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Collaborations

FarmGate

A collaborative project created by Róisín de Buitléar for Hometree Charity

FarmGate

FarmGate is a concept by Róisín de Buitléar, developed during her residency with the Dinnseanchas Project for the Hometree charity. A vintage handmade farm gate, painted in familiar red oxide, serves as a catalyst for interaction. It invites farmers to pause, fostering dialogue and understanding within local communities while promoting environmental awareness and behavioral change.

Hometree is a nature restoration charity in Ireland's west, focused on native temperate rainforests. Their Dinnseanchas Project tasks six artists with exploring Ireland’s Atlantic uplands to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and socio-economic challenges. Inspired by the ancient Irish term “dinnseanchas,” which embodies the lore of a place, the project bridges ecological restoration with cultural preservation.

The FarmGate evokes familiarity through its red oxide color, reminiscent of Irish farm sheds. Its design encourages informal conversations, offering an ideal lean height and ample space for interaction. Beyond aesthetics, its two side frames create flexible structures for displaying site-relevant items or hosting activities, making it a mobile installation adaptable to various sites.

Debut at Clonmany Agricultural Show

FarmGate debuted at the Clonmany Agricultural Show in Donegal in August 2024, a prominent event attracting over 10,000 visitors. Situated in the uplands, the show was ideal for engaging with sheep farmers and their families. Over 48 hours, FarmGate created natural opportunities for conversation as activities unfolded nearby.

Conversations ranged from farming practices, land abandonment, and biodiversity to economic challenges such as the low value of wool. Farmers openly discussed succession, land responsibility, and sustainability, with topics addressed judgment-free. The gate fostered a comfortable environment, with participants often leaning on it physically, signaling trust and ease.

FarmGate’s versatility allowed it to be relocated during the show to maximize engagement. Its positioning, against the backdrop of Donegal’s uplands, provided visual context for discussing land use and climate challenges.

Weaving Demonstration

As part of the show, the FarmGate team collaborated with weaver Léila Worth and scholar Jenny Ahern to trial weaving and tufting installations. Using wool—a material of cultural and economic significance in Inishowen—the team highlighted the value of traditional crafts and low-value materials. Visitors engaged deeply with the hands-on activity, sparking conversations about heritage, craft, and sustainability.

The weaving demonstration also served as a platform for exploring the broader concepts of the Dinnseanchas Project, generating ideas for future artworks and deepening the community's connection to the project.

Legacy and Impact

Since its debut, FarmGate has been used at other events as a gathering space and visual anchor. Its approachable design and recognisable form continue to foster interaction with otherwise reluctant audiences. Whether as a backdrop for performances or a hub for ongoing activities, FarmGate has proven its value in building connections, understanding, and dialogue among farming communities.

By blending cultural familiarity with strategic design, FarmGate bridges gaps between tradition and innovation, playing a pivotal role in the Dinnseanchas Project's mission to address pressing ecological and social challenges.

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Collaborations

Breaking news

A collaborative project created by Róisín de Buitléar with Alisa Shakor

‘Breaking News’

Ukranian creative Alisa Shakor and Irish artist Róisín de Buitléar have collaborated on an unique interpretation of the national Ukrainian Vinok (flower crown) as a symbol of solidarity and protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Two artists who find themselves together through the advent of the invasion, a fate that has changed their existence forever, has resulted in creating ‘Breaking news’. This glass, textile and paper Vinok represents how solidarity with Ukraine and a recognition of national identities is not only of importance to Ukraine but is of world importance for the future of peace and humanity.
On February 24th 2022, the morning that Russia invaded Ukraine, Alisa Shakor fled from her native Kyiv to escape the bombardments and eventually ended up in
Ireland, displaced and stripped of her previous life and identity. Cultural symbols
have taken on a new meaning for her while she adapts and takes temporary refuge
in her new home in Dublin, with artist Róisín de Buitléar and her husband graphic designer Terry Greene. Over the following months and on-going dinner table discussions Róisín, well known for her art works in glass, encouraged this
collaboration and development of ideas.
The Vinok is fashioned from newspaper and glass. Breaking News articles about the war and terrible atrocities that are being carried out in the invasion of Ukraine, have been twisted and folded to make a variety of flowers that surround glass shards and spikes. Coloured ribbons and glass beads complete the Vinok which measures 1 meter at its height. Carved and engraved coloured glass shards take on a new life and light between thin clear glass rods of glass that pierce the circumference of the crown. Their perilous fragility and vulnerability express how each snippet of news, pierces into the lives of displaced refugees each day.

Laboratory glass bottles that are painted and metalized are nestled amongst the newspaper flowers, are a reminder of the brooding threat of nuclear strikes by the Russian federation. Usually worn for celebratory and cultural events, here it is worn by a faceless model, simulating the Motanka, a traditional bound doll, a sacred amulet and talisman. The Motanka is a symbol of good, well-being, hope for the future and a special bond between generations.

Breaking news was shown at ‘Fusion’ as part of the Biot International Glass Festival in BIOT France,Côte d'Azur Friday 23rd September 2022.

‘Fusion’ is an international fashion show organised and produced by Madame Ernest.

Madame Ernest
 https://www.biot.fr/

Engraved glass

Photo Alisa Shakor

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Ірландська мисткиня Róisín de Buitléar та українська креативниця Аліса Шакор співпрацювали над інтерпретацією Українського вінка, як символу солідарності та протесту проти російського вторгнення в Україну. Двоє мисткинь, які опинилися разом через війну - доля, яка назавжди змінила їхнє існування та призвела до створення унікальної співпраці над Breaking News. Цей Вінок символізує наскільки солідарність з Україною та визнання національної ідентичності є важливими не лише для України, але й мають світове значення для майбутнього миру та людства.

24 лютого 2022 року, вранці, коли росія вторглася в Україну, Аліса була вимушена покинути свій рідний Київ, і зрештою опинилася в Ірландії, подавлена та позбавлена свого попереднього життя. Культурні символи набули для неї нового значення, поки вона адаптувалася та знайшла тимчасовий притулок у своєму новому домі в Дубліні, разом із мисткинею Рошін де Бутлер та її чоловіком, графічним дизайнером, Террі Гріном. Протягом останніх місяців і довгих бесід за обіднім столом, Рошін, добре відома своїми роботами зі скла, заохочувала цю співпрацю та розвиток ідей.

Цей Вінок прикрашений вирізками з газет та склом. Статті з новин про війну та жахливі звірства, які відбуваються під час вторгнення в Україну, загорнуті у різноманітні квіти, які обрамлені скляними осколками та шипами. Різьблені та вигравірувані осколки кольорового скла набувають нового життя та світла між тонкими прозорими скляними стрижнями, які пронизують вінок. Їхня небезпечна крихкість і вразливість виражають те, як кожен уривок новин щодня проникає та впливає на життя вимушено переміщенних українців.

Пофарбовані та металізовані лабораторні скляні колби, розташовані серед квітів з газет, є відображенням загрози ядерних ударів з боку російської федерації. Кольорові стрічки та скляні намистини завершують головний убір, висота якого становить 1 метр. Зазвичай вінок одягається на урочисті, традиційні заходи. Тут, це безлика модель, що імітує ляльку-мотанку, яка є сакральним оберігом і талісманом. Мотанка – символ добра, благополуччя, надії на майбутнє та особливого зв’язку поколінь.


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Collaborations

Islanders = When Darkness falls 

A collaborative project created by Róisín de Buitléar

ISLANDERS is a cinematic light projection mapping project of over 50 global island artists working with glass.

This collaborative borderless artwork, straddles giant continents and powers, and encompasses wider world thinking by tiny singular actions.  Collaborating with artists from Islands around the world the projection is created using original artworks created on miniature glass slides.

 

This unique artwork has been created as a collective act of solidarity within the glass community.

As a people ISLANDERS are intrinsically independent but at the same time dependent on the wider world. In bringing together Islanders for this project, a call is being made to wider Island communities to show how independence can be used to strengthen community not divide it.

Participating artists are:

Ireland:

Róisín de Buitléar; Sinéad Brennan; Emma Bourke; Michelle O Donnell; Karen Donnellan; Peadar Lamb; Debbie Dawson; Aoife Soden; Jenny Mulligan; Greg Sullivan; Fred Curtis; Peter Young; Emer O Donnell; Marie O Rourke; Sophie Longwill; Laura Ní Chuin; Paula Stokes; James Earley

 

UK

Northern Ireland:

Andrea Spencer; Alison Lowry; Meadhbh Mc Ilgorm

England

Katharine Colman; Nancy Sutcliffe; Cathryn Schilling; Fiaz Elson; Bernie Stevenson

Scotland:

Alison Kinnard; Siobhán Healy

 

Belle Isle - France:

Laurianne Blanchard; Regis Anchuelo

 

USA:

 

Lopez Island:

Kelly O Dell; Raven Skyriver; Wren Skyriver;

Marthas Vineyard:

Wil Eldridge Sideman

Whidbey Island:

Jason Christian; Katrina Hude; Keke Cribbs


 

Soneva Fushi - Maldives:

Erin Barr

 

Japan

Honshu:

Shnji Omura; Rui Sasaki  

Japan, Sado:

Minami Oya

 

New Zealand:

Elizabeth Mc Clure

Italy

Murano

Nico Barbini; Amy West; Matteo Seguso;

Sardinia- Italy:

Pino Cerchi

 

Faroes - Denmark:

Brandur Patturson

 

Iceland:

Sigríður Ásgeirsdóttir; Brynhildur Þorgeirsdóttir

 

Malta:

Margerita Pule

 

Korea: South Korea Choi Keeryong

 

Kinali Island - Turkey:

Aysem Ötük

 

Java -Indonesia:

Patricia Untario

 

Vänoxa- Finland:

Jarl Hohenthal

 

Tromsø- Norway:

Silja Skoglund

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Islanders at The Venice Glass week 

13th september 2019 - 21.00

Venue 25 Fondamenta Lorenzo 3401 Murano Venice Italy

An evening projection will be shown on Friday 13th September 2019 at 21.00 on Murano Island Venice, using glass artworks. The artwork invites discussion around how living on an island can inspire and influence artwork, business and community. How island communities can drive change, create identities and build on connections with other island nations.

The collaborative imagery, Venetian location and projection will culminate in making the ISLANDERS a unique artwork

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Glint glass Studio projects

Róisin de Buitléar and glass artist Sinéad Brennan have collaborated to create the ‘Glint Glass Studio and Glint Glass School in Irishtown co Dublin

Glint glass studio is an open access studio where urban glasses and table ware are up-cycled from Dublin's pub waste, making sustainable products, made in Ireland. 

 

Click on the website for online sales and information.

 

Glint holds GLASSMAKING WORKSHOPS AND SHORT CLASSES

where you can MAKE YOUR OWN GLASS

 

Classes are open to all through AIRBNB EXPERIENCES IN DUBLIN CITY and make a great corporate event or group outing.

 

The STUDIO can also be rented by professional artists on an hourly or daily basis.

All details and booking can be made online by visiting glintglassstudio.com  

The urban warrior

Róisin de Buitléar and Jeweller Tuula Harrington have collaborated to create the ‘Urban Warrior’ collection, which was launched in Designworks Studio, Cork.

Urban Warrior is an explorative collection that combines bone, glass and precious metals to create bold, powerful and contemporary forms. Tuula Harrington of Designworks, Cork is an accomplished goldsmith and silversmith of Finnish and Irish lineage. The Urban Warrior collection pays homage to the tradition of Irish jewellery making, from Viking to contemporary times, the collection reflects the diversity of Ireland’s cultural ancestry.

 

Urban Warrior prompts us to rekindle the cultural and historical significance of personal adornment and to see how form and material can denote the role of one’s tribe, one’s lineage, and one’s personal presence. The collection exhibits the craft and skill of two artists, moulding, shaping, and creating forms that honour the tradition of the jewellers craft with refined contemporary elegance.

Roisin de Buitlear designed jewellery
Earring collaboration with Tuula Harrington
Urban Warrior piece
Tuula Harrington collaboration
Ornate glass necklace

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Dublin, Ireland.

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