Seashore Charm Necklace, 2023
Double Detachable Victorian Drop Earrings, 2023
Detachable Drop Earrings XVII, 2023
Detachable Drop Earrings XII, 2023
Detachable Drop Earrings III, 2023
Cloud & Rain Chain Drop Necklace, 2023
Three Charm Moving Drop XV, 2023
Cloud & Rain Chain Drop Necklace, 2022
Detachable Drop Earrings VII, 2022
Detachable Drop Earrings VI, 2022
Rainbow Mini Charm Bracelet, 2022
Ladybird Lariat Necklace, 2022
Eye Teardrop Treasure Necklace, 2022
Pearl and Shell Necklace, 2022
Mismatched Stud Earrings II, 2022
Mismatched Stud Earrings I, 2022
Detachable Drop Earrings V, 2022
Detachable Drop Earrings IV, 2022
Detachable Drop Earrings III, 2022
Detachable Drop Earrings II, 2022
Detachable Drop Earrings I, 2022
Three Charm Moving Drop Earrings III, 2022
Three Charm Moving Drop Earrings II, 2022
Three Charm Moving Drop Earrings I, 2022
Cloud & Rain Chain Drop Earrings, 2022
Anniversary Flower Earrings, 2020
Anniversary Flower Earrings (modelled), 2020
Balance Drop Earrings, 2020
Five Charm Victorian Drop Earrings, 2020
Eye Balance Drop Earrings, 2020
Hand Hook (white) Earrings, 2020
Three Charm Moving Drop Earrings, 2020
Victorian Pin Drop Earrings, 2020
Detachable Drop Earrings, 2020
Three Charm Moving Drop Earrings, 2020
Detachable Drop Earrings, 2020
Detachable Drop Earrings, 2020
Detachable Drop Earrings, 2020
Three Charm Moving Drop Earrings, 2020
Grainne Morton
Born and raised in Northern Ireland, Grainne was immersed in and surrounded by the traditional crafts, folklore, music and fairy tales of the country. Perhaps it’s this beginning to her story that has now imbued her work with it’s somewhat contradictory nature – all at once vintage and contemporary, precious and non-precious, spontaneous and ordered, junk and treasure. Each piece, carefully choreographed, the arranging and re-arranging of little objects, and precious things, moved and re-placed until they establish a relationship to each other and tell a story to the viewer.
Moving to Edinburgh in the late eighties to study at Edinburgh College of Art led to Grainne becoming an avid collector of antiques and ephemera. When her parents visited her in Edinburgh, they would go on antique-buying trips for their shop at home in Northern Ireland, and Grainne would tag along. Her collections became her inspiration, and her inspiration became her work. This use of unexpected, and delightfully juxtaposed, materials is where it all started, and 25 years later, is now firmly her trademark. Grainne’s work has been exhibited internationally and, in 2007, she was shortlisted for the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize.
Public Collections include:
National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh; Crafts Council Collection, London; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada; Ulster Museum, Belfast