Journal
Here's my little art journal.
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New Art Courses
05/12/11
The Art Hand has some interesting new art courses now booking...Explore your creative side, the art of collage with Miranda Corcoran. Also; But is it Art? Photography with George Munday. And; INtroducing Technology to Stained Glass with Sean Corcoran.
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Stained Glass Course
22/11/11
Intensive Art Course, introducing technology to stained glass at The Art Hand, rural art school, Bunmahon, Waterford, Ireland
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What to do in Waterford
30/10/11
Think we're in the middle of nowhere?
Well maybe you're right!
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Well maybe you're right!
But at least there's plenty of things to do other than sitting in front of the TV... ....more
Kaleidescope Software
29/05/11
Reeper is a great piece of software for creating mirrored repeating patterns.
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Training in Scotland
28/05/11
Painting on Glass with American artist Cappy Thompson this September at Northlands Creative Glass in Scotland.
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The Calm Before the Storm
10/04/11
The stage awaits the artists arrival. John Martyn tribute night, The Wander Inn, Waterford. A Blazing Horse production.
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Cry me a River, John Martyn
04/04/11
Video Slide Show for Projection at Thusrdays Tribute Night at The Wander Inn, Waterford.
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LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT
21/01/11
Animated Gif. Giant steps by KP, the man in black. What hard hat?
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3D Architectural Animation
21/12/10
I created this 3D Architectural Animation of our new home using Google Sketch Up.
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Our Art
19/12/10
A small sample of our Art. Sean and Miranda Corcoran, The Art House, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford.
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Washed Ashore
22/11/10
A giant seal was recently washed into Kilmurrin cove, Bunmahon, County Waterford.
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Hy Mayersons Remix
17/11/10
Two of my video works remixed by the mix master, the brave and fearless Hy Mayerson.
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Nocturne at WIT
17/11/10
Here we all are in the Waterford Institute of Technology with Mirandas Nocturne painting.
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Horizontal at WIT
17/11/10
Now part of the permanent Autographical Art Collection in the new Leisure and Tourism building at Waterfords Institute of Technology.
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Municipal Rejection
17/11/10
My Drive by Shootings will not be shown inside the Municipal Art Gallery.
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Our Home and Livlihood emerges from the ground.
17/11/10
Our Home and Livlihood emerges from the ground.
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Blazing Horse Festival on DVD
26/10/10
I Recently directed an 18 minute film of the Blazing Horse festival, featuring Hy Mayersons camerawork and stills by David Manser, Tim Simmonds, Colleen Koos. Editing by John Loftus. Soon to be available as a limited edition DVD.
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The Caboose Tapes
02/10/10
From the back window of the Miami to New York train to the rolling contryside of the Blazing Horse Festival.
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Close Encounters
08/08/10
Today by my Mum and Dad, rescued a drowning Dragonfly from their pond in Ballymacaw.
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Foilboy Cove
31/07/10
After 3 years looking at it only from above I finally descended the cliff to Foilboy Cove with my friend Brian O'Neill (and Starsky and Hutch).
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The Copper Coast
19/07/10
A typical wet and windy July day on the Copper Coast Cliffs. Cormorants, Shags, Mushrooms and Horse Dung.
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Bang in the Field
10/07/10
A party in our field to celebrate our planning permission and Matildas 4th birthday.
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The Omey Island Creature
28/05/10
7 years after our encounter I have finally completed a digital drawing of the Omey Island Creature, thought to be the almost mythical Dobhar-chu.
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The Things
10/05/10
A new article I have written has been published in the Mutation ezine. It's called; The Things I (don't) keep coming back to.
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No Joy this time
13/04/10
An honor and 5700 hits in one week on YouTube but we're not in the final 6 for the Moby video competition.
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We Need your Vote...
08/04/10
Please view and vote for our Music Video competition entry for Moby's song Wait for me.
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Phew! What a Journey
26/03/10
Unwinding from a 10,000 mile round trip, 11 US states from Miami to New York, St Patricks Day in Waterford and off to Inis Oirr, one of the Aran Islands.
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Live Webcam
03/03/10
Here is one of the locations to view the live webcam stream of the Miami to New York project.
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Mountain Grove
25/02/10
Fairyland in County Kilkenny. One of my favourite places to visit is Mountain Grove.
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Avatar
25/02/10
What a movie! Go to see it while it's in the cinema. Absolutely Incredible.
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Cat People
25/02/10
15 people squeezed in for the February screening of the Monday Ten Club. Cat People.
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Monday 10 club on RTE
09/02/10
RTE Radio 1's new arts and culture programme aired some coverage of our Monday 10 club on the 1st of February, 2010.
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Exhibition for Goal
09/02/10
Miranda and I are taking part in a group show in aid of Haiti.
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De La Salle 1949
03/02/10
A photograph from 1949 taken by Annie Brophy of De La Salle College in Waterford.
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Miami to New York
31/01/10
New Blog goes live for Miami to New York multi-media expedition.
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Monday 10 Club January
26/01/10
The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover by Peter Greenaway was my choice for the second screening of the Monday 10 Club in a plywood box in a factory.
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Miami to New York
23/01/10
A 30 hour, 1400 mile train journey from Miami to New York planned for March with my friend, Hy Mayerson.
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Monday 10 Club
07/01/10
The first screening of the Monday 10 Club took place on Monday, the 28th of December with Aguirre, The Wrath of God.
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Charles Taze Russell
26/12/09
Charles Taze Russell as Santa on the cover of the Jehovah's Witnesses magazine The Watchtower.
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Guinness on Fire
23/12/09
I captured the Guinness factory up in flames on a recent visit to Dublin.
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Isle of Man Windows
11/12/09
Window displays created on the Isle of Man for SCS Building Services.
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Isle of Man
11/12/09
Just back from an excursion to the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea with the brother in law John Cleary of Vintage ranges.
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BLINK video
07/12/09
I have created a new video entitled BLINK featuring my Drive by Shootings and a track by Digi-Scum called Gristle.
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Hy Mayerson
04/12/09
My recent digital portrait of Hy Mayerson was unleashed on an unsuspecting public today.
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Rear Projection Window Test
02/12/09
Outdoor Test; Rear Projection of my recent video 1000 Pictures of Waterford City onto my studio's front window.
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Artist Aliaksei Tserakhau
01/12/09
An incredible video created by Artist Aliaksei Tserakhau.
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1000 Pictures of Waterford City
27/11/09
Here is a Video I created using 1000 photographs that I took of the City today.
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JCC by JCC
27/10/09
John Cooper Clarke, the legendary Punk Poet recently performed in Waterford. Photo by John Charles Cleary.
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Article in The Irish Times
22/10/09
Lorna Siggins has written an article about Omey Island featuring my Map + Guide + DVD (and the creature)
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Wind, Rocks, Sea, Bird.
21/10/09
A picture taken today from the top of the cliffs on our site.
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Connemara View Write-up
16/10/09
The October issue of Connemara View features a write-up on my Map + Guide + DVD.
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My Home on Omey Island
28/09/09
Three days in a tent on Omey Island with Starsky and Hutch.
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Omey DVD launch
28/09/09
Malachy King of Sweeney's Bar with me and Terry Minogue of the Claddaghduff Community Centre at the Launch of the Omey Island DVD.
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Omey DVD Screening
28/09/09
Here's the little poster I put together for the screening of my Omey Island DVD that took place in Sweeney's Bar, Claddaghduff last Friday 25th Sept, 2009.
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Country Festival
20/09/09
Tim and Hilary Harvey held a family festival at their home in the heart of Kilkenny's countryside.
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Omey Map in Galway Advertiser
10/09/09
Map + Guide + DVD featured in the Galway Advertiser under the headline Irelands best kept Secret now on DVD.
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Map + Guide + DVD launched
31/08/09
Just back from 4 days on Omey Island launching the Map + Guide + DVD. It's being
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Artworks featured in video
27/08/09
The You Tube version of Hy Mayerson's video of A.J. Croce's song Trouble in mind featuring my Artworks throughout.
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Omey Map featured in Cartophilia
26/08/09
My Omey Island Map has been featured in the wonderful Cartophilia Blog.
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Omey Map featured in The Mutation
10/08/09
My Map + Guide + DVD is featured as the lead article in the August issue of The Mutation, an irish art ezine.
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Artwork featured in Music Video
23/07/09
Hy Mayerson has just made a music Video for an AJ Croce song featuring my artwork.
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The Big Four Oh!
11/07/09
A portrait of me by Artist John O Connell that Miranda surprised me with on my recent 40th birthday.
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Spraoi in the Park
05/07/09
Today the Spraoi Parade took place in the Peoples Park, Waterford.
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Banksy does Bristol
03/07/09
And so do I ! A surprise trip to see Banksy versus Bristol Museum. What an exhibition.
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Omey Island Map + Guide + DVD
16/06/09
My Map of Omey Island is finally completed and I have produced a guide and DVD to go with it.
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Plan C
14/05/09
An architectural animation of our proposed home in Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. Created by Pethe Design Architectural Consultants.
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Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club
14/05/09
An absolutely incredible track from the new album by Jerry fish and the Mudbug Club.
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Sick in the Head
04/05/09
Spent a couple of days in bed with a buzz in my head. Learned how to paint on my iphone.
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24 Hours
27/04/09
Non stop 24 hours of recording Waterford and it's surroundings. Here's some of the photos.
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Moray Bresnihan Interview
19/04/09
The Impossibility of Perfection; An Interview I did with Moray Bresnihan, Artist, Collaborator, Founder of Mutant Space and The Mutation.
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Alan Bamberger Interview
19/04/09
An Interview I conducted with leading Art Expert Alan Bamberger.
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the Imaginairium
16/04/09
Here is the first ever visual representation of the Imaginairium, Philadelphia.
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Off to Dublin
08/04/09
My Dad and I went to Dublin yesterday to hand in some exhibition submissions.
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Drive by Shootings
29/03/09
Hopefully my next major exhibition will be; Drive by Shootings.
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Saltee Island Seal
19/03/09
Four Lads. A magical mystery tour. We made it to the Saltee Islands (and back!)
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Mosaic Bowl underway
09/03/09
I am making a mosaic bowl from old discarded broken cups and plates found in fields.
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Featured in Revolution Art Magazine
03/03/09
4 of my Photo Distortions are featured in the 'Love' issue of Revolution Art ezine.
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Dig published online.
27/02/09
My Dig theory was featured in the January edition of the Mutation Artzine.
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It's official! I've got letters after my name!
27/02/09
I've been accepted as a member of the IDI, Institute of Designers in Ireland.
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Join Mutant Space
19/02/09
Play, Create, Colaborate. Be part of Irelands best Independent Art Resource.
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Get Well Soon
12/02/09
Hope things are getting back to normal at Pethe Design after the invasion of the Conficker.
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RIP Martin Howley
31/01/09
Our neighbour Martin Howley died suddenly on Monday 26th January 2009 on the day that our newborn Alfie arrived home from hospital.
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Alfie's Arrival
27/01/09
Our 2nd child, Alfie, arrived at 10.19pm on the 22nd January 2009.
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Obama Inauguration
20/01/09
Over one million people witnessed the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington today. Artwork, Shepard Fairey.
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River Sunset
16/01/09
A Lucky photoshoot. Perfect Timing. The Setting Sun and High Tide and 2 Swans. River Suir, Pollrone, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.
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50 Forever
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08/01/09
An animated Gif that I created to mark the 50th Birthday of Artist Anthony Costine.
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Artworks featured in video
30/12/08
Artworks by Miranda and I are featured in this video produced by American film maker Hy Mayerson in 2005.
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Italian Street Artist BLU
16/12/08
2 videos of the Art of Blu. You have never seen anything like this before. Amazing.
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Sunrise Tree
16/12/08
My favourite recent photograph. Taken on an early morning walk across the fields.
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NSM PSM
16/12/08
Electronica from Mexico; NSM PSM. Their infectious track 'Clap your Brains off' which has an incredible video directed by Frank Beltrán.
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Carousel brings Optimism
08/12/08
Front page of The Munster Express, my daughter Matilda and my Dad Jim. Neither of them had ever been on a carousel before despite my Dad being the instigator of bringing the spectacle to town.
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Mosaics Featured
29/11/08
Two of my Mosaics have been featured in this year’s Mosaic Yearbook project.
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Album Release
26/11/08
Images from my Lost and Found exhibition have been used by New Zealand band Inverse Order for their debut album that has just been released.
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Carousel comes to Town
26/11/08
My Dads lifelong ambition to bring a Carousel to Waterford was fulfilled today.
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Treasure
26/11/08
My collection of found plate and cup remnants that will soon be used in an art mosaic.
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View from the Belfry
23/11/08
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to get some photographs from the top of the Belfry of Abbey Church across the river from the Waterford city.
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Album Cover Art
12/11/08
Images from Lost and Found are being used by New Zealand band Inverse Order for their forthcoming Album.
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The Lodge Restoration
12/11/08
New Architectural Project underway; I am Project co-ordinator for the restoration and extension of an historic gate lodge. Pethe design achieved planning permission on this sensitive project for a new modern 2 storey extension to the period building.
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Obama is elected
05/11/08
A Landslide victory for the Decocrats. Barack Obama has been elected President.
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An Emotional Fish
29/10/08
Time is on the Wall. A young Gerry Fish with a song that hasn't aged.
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Ugly Megan
28/10/08
Ugly Megan are a young and extremely talented band emerging from Waterford.
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Ali Helnwein
28/10/08
I'm not normally one for classical music but check this out. Faking it by Ali Helnwein.
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The video is great too. The photo is muhammad Ali kissing Ali Helnwein, the composer. ....more
Steamboat Willie
26/10/08
One of the first ever cartoons with sound. The Legendary Steamboat Willie.
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DIG!
16/10/08
Here's my recipe for curing Artists Block. Soon to appear in the MUTATION Artzine.
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