Since receiving a wildlife camera for my birthday earlier this year, I’ve been obsessed with badger watching. Who knew our garden is a superhighway for several badger clans? In the past, we have woken up to find our driveway verges pockmarked with snuffle-holes that appeared overnight- clues that point to badger activity. So we always…
As I sit at my desk, I’m distracted by birds moving to and fro, traversing the studio windows that look out onto the garden. One window faces south and, if I lean to the left, in a gap between my computer monitor and the outside wall, I can just glimpse the bird table. Through the…
Along with several other artists, I was first asked to collaborate on the Waterford City of Light project in early 2025.
The place I most often go to connect with the wilder side of nature is within walking distance of my front door. When I was approached to collaborate on a project that involved the preservation of a building in that wild space, I jumped at the opportunity. It would mean leaving the static comfort of…
As I first drove through the gates of Annaghmakerrig House I wasn’t sure what awaited me. I knew the Tyrone Guthrie Centre as a place of pilgrimage for creative souls and I was honoured, if a little daunted, to be counted among its brethren for a whole seven days. Some months earlier, I was awarded…