#materiallanguage

the poetry of material things Discover the eloquence hidden within everyday objects. Uncover the beauty in the poetry of material things.

Let us embark on a journey where the ordinary transforms into extraordinary. Lose yourself in the graceful artistry of the poetry of material things.

Gathered materials, fabricated objects - sense of an other place, another vision. #visuallanguage #foundobjects #senseofplace #materiality #materiallanguage #traces #remnants #relics #whatwasfound #whatwasleft #otherplace #notnarnia #objects #landscape #landscapeart #landscapecaptures #strangetools #semiotics #signs #contemporaryart #contemporarycraft #metalwork #flatware #gathered #collected #made #contemporaryirishart #contemporarysculpture #stuartcairns #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/B9oyvkRnRbJ/?igshid=hcj01xhoymkr

Finds, finished pieces and fabrications - playing with arrangements and looking at selections and progressions. Selecting works for exhibition it’s interesting seeing older works beside the latest made thoughts. #arrangement #visuallanguage #materiallanguage #tableware #tablescapes #flatware #poetics #fabrications #finds #found #gathered #made #contemporarysculpture #contemporarycraft #contemporarysilver #metalwork #silversmithing #process #artpractice #wabisabi #objects #contemporaryart #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #strangetools #contemporaryirishart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw1krfnFLJa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ryv0iexubcq

Three- thorn scoop, shiv and jawbone. Oxidised silver, blackthorn, linen and found bone set out in sunlight. The poetics of a place. #poetics #ofaplace #landscapestories #visuallanguage #materiallanguage #strangetools #implements #utensils #flatware #finds #found #gathered #fabricated #oxidisedsilver #bone #jawbone #materiality #contemporarycraft #blackthorn #contemporarysculpture #contemporaryirishart #sculpturalobjects #metalwork #assemblageart #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #silversmith https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGsxaLldpn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jyxfmh7pwi6j

Gathered and fabricated - a little object play. #gathered #found #foundobjects #materiality #materiallanguage #visuallanguage #metal #wood #collected #collection #objects #artistatplay #contemporarycraft #contemporaryirishart #artpractice #process #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #silversmith #metalsmith #visuallife #thiscreativelife #drawing #assemblage #wabisabi https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYKkXDF1wO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rv47fhj166r4

Traces of the landscape, detail from This Other Place - found net and salt. Opens this Thursday from 6.30 at Pollen Studio in Belfast. #thisotherplace #net #salt #materiallanguage #materiality #traces #landscape #seasalt #remnants #contemporaryart #visuallanguage #visualpoetics #poetics #fragment #whatwasleft #contemporarycraft #contemporarysculpture #installationart #sea #fishingnet #landscape_captures #senseofplace #senseofthesea #gathered #collected #foundobject #sentbythesea

Three vessels- iron, copper and steel. Setting objects together to see how they play against each other. #vessel #vessels #metal #metalwork #drawings #materiality #materiallanguage #structure #form #exploration #series #lines #marks #shapes #contemporarycraft #silversmith #silversmithing #collection #appliedart #iron #copper #steel #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #fabrication