Sculptures
RUIN creates contemporary sculptures in Ireland using ancient Irish bog wood, and weathered wood recovered from abandoned places. Each “dark art” sculpture is shaped by hand and chisel, fire and resin, stripped of the earth that enveloped them for centuries, allowing the discoveries to emerge. The result is a collection of dark, moody statement sculptures with character.
Discovery No. 001
Ifreann, meaning “hell” in the Irish language, is a dark contemporary wall sculpture shaped from weathered wood. Its twisted contours, deep fissures and eroded surfaces suggest an architecture of the underworld…
€350
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Discovery No. 002
Ifreann’s Key is a sculpture inspired by dark pagan rituals and ancient beliefs of druids and shamans. Its fractured, glistening surface and gilded markings give it the character of a recovered artefact. The carved…
€425
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Discovery No. 003
Coinin, Irish word for a rabbit is formed from ancient Irish bog wood recovered from the blanket bog landscape of Donegal. Hidden beneath the earth for centuries, perhaps millennia, the piece evokes extinction, habitat…
€795
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Discovery No. 004
Moloch is a one-of-a-kind contemporary sculpture formed from two twisted sections of oak and reclaimed iron, found outside an abandoned farm house in Cork. Its name recalls the biblical figure associated with sacrifice…
€285
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Discovery No. 005
Lamhacan is a animalistic contemporary sculpture inspired by one of the great transitions in the history of life: the first conquest of land. For millions of years the continents remained empty. Then something changed…
€775
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AcquiredDiscovery No. 006
True to the spirit of RUIN, Last Dinosaur was cut from a larger Discovery and almost discarded. Its form emerged from the refuse pile, a fragment of weathered wood that seemed to be reaching upward. The piece evokes a…
Acquired
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Discovery No. 007
Deer Hunted is a bog wood sculpture that remembers an older Ireland and the great animals that once moved through its ancient landscape. The Irish elk, or giant deer, disappeared from Ireland around the end of the last…
€550
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