Bog Queen

This current body of work is reflective of a uniquely Irish landscape and utilises a material indigenous to the country, bog oak. Bog-wood is wood from trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the acidic and anaerobic bog conditions, sometimes for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Research of the national collections of Bronze Age artefacts in combination with the physical nature of the material has engendered a body of work which is contemplative without relying on sentimentality or cliché. Ancient jewellery types such as the Torc, Lunnula, Sun Discs and ear-spools have influenced both the form and function of the jewellery pieces that, although unashamedly Irish in character are nonetheless compatible with contemporary practice.

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