is a good way to get the brain and hands in the zone. I'll be using my modified version of the torc process for the first small-scale model of this Anthropoware project so I'm attempting to induce my flow with some therapeutic hammering on a side project of a silver torc, and hoping this will trigger the starting line for me!!! #meditationhammering #torctics #creativetactics #creativeflow #anthropoware #sustainablemaking #tappingtechniques #irishdesign #commissionedart #contemporarymetalwork #womemsilversmiths

It spins! #waterwheel #millwheel #kineticjewellery

It spins! #waterwheel #millwheel #kineticjewellery #bespokecufflinks

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