About

Artist / Sculptor from Cork

After building Saw Framed for six years, I felt a quiet but persistent shift begin to surface in autumn 2025. While I had developed meaningful relationships with stockists and built a body of work I was proud of, I sensed I was no longer aligned with the pace or direction of gift-led production. Letting go was difficult — in truth, it was frightening — but the rising cost of precious metals made it clear that continuing in the same way was no longer sustainable.

What this moment offered was clarity. It gave me permission to move towards what I had long felt drawn to: artist-led work, exhibitions, and a slower, more intentional practice. One that prioritises creation over quantity, depth over output, and sustainability in both material and mindset. I am returning to what was always at the core of my work — embracing my role as an artist and sculptor in full.

Drawing has always been central to my practice. I keep sketchbooks everywhere, and those who have met me at markets will have seen them used not only as tools, but as part of how I share my work. I studied Chinese calligraphy from the age of six — it was embedded in our school curriculum in Taiwan — and it has remained a lifelong practice. When my family moved to Ireland in 1994, at the age of fifteen, I packed my brushes, ink, and paper into my single suitcase. Leaving behind my grandparents and everything I had known was overwhelming, but drawing became a grounding ritual — a way to process change, loss, and belonging.

I continued to draw and write in Ireland, allowing the practice to evolve alongside my life here. In 2024, thirty years after we first moved to Ireland, I returned to Taiwan to reconnect more deeply with this discipline, studying under contemporary artist Ming-Tsan Tsai. That experience reaffirmed drawing as a meditative and essential part of my work, and I am now intentionally giving space and time to this practice.

Today, Saw Framed brings together metalwork and drawing — sculpture and paper — rooted in everyday Irish life, quiet humour, and shared rituals. The work is created to offer moments of pause, reflection, and comfort, particularly for those navigating change, healing, or a sense of longing. Through limited-edition wearable metalwork and hand-drawn artworks, Saw Framed continues as a place where memory, material, and mindfulness meet.