#sentbythesea

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Towards an arrow head- found cormorant beak and silver. Part of And the Abyss Gazed Back for Leviathan. #arrowhead #gathered #found #fabricated #cormorant #beak #silver #oxidisedsilver #andtheabyssgazedback #leviathan #artifact #coastal #fromthesea #shoreline #finds #assemblage #mythic #sentbythesea #thalassic #contemporaryart #contemporarycraft #contemporarysculpture #contemporarysilver #contemporaryirishart #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith https://www.instagram.com/p/BnD-qEdnWWf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ls1rrc0i198m

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Three finds from the shore, yesterday. #finds #foundobjects #gathered #collected #driftwood #seaplastic #plastic #float #sentbythesea #detritus #remnant #flotsamandjetsam #finds #shoreline #walk #wander #weathered #worn #seaworn #surfaces #textures #colours #tones

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Work in progress for Leviathan- a six person exhibition I’m taking part in. Making a series of larger, sculptural works extending the object types I use. Necklace, Sent By the Sea, sea rope, fishing float, copper pipe and cast silver nail. #flotsamandjetsam #workinprogress #process #foundobjects #sentbythesea #searope #rope #fishingfloat #copperpipe #patina #silver #nail #visualpoetics #poetics #materiality #contemporaryart #contemporarycraft #sculpturaljewellery #sculptural #expressive #ofthesea #ofaplace #metalsmith #silversmith #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith

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Traces of the landscape, detail from This Other Place - found net and salt. Opens this Thursday from 6.30 at Pollen Studio in Belfast. #thisotherplace #net #salt #materiallanguage #materiality #traces #landscape #seasalt #remnants #contemporaryart #visuallanguage #visualpoetics #poetics #fragment #whatwasleft #contemporarycraft #contemporarysculpture #installationart #sea #fishingnet #landscape_captures #senseofplace #senseofthesea #gathered #collected #foundobject #sentbythesea

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Studio life - from objects sent by the sea. Works towards my show at Pollen Studios in Belfast in August. #studiolife #foundobjects #flotsamandjetsam #net #seaplastic #marks #signals #traces #remnants #semiotics #sentbythesea #coastallife #finds #materiallanguage #visuallanguage #visualart #sculptural #gathered #colected #artlovers #artlife #contemporaryart #art #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #northernireland #irishartist

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Found net, sent by the sea.. , Melmore Head, Donegal. #sentbythesea #seatreasures #found #gathered #collected #beachfinds #beachcomber #materiality #materiality #flotsamandjetsam #seashore #shoreline #coastalwalk #remnant #traces #tattered #weathered #worn #net #fishingnet #detritus #textiles #donegal #senseofplace