Artist Statement
I am a jewellery designer/maker and paper maker based in Co. Waterford. After graduating from NCAD with a first class honors degree I co-founded the Workhouse Studios. Based in the chapel building of the old Kilmacthomas Workhouse it is now home to seven craft designers with products including glass, textiles, ceramics and jewellery.
For my work I draw my inspiration from the garden, focusing particularly on the late summer and autumn periods. I am especially fascinated by the delicate qualities of seedpods and the miniature elements that are seeds.
I create delicate detailed jewellery and miniature sculptures using hand made paper and precious metals, crossing boundaries between these two materials by combining them in unconventional ways. I use my materials to reflect the delicate nature and ephemeral beauty of dying plants and seedpods. The gold and silver details represent the precious seed held in their fragile vessels, waiting to fall and grow.
This choice of media best translates my fascination with translucency, fragility and the ephemeral beauty that exists in nature and presents the wearer/viewer with tangible expressions of this almost intangible beauty.
Shows and Exhibitions
Up coming exhibitions:
Nov: SIERAAD Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Irish Craft Portfolio, RHA, Dublin
RE-CONNECT, Pop up shop, RHA, Dublin
Spontaneous Order, Signal Arts Center, Bray
2011
LOOT 2011, Museum of Art & Design, New York
Swept Away-Kept Together, South Tipperary Arts Center, Clonmel
Seoid11, Pieces of Eight Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Thirty, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart, Co. Derry
We Design Anything, RHA pop up shop, Dublin
Seoid11, Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia
Faszination Papier, Paper Museum, Duszinki Zdroy, Poland
21st Century Icons, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
Workhouse Studios, Craft Granary, Cahir, Co. Tipperary
Ornament, Rua Red Arts Centre, Dublin
Irish Craft Portfolio 2011, Farmleigh House, Dublin
Faszination Papier, Ebrantshausen, Germany
Faszination Papier, Lieberwein Turm, Burghausen, Germany
Irish Craft Portfolio 2011, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
Possibilities, Garter Lane Gallery, Waterford
Showcase Ireland, RDS, Dublin
2010
Christmas exhibition, Victoria Sewart Gallery, Plymouth, UK
Future Makers Showcase, Hunt Museum, Limerick
Irish Craft Portfolio 2010, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
Christmas Exhibition, Custom House Studios, Westport, Ireland
SIERAAD Art Fair, Amsterdam, Holland
Christmas Exhibition, Galanthus Gallery, Hereford, UK
A Vision for Our Future, Irish Design Week, City Library, Waterford
Design Nature, International Design Biennale, Liege, Belgium
Workhouse Studios, Custom House Studios, Westport, Ireland
RDS National Crafts Competition, Dublin, Ireland
From Pulp..., Craft in the Bay Galley, Cardiff
Diverse Talent, Courthouse Arts Centre, Wicklow
Irish Craft Portfolio, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
2009
Cut & Fold, New Brewery Arts, UK
Workhouse Studios Presents, Tramore, Co. Waterford
Generation, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
Origin- The London Craft Fair, UK
Sculpture in Context, Botanical Gardens, Dublin
RDS National Crafts Competition, Dublin
Workhouse Studios@, Red Aesthetic Gallery, Kilkenny
Summer Collection, SDC Gallery, London
Future Makers Showcase, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
Workhouse Studios Presents, Leitrim Design House, Leitrim
Paper/Text, Studio20/17, Sydney, Australia
Designer Crafts09, Mall Galleries, London
Showcase09, RDS, Dublin
2008
Brooch the Subject, Studio Fusion, London
Breaking Out, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
New Designers, London
NCAD Degree Show, Dublin
2007
RDS National Crafts Competition, Dublin
Awards
2010
Awarded Future Maker Grant by the Crafts Council of Ireland
2009
Short listed for the Crafts Council of Ireland Practitioner Award
Awarded Future Maker Grant by the Crafts Council of Ireland
Awarded a Distinction Licentiateship by the Society of Designer Craftsmen
2008
Winner of the Institute of Designers Ireland Graduate Award for Jewellery Design
Short listed for the Irish Arts Review and Crafts Council of Ireland Emerging Maker Award
Employment Record
Contact Details
Workhouse Studios
Union Road
Kilmacthomas
Co. Waterford
Ireland
087 6409247
hello@sabrinameyns.com