Sinéad is a Ceramic Visual Artist living in Conamara. Her love for clay began in secondary school which led her to Galway, where she received a BA in Ceramics (2005). Following this she worked in the print & design industry and earned a BA in Digital Technology & Design specialising in UX Design from DTU (2016). She returned to clay during Covid.

“My work primarily looks at the relationships between living things and the natural world. Exploring the lesser seen elements of natural life beneath the surface. Looking outward and being curious reminds us that we are living in a ‘more-than-human-world’. As we increasingly inhabit manufactured environments, in the age of AI and mass production my work looks at challenging human-centred views and celebrates the richness of the natural world.

In 2019 she founded ‘Cré Rua Ceramics’, a small jewellery & homeware ceramic business. Her ceramic jewellery designs have been inspired by the bright and bold patterns in nature, graphic design styles, various art movements, 80’s fashion & the clay itself. Everything is slowly & carefully crafted by hand in small batches from ceramic clay. Firing is done in her kiln and every piece is then decorated with various colourful glazes, slips, gold lustres, textures & decals.

“I love art that can be worn, carried, and touched. And I especially like ceramic jewellery because of humankind’s close relationship with clay. Throughout history, clay has shaped our cutlery and weapons, our homes and farms, and even adorned our skin. So there’s a certain comforting familiarity with ceramics. It harkens back to our connection with the land and with nature. I also wanted to make jewellery that was individual and unique at each iteration, which is why each piece is handmade.”