Alan Ardiff
Ring Stand and Rings From €100.00 - €450.00
Customers love Dublin jeweller Alan Ardiff’s miniature kinetic work because this is jewellery that is genuinely interactive. “Their unique selling point is that they move,” Ardiff explains. “There’s a fun side to wearing these pieces. You get to own something crafted by hand from precious metals and additionally, it moves and brings a smile to your face.”
The pieces are packaged as mini works of art. “It is art rather than jewellery,” says Ardiff. “It’s about appreciating the concept behind the work, with some customers becoming collectors, buying a piece from each collection when it comes out.”
There are symbolic elements to the designs that are meaningful to clients. And they can come into the studio and see the pieces being made. Everything is made in the Pearse Street studio in Dublin city.
Adriff has shown at the RHA Gallery in Dublin in 2007 and at SOFA, Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, in Chicago in 2006. Comedian Billy Connolly collects Ardiff’s gallery pieces. Director John Boorman and RTÉ broadcasters Kathryn Thomas and Anna Nolan are also fans.
More by this maker
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Butterfly Pendant €255.00
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Silver Necklace €270.00
Where to buy
The Cat & The Moon
4 Castle Street
Sligo
Co. Sligo
071 914 3686
www.thecatandthemoon.ie
O'Reilly & Turpin
1 Upper Bridge Street
Westport
Co. Mayo
098 281 51
Quinlan’s of Macroom
New Street
Macroom
Co. Cork
026 411 98
Seoidin Ennis
O'Connell St
Ennis
Clare
Seoidin Limerick
Sarsfield St
Limerick
Limerick
Avoca
Kilmacanogue
Bray
Co. Wicklow
+353-1-274 6900
www.avoca.ie/
Kilkenny Shop Cashel
74 Main Street
Cashel
Co. Tipperary
062 659 04/5
http://www.kilkennyshop.com/
Kilkenny Shop Cork
14 Emmet Place
Cork City
Co. Cork
021 422 6703
http://www.kilkennyshop.com/
Kilkenny Shop Dublin
5/6 Nassau Street
Dublin 2
Co. Dublin
01 677 7066
http://www.kilkennyshop.com/
Kilkenny Shop Galway
6/7 High Street
Galway
Co. Galway
091 566 110
http://www.kilkennyshop.com/
Kilkenny Shop Killarney
3 New Street
Killarney
Co. Kerry
064 233 09
www.kilkennyshop.com/
Enibas Kinsale
Connolly House
Main Street
Kinsale
Cork
021 477 7022
http://www.enibas.com
Enibas Schull
Main Street
Schull
Co. Cork
028 28868
http://www.enibas.com
Kilkenny Design
Castle Yard
Kilkenny
Co. Kilkenny
056 772 2118
http://www.kilkennydesign.com
Little Fish Designs
Little Fish Designs
Co. Dublin
http://littlefishdesigns.ie/
