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Works are discovered around Ireland, brought up from the boglands or found in abandoned places - they are ready to tell a story. Brought back to life by RUIN, honed with hand and chisel, fire and resin, stripped of the earth that bound it for so long, the pieces reveal themselves more than being created.

Ifreann's Gate — sculpture in Spruce OR Ash

Discovery No. 001

Ifreann's Gate

Ifreann, hell in the irish language. The deeply twisted contours giving the impression that the discovery has endured as opposed to having been created.

€285

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Ifreann's Key — sculpture in Irish Bog Scots pine, approximately 3000–4000 years old

Discovery No. 002

Ifreann's Key

Ifreann’s Key takes its name from the Irish languge and the word for hell. Its form suggests an object of dark pagan reverence, something once carried, worshipped or feared. Carved from ancient Irish bog wood, its…

€375

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Watership Damned — sculpture in Irish bog Scots pine, 400 - 4,000 year old bog wood

Discovery No. 003

Watership Damned

Emerging from wood held beneath the Irish landscape for centuries, perhaps millennia, Watership Damned feels caught between extinction and memory.

€485

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Moloch — sculpture in Irish bog Scots pine, composed from two naturally formed sections joined with reclaimed old iron nails, approximately 600–800 years old

Discovery No. 004

Moloch

Moloch takes its name from the ancient and contested figure associated with sacrifice, fire and forbidden worship. There is also a famous literary image in John Milton's Paradise Lost, where Moloch appears as a fallen…

€485

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Evolution — sculpture in Scotts Pine , 400 - 4,000 years old

Discovery No. 005

Evolution

Crawling from the sea, Evolution is a discovery that tells the story of the first conquest of land. For millions of years the land remained empty. Then something changed.

€1,275

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