Sarah Mooney-Wiegersma, Wanda, Betsy, Nora 2011

Artwork

The three pieces for which Sarah Wiegersma won the NUI Art and Design Prize were influenced by Majolica ceramics, Victorian objects and repeating patterns in nature. Sarah cast found objects to create all parts of the pieces - spheres cast from light fixtures, petals cast from spoons and the top from a carved wooden banister.

Artist

In 2012, Sarah’s work was showcased in Brussels representing Irish craft during Ireland’s EU Presidency. She won the 2013 Golden Fleece Award, with which she made her first solo show in Museum De Wieger in the Netherlands. In 2016, Sarah completed her MFA in NCAD. She was awarded the R.C Lewis Crosbie award for this work.

http://www.sarahwiegersma.com/