Silver scoop spoon on a foraged beech twig handmade by Sharon Adams in Co. Antrim.

Approximate length: 20cm

Sharon Adams tells stories through crafted objects. Deeply rooted in the farming landscape, her practice is directed by an intuitive response to the local and her emerging relationship to her homeplace. Seeking out points of connection with its lines and surfaces, textures and patterns she produces objects and drawings informed by a life-long relationship with a landscape that is both familiar and ever-changing.

About the maker: 

“My practice explores the theme of work and tools.

Using wood, metal and textiles, I make functionless tools which invite the viewer to imagine what they might be used for.

By repeating ideas and forms I dig into their essential qualities and explore connections and memories.”