My Beautifull Monster

Finished this today . I think it's about Dignity. Life is hard, saometimes you put it out there,

like my ugly silver monster ,you put all your flowers out on show but the people only laugh but if you keep your dignity you havent lost too much.It's like Leneord Cohan says "we're ugly but we have the music".Sometimes I feel sorry for all of us, we,re all trying so hard to be liked ,to be popular , to be important whatever

table lamp sculpture

The fish mask has turned into a table lamp, sort of.I've been looking at Rebecca Horn I love her stuff. It is so silly but also grave and dignified. Also Paul Theck I like his sculptures but love his pastels.Landscapes and cityscapes done on scraps of paper. his sculptures are grim and look at big issues . The little coloured sketchs are joyfull and inconsequential.

Mask

I,ve made a mask, it,s kind of a fish mask. It's noy finished yet.

Sculpture- Easter 1916

I'm starting sculpture on Monday so decided to make a start today. I found a bit of an old tool while scuba diving in the Shannon it was probably used for digging marl from the river bed. The wood is worn and has a nice texture, the metel is rusty and over time a large pebble has become fused to it. It,s a nice well balanced combination formed by man , the river and time. I,ve added 4 bullets I found while diving on the gun running ship, Aud, in Cork harbour.These bullets date from 1914. They are Russian, taken as booty by the Germans after the battle of Tanninberg and sent to the IRA as a German contribution to the Easter 1916 rising. They never got there. The ship was intercepted by the British and sunk outside Cork harbour and there they stayed in over 100 feet of water until I found them. The whole thing looks a bit like a horses jaw and could be seen as a coment on war but thats being pompous I just like showing off the stuff I find scuba diving

finished ceramic elective

This is it .This is what I'm presenting after my 2 week elective in ceramics. It was great fun we got a stack done. I,m working 2 or 3 days a week so I am only present half the time. I'm very greatfull to Kirean and Elaine who went out of their way to make sure I didn't miss out.The stuff I did is mostley based on the River Shannon between O,Briens bridge and Killalloe, things I've seen and done above and below the water.