Following a great success at Bloom in the Park earlier in May, Ciara will be selling and exhibiting her work from Friday 7th August in Earthworks Gallery, Grennan Watermill, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland as part of the ‘At Hand’ Exhibition during the Kilkenny Arts Festival.
‘At Hand’ is an exhibition of handmade crafts by 3 local ceramic artists, Karen Morgan, Caroline Dolan and Oonagh Anderson and 5 invited artists with links to the locality of Thomastown.
Earthworks Ceramic Studio & Gallery was co-established in 2008 by Karen Morgan, Caroline Dolan and Oonagh Anderson. Located in a seventeenth century grain mill, Earthworks is idyllically situated by the banks of the river Nore in the picturesque village of Thomastown. Everyone is welcome to visit and enjoy the beautiful setting and browse through the gallery to view the creations. Earthworks Gallery is centrally located in Thomastown on the main Dublin to Waterford Rd with parking facilities opposite.
Gallery opening times: Tues-Sat: 10.30am-5.30pm
Address: Earthworks, Grennan Watermill, Waterford Rd, Thomastown, Co.Kilkenny
Tel: +353 (0) 56 7724714
All through her life Ciara has had an impulse for creating objects and an insatiable desire for adornment. Following a path through architecture, Ciara made a decision to pursue these passions. She began her artistic journey at Grennan Mill Craft School, Kilkenny specialising in textiles and metalwork. Intrigued by the qualities of precious metal she chose to further her studies in metalwork, completing a degree in the Uk in 2005, then focusing her practice on jewellery using metal and textiles.
Colour plays an essential role in her personal means of expression and has the ability to excite a variety of responses. Through creating colourful jewellery Ciara believes that she can bring positive feelings and energy to the wearer and the viewer. Inspired by vivid colours, materials and surface decoration, she develops her designs through sketching and experimenting with raw materials. Her most recent work explores combinations of textured silver, embroidered threads and transparent resin enamel. Currently Ciara is an artist in residence at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Berkshire, Uk, where she tutors jewellery courses, works on commissions and develops her own collections.