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Celtic CraftsThomas Sheridan - Woodcrafts |
The following page provides Celtic Crafts, made by artisan Thomas Sheridan in Ireland. Each piece of work is unique and handcrafted / painted in his County Sligo Studio. Please enlarge the thumbnail pictures, for they can't justify the original colours. |
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Celtic Cross Size: approx. 12" high Details of the cross might vary.
For more information about Celtic Crosses and pictures of High Crosses click HERE |
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Claddagh Failté - Sign Size: A4 (12" x 9") "Failté" means "Welcome" in the Irish language. |
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Bless This House - Sign / Irish Cottage in Landscape Scene Size: A4 (12" x 9") A traditional Irish cottage typical of the West of Ireland style in the shadow of Croagh Patrick. This is the mountain where Saint Patrick stood on top and converted Ireland to Christianity. Any name or phrase can be used to replace "Bless this House". |
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Irish Monastic Ruin on a Winter's Night Size A4 (12" x 9") Compete with round tower and Celtic high cross, this poignant scene was inspired by the James Joyce story "The Dead" and depicts a monastic ruin on a Christmas night as the first snowfall begins to settle and is illuminated by the moon. |
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"Snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, farther westward, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling, too, upon every part of the lonely churchyard on the hill where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." James Joyce |
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Celtic Cat Name Plaque Size: A4 (12" x 9") Celtic "wildcat" image taken from the Book of Kells. |
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Irish Georgian House Facade Size:A4 (12" x 9") Typical 18th Century design common to many Irish large towns and cities. This image is based on an original in Rathmines, Dublin. |
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Canal Bridge - County Kildare Size: A4 (12" x 9") Based on an original single span stone arch bridge over the Grand Canal. |
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Celtic Arch Size: A4 (12" x 9") Based on an original of a 9th Century Abbey in Co. Offaly. |
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Commissions Custom Commissions can be produced to any size from an orignal photograph. Send your request with photography to my EMAIL, I get back to you to with an offer. Examples below: | ||
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Not Carving, but Wood Texturing The image is hand painted onto the wood, then the texture / details are built-up with dried leaves gathered from the woods here in south Sligo, which have been crushed and dried. I developed a method of controlling wood dyes to bring out details. I also highlight the knots and grain in the wood for extra character. The whole piece is sealed with marine varnish so they can be displayed outdoors. I developed the technique from watching wood carving one day and I thought to myself "there has to be another way of getting dimensionality and depth in wood without spending weeks carving and charging hundreds of Euro for it...". So I experimented and these are the results. I started making them for friends and family as gifts and then other people like them so much they wanted to buy them and it developed from there. |
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Thanks for your interest. If you wish to purchase any of the above woodcrafts email the artist here. |
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