#whatwasleft

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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

[neweresth]

I’ve been reading before I went to sleep yesterday. There was a situation described that made me feel hopeless. How people treat each other, what do people want to forget (I don’t want to forget anymore.), what situations make them remember what they don’t want to hear again. I was able to taste the fear of memories I don’t recall again. My imagination hit me hard. Again. If there was a (deep) dark corner in this room you’d probably find me there - silently screaming, covering my ears and eyes. For a couple of days I felt like I was dealing with emotions the way the 3year old girl (I’m living with) is dealing with hers. (If it helps somehow, I’m glad.)

 (I’m trying to think more positive. Heh, I wonder how am I (able to be) this naive. Maybe it’s because I believe in something.)

[found-fabricated]

Patina experiments - oxidised gilding metal put through a rolling mill between paper leaves these marks. Then formed, wrapped and ready for fuming .. #patina #marks #oxides #traces #whatwasleft #patination #prints #metalwork #surfaces #remnants #imprint #fabrication #colouring #process #craft #contemporarycraft #slowmaking #experiment #lines #metal #metalsmith #silversmith #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #irishcontemporaryart #artpractice https://www.instagram.com/p/B81LYDUnfF1/?igshid=16tgy2neekf8w

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Rainy days .. with wanders and swims... #rainydays #october #autumn #observations #moments #coast #coastallife #drizzle #autumnal #autumnweather #seashore #shoreline #wander #traces #fragments #whatwasleft #landscape #liminalspace #littlewonders #coastalwalk #seaswim #solivagant #thalassophile #thalassotherapy #days #nature #shotoniphone https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QKYFXAcaR/?igshid=171a3ob4tomlq

[found-fabricated]

Cornwall finds from St.Ives and Mousehole- beach found brass wire, pebble and hacksaw blade fragment. #finds #found #gathered #coastalfinds #collected #foundobjects #visualpoem #materiallanguage #materiality #brasswire #patina #beachpebbles #hacksawblade #fragment #whatwasleft #artofgathering #senseofplace #stivescornwall #cornwall #mouseholecornwall #coastal #artistseye #arrangement #balance #calm #lifeofthings #creativelife #artistslife #visuallanguage https://www.instagram.com/p/B2q3qHLAZ_B/?igshid=etxsk3p836oq

[found-fabricated]

Finds- a jumble of bones, a rubber thimble and a sun bleached crab claw on found driftwood board. Contents of my waterproof pocket.. the claw and the bones were from Donegal and the thimble was found in the beach car park down the road. #finds #traces #materials #bones #totems #seatotems #tokens #whatwasleft #gathered #collected #forgotten #visualpoem #visuallanguage #poetics #materiality #materiallanguage #coast #coastalfinds #seashore #ofthesea #claw #driftwood #thimble #semiotics #signs #platter #senseofplace #landscape #contemporaryirishart https://www.instagram.com/p/B16hAjaAkFe/?igshid=1rfb877limcjj

[found-fabricated]

Yesterday by the shore- found driftwood with paint and two small crow feathers. Wander and swim. #finds #found #gathered #collected #seashore #shorelinewander #walk #wander #wonder #materiality #moments #shoreline #whatwasleft #senseofplace #visualpoem #visuallanguage #portraitofaplace #vitaminsea #thalassophile #solivagant #driftwood #feathers #black #blackfeathers #coast #coastalmoments #coastallife #seaswim #shotoniphone https://www.instagram.com/p/B1yKap9gX2i/?igshid=13beea23gt96p

[found-fabricated]

A few finds- washed up painted wooden board, seashell, steel and driftwood twig fragment. Loving the weathered red paint on the board . #finds #flotsamandjetsam #washedup #gathered #collected #found #fragments #weathered #whatwasleft #finds #foundobjects #gatherings #arrangement #materiality #materiallanguage #visualpoem #visuallanguage #fromthesea #fromthestreet #senseofplace #artistseye #thiscreativelife #beachcombing #artistslife #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith https://www.instagram.com/p/B1wCngnAFWu/?igshid=1qs2v7egxu64s