Art under the waterfall

 Posted by on February 27, 2014
Feb 272014
 

Blarney Castle – Rock Close
Blarney
County Cork, Ireland

Michelle Maher Dublin CastlePuffballs from the Inside Out

These ceramic pieces are by Michelle Maher.  Maher is a Ceramic Artist who lives and works in Castleknock, Dublin.  She graduated from N.U.I. Maynooth in 1996 with a Master’s degree, after studying English and History.

Ceramic Works by Michelle Maher at Blarney Castle

According to her website: 

My ceramic sculptures are an exploration of colour and texture.  Microscopic organisms often inspire my work and unusual plant forms and the science behind living things continues to fascinate me.  My passion is for large-scale sculptural work and my pieces are mostly for outdoor exhibition.

Michelle MaherSymmetry by Michelle Maher

I often design my work for installation in lakes, ponds, rivers and streams – the interaction of the ceramic with the water is very important to my practice.  Indeed, I have won a number of sculpture awards for large-scale outdoor pieces in a water setting.

Michelle Maher at Blarney Castle

 

These pieces are part of  Blarney Castle’s permanent collection.  The Symmetry piece won the Public Award for the sculpture most popular with visitors to the Castle in 2013.  In 2012, this same piece was exhibited in the National Botanic Gardens and won an award for Sculpture in Context.  Symmetry was inspired by coral and dahlia flowers.

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Sun Swarm at the Exploratorium

 Posted by on January 13, 2000
Jan 132000
 

Pier 15/17
The Embarcadero

Sun Swarm by Chris Bell

San Francisco’s Exploratorium has moved to a new and much bigger location.  This new location is allowing lots of outdoor exhibits that anyone can enjoy without paying the entry fee.

This fun piece is titled Sun Swarm and is by Chris Bell.

Sun Swarm at the Exploratorium

According to the Exploratorium’s website: This is an elevated topography of silvered squares inserted between the water and the sky, Sun Swarm is an architectural intervention that collects and disperses bits of sunlight across the deck of Pier 17. Clusters of tiny mirrors on the end of steel rods reach up from a series of pier pilings, swaying with the tide in unpredictable ways. Stretching for nearly 100 feet, Sun Swarm is an understated and elegant complement to the natural light play that occurs elsewhere over the water.

sun swarm by chris bell

Chris Bell is an artist and a Sculptor who makes site-specific installations: total environments, considering all features of an interior space and using these to construct a place with a cause.  Bell was born in Sydney, Australia in 1966. Two years study in Industrial design was followed by his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sculpture at Sydney College of the Arts, graduating in 1992. He has since exhibited sculpture or installations yearly, mostly with experimental art organizations. He has received support from The Australian Council of the Arts, Arts Victoria and the Pollock-Krasner foundation, (1999). He won Melbourne’s Fundere Sculpture Prize in 2003 and a major public commission for Melbourne’s new civic square in 2000. He has worked as resident artist at Belfast’s Flax Art Studios, the Noosa Regional Gallery and California’s Headlands Center for the Arts. He currently lives in San Francisco, having recently completed his MFA with Stanford University.

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