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Artist
Solo & collaborative projects
2025 COLLECT, Salon Révélations
2024 Homo Faber Biennal, Future Makers
191st RHA
•Specialising in sculpture, gold leaf and painted decoration

I am delighted to have been selected as one of 48 designer makers who will feature in PORTFOLIO 2026/2027.Supported and ...
02/07/2026

I am delighted to have been selected as one of 48 designer makers who will feature in PORTFOLIO 2026/2027.

Supported and produced by the Design & Crafts Council Ireland PORTFOLIO is described as a programme that recognises designer makers creating work that demonstrates excellence in design, craftsmanship, innovation and technical skill at a world-class standard.

Established in 2005, PORTFOLIO has become one of Ireland’s most respected craft initiatives, helping designer makers, like me, to expand our network and reputation for Irish craft while also accessing opportunities in galleries, museums and international markets.

Bas relief for interior architecture.Each piece developed in relation to space —considering depth, light and proportion....
13/04/2026

Bas relief for interior architecture.

Each piece developed in relation to space —
considering depth, light and proportion.

From restrained, architectural surfaces
to more detailed, site-responsive work.

Available for commissions and collaboration with interior designers.





SOVEREIGN GATEPresented at Collect, Londonwith the Design & Crafts Council IrelandSculptural form exploring containment ...
12/04/2026

SOVEREIGN GATE

Presented at Collect, London
with the Design & Crafts Council Ireland

Sculptural form exploring containment and inner structure.

A dark, architectural exterior enclosing a gilded interior — light held within.

Hand-built terracotta with post-fired surface,
23kt gold leaf and wax patina.





This image stayed with me long before I understood why.As a child, this was the only book in our home.My mother brought ...
26/03/2026

This image stayed with me long before I understood why.

As a child, this was the only book in our home.
My mother brought it back from the United States after years of emigration. Growing up in the west of Ireland, it became my first encounter with painting, story, and the human condition.

I returned again and again to the scene of Daniel in the lions’ den.
Not for the drama but for the stillness.

The lions were not attacking.
They were present. Watching. Contained.

Around the same time, I watched the natural world closely ,the structure of the pride, the role of the male, the quiet tension within it.

I would later dream of the lion for years, though I didn’t yet have the language for what it represented.

Looking back, I realise I wasn’t just looking at images.
I was learning how forces exist in proximity without collapse.

That idea continues to shape how I hold form.





Offering to the SkyPresented at Collect, Londonwith the Design & Crafts Council Ireland.
27/02/2026

Offering to the Sky

Presented at Collect, London
with the Design & Crafts Council Ireland.





“Offering to the Sky”New work to be presented at Collect, London.
19/02/2026

“Offering to the Sky”

New work to be presented at Collect, London.





SOVEREIGN GATENew work to be presented at Collect, London.
12/02/2026

SOVEREIGN GATE

New work to be presented at Collect, London.





Gold crustaceans falling beneath a crescent eclipse
03/02/2026

Gold crustaceans falling beneath a crescent eclipse

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Castle Yard
Kilkenny
R95 DCX2

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