#foundmarks

Surface marks and objects.. found wood and fabricated object, documenting and exploring new work. #surfaces #marks #foundmarks #foundwood #driftwood #foundobjects #fabrications #rustmarks #drawing #arrangement #assemblage #sunbleached #betweenthisandtheother #flotsamandjetsam #textures #tones #weathered #visuallife #visuallanguage #semiotics #contemporarycraft #wabisabi #irishcontemporaryart #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #silversmith #sculptural https://www.instagram.com/p/BsVe1QvlTGx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mazag3faux35

Marks and tracks, thawing snow, quick wander today, it’s getting warmer.. #tracks #marks #patterns #foundmarks #observation #moments #thaw #snowday #snow #accidentalart #littlemoments #gooutside #springiscoming #winterslastgasp #shotoniphone #landscape #landscapecaptures #walk #wander #wonder #nature #naturelover #northdown #northernireland #lovewhereyoulive #visuallife

Shoreline surfaces- marks on a beach pebble, favourite little moment of the day. #littlewonders #surfaces #marks #traces #remnants #pebble #nature #naturalforms #textures #patterns #foundmarks #shoreline #pebblebeach #observation #moment #shotoftheday #stone #naturelovers #beachlovers #seashore #senseofplace #northdown #northernireland

Found marks, street patterns, Belfast. #finds #foundmarks #marks #abstract #abstractart #foundart #textures #surfaces #roadmarkings #street #urban #citylife #cityliving #citysigns #senseofplace #observation #moment #artistlife #walk #wander #littlewonders #semiotics #signs #visuallanguage #belfast #northernireland

Found marks.. car park lines. #finds #observation #lines #patterns #foundmarks #carpark #trafficlines #marks #observation #art #abstractart #moment #artistlife

Happy accident- leaf prints in my sketchbook. All my sketchbooks are stuffed full of leaves, seeds and grasses - recent ones have been wet and have stained my sketchbook pages.. #sketchbook #happyaccident #leaves #imprint #print #finds #gathered #collected #leaf #marks #markmaking #foundmarks #naturalmaterials #nature #process #artpractice #environment #landscape #landscape_captures #language #seasonal #autumn #autumnal #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #studiolife #irishart #irishartist

Cobbled street markings, Edinburgh back streets, found marks. #backstreets #foundmarks #marks #abstractart #signs #symbols #observation #stone #paint #streetmarkings #urban #backstreets #citylife #wander #wonder #edinburgh #scotland

Gathered leaves from my sketchbook, found on the ground, flattened, fragmented and worn. Looking at them as lovely marks. #leaves #gathered #collected #flattened #fragmented #worn #walkedon #marks #foundmarks #landscape #environment #seasonal #autumn #sketchbook #collection #arrangement #drawing #naturalworld #textures #surfaces #tones #nature #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #process #observation #irishartist