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Sunday drawing still wet. An implement/spoon/lepel, 14”X20” acrylics, ink and pencil on paper. #sunday #drawing #painting #worksonpaper #strangetools #implement #flatware #utensil #spoon #lepel #mixedmedia #createeveryday #studioplay #abstraction #red #orange #redpainting #artpractice #colour #vividcolour #thiscreativelife #acrylicpainting #contemporaryirishart #irishartist #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith https://www.instagram.com/p/B0vv7qPgs09/?igshid=jeu6e1cseog6

Wie weet waar dit voor dient? #tool #strangetools #oldtrades #ambachten #krekelhof #thefisherking https://www.instagram.com/p/BzuxjB7oJhM/?igshid=4gkcyocxl01e

Thorn set, partnered, paired - silver, oxidised silver and thorn. #utensils #strangetools #implements #pair #strangepair #other #hawthorn #forest #woodland #thicket #gathered #collected #found #fabricated #made #senseofplace #set #pair #oddcouple #flatware #visualpoetics #visualpoem #materiality #nature #naturalworld #contemporaryirishart #irishartist #silversmithing #stuartcairns https://www.instagram.com/p/BzIzzscAhjN/?igshid=uowjjl2csj89

Drawings towards new sculptural utensils, gathered finds and silver fabrications. #drawings #process #utensils #strangetools #flatware #gathered #made #fabricated #fabrications #finds #foundobjects #layout #collection #selection #process #landscapelanguage #visualpoems #visuallanguage #senseofplace #fromtheedges #otherplace #workinprogress #contemporaryirishart #contemporarycraft #contemporarysilver #tablescape #wabisabi #stuartcairns #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx17GY3FkiR/?igshid=tk2actwa70dx

Patina, bindings, finds and silver fabrications- details on the desk. #utensils #flatware #strangetools #silver #patina #patination #binding #linenthread #oxidisedsilver #deskshot #studioshot #studiolife #contemporarysilver #contemporarycraft #sculptural #sculpturalobjects #interiors #wabisabi #moderninteriors #making #metalwork #dining #moderndomestic #materiality #poetics #artistworkspace #stuartcairns #contemporaryirishart https://www.instagram.com/p/BwCRs8pFm1v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=114kk85wwem0y

Three utensils, three drawings - oxidised silver and a mix of found materials. Fence pins, typewriter key, driftwood, nail, linen thread, electrical wire and lichen. Older utensils set beside new possibilities for objects and earrings.. #threes #utensils #flatware #tools#strangetools #drawings #possibilities #process #materials #visuallanguage #sunlit #visuallanguage #collection #collected #gathered #found #fabricated #assemblageart #contemporarycraft #contemporarysilver #arrangement #wanisabi #landscape #oxidisedsilver #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #contemporaryart https://www.instagram.com/p/BvWXZjBFVzx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17x85ns1f21iw

Toothbrush spoon - found sea plastic, oxidised silver, steel and linen thread. Now SOLD. Part of a collection of utensils, strange tools and vessels at Retracing Nature @make_hwsomerset until March 30th alongside work by @atdbuick. #flatware #utensil #spoon #strangetools #assemblage #seaplastic #modernarcheology #gathered #found #fabricated #made #contemporarysculpture #contemporarycraft #sculpturalobjects #objectswithmeaning #visuallanguage #contemporaryart #contemporaryirishart #materiality #visualpoetry #poetics #environmentalart #toothbrush #oxidisedsilver #moderninteriors #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith https://www.instagram.com/p/BugaFPol65G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s0nihgxb8mzn

Four utensils- gathered sea plastic, fishing line, found steel, silver and linen thread. Part of Retracing Nature at Make Hauser & Wirth Somerset alongside ceramics by Adam Buick until March 30th. @hauserwirth @make_hwsomerset @atdbuick #utensils #flatware #strangetools #found #gathered #collected #reuse #remnants #traces #objectswithmeaning #poetics #visuallanguage #landscape #fromthesea #seatreasure #objectsthatspeak #otherness #betweenthisandtheother #seaplastic #assemblage #metalwork #contemporarycraft #contemporarymetal #contemporarysilver #metalsmith #silversmith #stuartcairns #hauserwirth #hauserandwirthsomerset https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt0veanFuoW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qdek5sk2gzox