Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for a Creative New Year!

You are invited to an open weekend Sat 15 - Sun 16th December, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny

Thomastown Art, Crafts and Food this weekend

Visit me at Mc Kenna's Arch Studios, (opposite Sol Bistro) 

Low Street

Thomastown, Co Kilkenny

Ideal, unique gifts for Christmas,
 €45 and under
Imprints of fresh flowers into white earthenware clay

using black stains
and oxides and coloured stains

Nasturtiums

New oil painting

'Autumn Hydrangeas'

oil on canvas

700 x 700mm

Detail

Jennie Castle Artist 'like' page

Blackberry - Ceramic Imprint

Available from

THE SEASONAL SHOP

Seasonal Artwork : Irish 'Dog Rose' Hips

to purchase this unique artwork visit my on-line shop

SEASONAL SHOP

retro flora exhibition

'Creme de NOIR' exhibition

Spring Magnolias

Fresh Orchid Imprints

Fresh Orchid Imprint -detail

Black Vanilla Orchid

Scented ceramics

Scented ceramics

 'Creme de NOIR'
 exhibition 
11 - 19 August 2012

Creme de NOIR - now open ....

You are invited to the opening of 'Creme de NOIR' exhibition...

Exhibition coming up .....

Maidenhair Fern, Co Kilkenny, Ireland

Ceramosaic Artwork

White Earthenware rendered with copper oxides
To purchase visit my on-line shop
Artwork Shop

'Summer Dog Rose'

'Summer Dog Rose'

Ceramosaic Artwork Framed

(Photos by Marilyn Castle)

Shamrock impression

Trifolium repens (white clover, Irish: seamair bhán)

The name ‘shamrock’ is derived from Irish seamróg,

which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover (seamair).

Botanical imprint - rendered with copper oxide, glazed and fired.

Botanical Impression : Bishop's Crozier Fern

Bishop's Crozier Fern

Ceramic Botanical Impression

Copper Oxide

Primrose II

I am currently documenting the rapid change of Spring in Ireland by capturing flowers/sprigs as imprints in white earthernware and rendering them with oxides and stains....

Copper Oxide

Cobalt Oxide

Primrose

'Primrose'

 Ballyreddin, Co Kilkenny, Ireland

Botanical Imprint : Dated : March 2012

Copper oxide into white earthenware

Crocus

Crocus Ceramic Imprints -  rendered with oxides and stains

Fresh Crocus - picked in late Februray 2012

on white earthenware

Daffodil

 

Deatil

'Daffodil' - imprint into white earthenware, rendered with oxides and stains...

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Red Clover

drawn in ceramic pen on glazed ceramic tile

Spring Flowers in Mosaic Vase

Salmon Rose II

'Salmon Rose : Detail'

Jen Castle

'Brushes Painting'

Purple Rose I

'Purple Rose : Detail'

Jen Castle

'Brushes Painting'

Spring!

Freshly picked daffodils in Mosaic Vase
 (re-cycled glass bottle)

'Orchid V'

'Orchid V'

Glasnevin Botanical Gardens, Dublin, Ireland

'Brushes' i-phone painting

Jen Castle

'Orchid IV' i-phone 'Brushes' painting

'Orchid IV'

i-phone Brushes

This is such fun

 I challenge other users of iphone/i-pad 'Brushes'

 or similar Andoid programmes to

 create and publish!

Jen

Orchid III

Orchid III

'Brushes' i-phone

Orchid II

'Orchid II'

'Brushes' i-phone

'Orchid' sketch

Sketch of 'Orchid'

Glasnevin Botanical Gardens

Dublin

Done on 'Brushes' i-phone
Jan 4 2012