Emmet Kane

Emmet Kane was born and raised in Castledermot, Co. Kildare Ireland. He comes from five generations of Master Craftsmen. Self-taught Woodturner/Sculptor since 1988, Kane’s work is always evolving from creating thin-walled vessels, hollow vessels, wall pieces and large scale sculpture, which all defy the difficulties of the medium and whose use of colour, is more readily associated with ceramics or glass. Today he works predominantly in native hardwoods, citing a particular fondness for Irish oak, which he textures and ebonises, gilds and colours.