#whatwasleft

Patina experiments - oxidised gilding metal put through a rolling mill between paper leaves these marks. Then formed, wrapped and ready for fuming .. #patina #marks #oxides #traces #whatwasleft #patination #prints #metalwork #surfaces #remnants #imprint #fabrication #colouring #process #craft #contemporarycraft #slowmaking #experiment #lines #metal #metalsmith #silversmith #stuartcairns #artist #maker #smith #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #irishcontemporaryart #artpractice https://www.instagram.com/p/B81LYDUnfF1/?igshid=16tgy2neekf8w

Osmanthus cake is a traditional sweet-scented Chinese pastry made with glutinous rice flour, honey sweet-scented osmanthus and rock sugar. It has crystal clear, sweet and soft waxy characteristics. Caption credit : @wikipedia This might be the best traditional cake I try when in Macau #whatwasleft #latepost #lwonvacation #lwholiday #wheninmacau (at Rio Hotel Macau 利澳酒店) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzdGXBplPYf/?igshid=1g6kadxlisweo

What was once Connected is now rent Asunder #wires #lines #whatwasleft #whatwasleftbehind #cords https://www.instagram.com/p/BrvJIE9gmRK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15jl3g4rl0737

Winter leaves, moments from yesterday’s wander in the woods. #wintermoments #fallenleaves #traces #whatwasleft #smallbeauties #fragile #delicate #woodlandwander #woods #nemophilist #leaves #littlewonders #solivagant #wander #wonder #artistseye #headspace #mindful #dailywonders #nature #naturalworld #daydreamer #naturelove #lovethisworld https://www.instagram.com/p/BrabM8plnA3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rjvynpetjm3o

 (I’m trying to think more positive. Heh, I wonder how am I (able to be) this naive. Maybe it’s because I believe in something.)

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

Material marks, rust stains, sun bleached wood, partial forms- traces and hints of a place where the living have just left. This Other Place coming soon. #materials #marks #stains #traces #hints #poetics #livedlife #senseofplace #visuallanguage #materiallanguage #materia #wood #rust #steel #wabisabi #worn #weathered #washedout #whatwasleft #thisotherplace #contemporarysilversmith #appliedarts #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #artpractice #contemporaryartpractice #materialism #art #artoninstagram

Last years fallen leaves- lines, surfaces and patina found on the path. #leaves #fallenleaves #lines #surfaces #patina #botanical #flora #whatwasleft #decay #ephemeral #remnants #allthatremains #woods #traces #woodlandpath #woodland #observation #april #naturephotography #shotoniphone #wander #walk #littlewonders #woodlandwalk #naturelove #slowlife