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Gathered materials, fabricated objects - sense of an other place, another vision. #visuallanguage #foundobjects #senseofplace #materiality #materiallanguage #traces #remnants #relics #whatwasfound #whatwasleft #otherplace #notnarnia #objects #landscape #landscapeart #landscapecaptures #strangetools #semiotics #signs #contemporaryart #contemporarycraft #metalwork #flatware #gathered #collected #made #contemporaryirishart #contemporarysculpture #stuartcairns #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/B9oyvkRnRbJ/?igshid=hcj01xhoymkr

[found-fabricated]

Studio play.. extending the intensity of bunched thorns with their corresponding shadows cast by the sun. Gathered thorns, silver, linen thread and twig. #thorns #shadowplay #studioplay #flatware #other #objects #senseofplace #hedgerow #hawthorn #burst #contained #implement #strangetools #otherobject #silver #landscapecapture #poetics #visualpoem #visuallanguage #materiallanguage #materiality #liminalworks #contemporarycraft #contemporarysculpture #contemporaryirishart #silversmithing #artist #maker #smith #irishartist https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz-SrcNAo6p/?igshid=vx8kol7c0c7d

[found-fabricated]

Oxidising silver Utensil end on tide worn, beach found board echoing each other’s tones and textures. Appearing as part of Art of Gathering at the @newcraftsmangallery opening Saturday 14th of September. #beachfound #oxidisedsilver #silver #utensil #lepel #flatware #assemblage #strangetools #tools #implement #tectures #tones #patina #weathered #worn #tideworn #contemporarycraft #contemporaryirishart #landscape #gathered #collected #found #fabricated #metalwork #interiors #coastal #nature #naturalworld #stuartcairns #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/B2J4wCgA52Q/?igshid=1wmsn4tf37dl1

[found-fabricated]

Thorn set, partnered, paired - silver, oxidised silver and thorn. #utensils #strangetools #implements #pair #strangepair #other #hawthorn #forest #woodland #thicket #gathered #collected #found #fabricated #made #senseofplace #set #pair #oddcouple #flatware #visualpoetics #visualpoem #materiality #nature #naturalworld #contemporaryirishart #irishartist #silversmithing #stuartcairns https://www.instagram.com/p/BzIzzscAhjN/?igshid=uowjjl2csj89

[found-fabricated]

Selecting work for Art of Gathering at @newcraftsmangallery which opens on the 14th of September until the 12th of October. I’ll be showing utensils, vessels and jewellery together for the first time. Found and gathered materials, oxidised and patinated silver and linen threads. #utensils #flatware #gathered #gathering #newcraftsmangallery #contemporarycraft #contemporarysilver #implements #strangetools #other #sculptural #assemblage #contemporaryirishart #senseofplace #hedgerow #woods #landscape #oxidisedsilver #tablescape #setting #interiors #landscapeart #environmentalart #naturalmaterials #nature #poetics #visualpoem #stuartcairns #artist #smith https://www.instagram.com/p/B180H5cgukf/?igshid=49w61vh49vma

[found-fabricated]

Sunday drawing still wet. An implement/spoon/lepel, 14”X20” acrylics, ink and pencil on paper. #sunday #drawing #painting #worksonpaper #strangetools #implement #flatware #utensil #spoon #lepel #mixedmedia #createeveryday #studioplay #abstraction #red #orange #redpainting #artpractice #colour #vividcolour #thiscreativelife #acrylicpainting #contemporaryirishart #irishartist #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith https://www.instagram.com/p/B0vv7qPgs09/?igshid=jeu6e1cseog6

[found-fabricated]

Work in progress - gathered sea plastic fragments reworked and bound into a steel outline with antique Irish linen thread. The essence of a new piece coming together, the bound pieces seem precious like a blessing.. #workinprogress #seaplastic #fragments #remnants #binding #linenthread #blessing #gathered #found #reclaimed #materiallanguage #visualpoem #visuallanguage #utensils #implements #strangetools #flatware #leffel #tablescape #contemporaryirishart #contemporarycraft #contemporarysculpture #fromthesea #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #environmentalart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxrus8GFh0I/?igshid=9avvuq4seku2

[found-fabricated]

Drawings towards new sculptural utensils, gathered finds and silver fabrications. #drawings #process #utensils #strangetools #flatware #gathered #made #fabricated #fabrications #finds #foundobjects #layout #collection #selection #process #landscapelanguage #visualpoems #visuallanguage #senseofplace #fromtheedges #otherplace #workinprogress #contemporaryirishart #contemporarycraft #contemporarysilver #tablescape #wabisabi #stuartcairns #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx17GY3FkiR/?igshid=tk2actwa70dx