Title; ‘Only a drop’
Dimensions H250mm x W130mm
Title; Precious drop
Dimensions H200 x W150mm
Title ;River Music
Dimensions vary L330 xH190x W260mm
Title; Melody of the stream
Dimensions vary L1300 xH180x W260mm
Category : Current
Irish Incantation / Ortha
A series of glass sound objects created to create an Irish incantation, a harmony of voice, object and Irish soul. As a collection of displayed objects they communicate through pose and relationship with each other.
Category : Current
Liquid String
Based on a once common-place versatile bag made of knotted string this bag form tells its story through its cast shadow. Shaped by the ghost of it contents, its detail and history are defined by fine engraving describing the interlacing of knotted string. By casting a delicate but strong shadow it leaves the viewer decide what the content might be and marvel at the method of making which was often overlooked in the original item.
Materials Glass
Techniques Blown glass, hot formed glass, diamond point engraved
Dimensions vary H490 x W150x L280mm
Exhale
A basket form made of glass, captures the form of an exhalation of breath. The swollen form suggests a laden soft basket shaped by its contents. The fragile handle is drawn from the body of the basket as if it is one fluid line of continuous exhalation.
Title; Exhale
Materials Glass
Techniques; Blown hot formed glass, Dimensions vary H300 xL280x W130mm
Category : Current | Exhibition
Pictured above, President Mary Mc Aleese, with Róisín de Buitléar and children from the Phoenix park school.
September 26th 2011, saw the unveiling of ‘Taste!’ a Glass and steel sculpture by Róisín de Buitléar. Under the per cent for art scheme, it was commissioned by the OPW on behalf of the Presidents office on the occasion of the creation of the Sensory border in the Gardens at Áras an Úachtaráin.
The first crop of Irish strawberries for sale, are a signal of the arrival of the Irish summer!
This luscious glass strawberry perched on a steel fork appears to be plunging through the through the Victorian wall. It suggests someone snatching a strawberry or tempting a passer by with the bounty from the garden behind, indicating the location of the adjoining Kitchen Garden. Suspended on a fork from above the viewer, it is just out of reach and creates a yearning for the taste and smell of fresh strawberries. This sculpture is designed to be immediately accessible to the general public through the use of familiar objects and humour.
The unveiling was celebrated by the President Mary Mc Aleese accompanied by local school children from the Phoenix park.
Taste! is situated in the Victorian garden next to the Queens walk, some metres from the main house. The house and gardens are open to the public every Saturday.
Entirely manufactured in Ireland, the glass was blown and hot formed in the studios of the Irish Handmade glass company, Waterford, and the steel was made at Grogan Engineering, Dublin.
Category : Current
Flow -Blown glass vessel with carved rim, 220 x 150 x 300mm
Category : Current
Visiting artist video at Museum of glass Tacoma, Washington, June 2010 working with the resident team of glassblowers Alex Stisser, Ben Cobb and Gabe Freman and assisted by Paula Stokes.
Click on Róisín de Buitléar to watch video of museum residency clips.
The residency was used to explore new ideas and produce new work on the subject of refraction, optics and the sound of glass drawing on inspiration from Ireland.
New works will be shown in the forthcoming ‘CAUTION! fragile’ exhibition to be shown in the Museum of Glass in July 2012.
Category : Current
Urban Warrior
Róisin de Buitléar and Jeweller Tuula Harrington, have collaborated to create the ‘Urban Warrior’ collection, which was launched on August 4 in Designworks Studio, Winthrop Arcade, Cork.
Urban Warrior is an explorative collection that combines bone, glass and precious metals to create bold, powerful and contemporary forms. Tuula Harrington of Designworks, Cork is an accomplished goldsmith and silversmith of Finnish and Irish lineage. The Urban Warrior collection pays homage to the tradition of Irish jewellery making, from Viking to contemporary times, the collection reflects the diversity of Ireland’s cultural ancestry. Urban Warrior prompts us to rekindle the cultural and historical significance of personal adornment and to see how form and material can denote the role of one’s tribe, one’s lineage, and one’s personal presence. The collection exhibits the craft and skill of two artists, moulding, shaping, and creating forms that honour the tradition of the jewellers craft with refined contemporary elegance.
Category : Current | Portfolio - posts
Tags : Antler, Blown Glass, Bone, Contemporary Design, Designer, Diamond, Exclusive, Glass, Gold, handmade, Irish, Jewelery, Jewelry, Modern, Necklace, Rings, Silver, Style
Molten series.
1. Molten series Valentia slate hot worked glass/ pale blue 240 x240mm
2. Molten series Valentia slate hot worked glass /chocolate
3. Connemara marble hot worked glass / orange
4. Molten series Carlow granite hot worked glass / green
5. Molten series Carlow Granite hot worked glass / clear
Category : Current
Tags : Molten series
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