I am Gabz.

I live half way up the Mountain in Tuamgraney, East Clare, the heart of Ireland. Surrounded by forestry, bog, mountain, lake and river, I’m never short of inspiration.

I work mostly with spalted oak; reclaimed sleepers from old roads through the bog. The peat has preserved and coloured the grain of the wood.

In my hands back at the workshop I carve and shape – working and waking the oak…