Clodagh Molloy - Global Design Graduate Show Award
Clodagh Molloy (Ireland)
Designer biography:
Clodagh Molloy, lives in Dublin, Ireland, and has completed both her Bachelor of Design and Masters studies at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland. Clodagh’s work is on permanent display in the Silverware Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, Collins Barrick, Dublin.
As well as exhibiting in Ireland and Northern Ireland, Clodagh’s work has been exhibited in Brazil, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, France, and Romania. This year Clodagh won a number of national and international awards for her jewellery and body adornment series titled “Shared Stories” including an RDS Craft Award, a Design and Crafts Council of Ireland, Future Makers Award and an Institute of Designers in Ireland, Graduate Award.
Collection concept
In my Art Jewellery Practice, I focus on bringing awareness mental health issues through a body of work that examines and initiates a dialogue around the subject of mental ill health. In my ongoing “shared stories” project I collect stories that have voluntary been shared with me translate them in body adornments. My project brings a physical item into being about their own individual story about their struggle, and their fight to seen. I am giving examples to others to show that they are not alone and that they can come through tough times. What is special about my project is that I am collecting people lived stories, they are not statistical numbers.
ClodaghMolloy_Brooch_PostnatalDepression_2022_Copper_6X3.5cm_onthebody
ClodaghMolloy_brooch_BlackDog_2022_Copper_7.5X4.3cm_onthebody
ClodaghMolloy_NeckPiece_Panick Attack_2022_Copper_7.5x4.3x60cm
ClodaghMolloy_NeckPiece_FeelingDown_2022_Copper_7.5x4.3x60cm