Sinéad Brennan
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Cosmetic Artillery 

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Husbands Admire Wives Who Keep Their Stockings Perfect

Dimensions: 100 x 20 x 20 cm 
Blown, hot-sculpted, cold-worked, sand-carved and cold constructed glass

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Nothing Draws A Man To A Woman Like...

Dimensions: 120mm x 80mm x 150mm 
Blown, hot-sculpted, cold-worked, sand-carved and cold constructed glass with chain mail

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You Smooth It On And Suddenly Love Is Just A Kiss Away

Dimensions: 90 x 80 x 6 cm
Blown, hot-sculpted, cold-worked, sand carved and cold constructed glass with satin string

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His Eyes Don't Stray To Other faces Since I Took My Beauty Expert's Advice

Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 5 cm
Blown, hot - sculpted, cold-worked, sand-carved and cold constructed glass, sheet glass and brass

Men Are Especially Sensitive To The Little Deficiencies In A Woman's Appearance I

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Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 2 cm
Hot sculpted, cold-worked, sand-carved glass, sheet glass, mirror, stainless steel blade and brass. 

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Men Are Especially Sensitive to the Little Deficiencies in A Woman's Appearance II

Dimensions: 9.5cm x 6cm x 2cm
Hot-sculpted, cold-worked, sand-carved glass, sheet glass, mirror, stainless steel blade and brass.



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The Colour of Magnetism

Dimensions: 12 x 5 x 5 cm
Blown, hot-sculpted, cold worked and cold constructed glass 
Featured on RTE's Craft Master

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Floral Dagger 

Dimensions: 18cm x 5cm x 5cm
Blown, hot-sculpted, cold-worked, sand-carved and cold constructed glass
Sculpture in Context 2012

This body of work has evolved through my research of how women’s positions in Western society have been constructed through concepts of female empowerment, liberation and objectification, with a focus on the influence of the media. I am exploring these concepts by investigating both written historical texts and visual imagery with particular attention to ideas of seduction through cosmetics and traditional mores of femininity and how they have impacted a woman’s sense of personal power.  In order to contextualise these ideas in my work I have collected iconography, symbolism and text materials that denote specific male and female roles within Western Society. This material has been utilised by amalgamating or juxtaposing the male and female elements to become metaphor for equalising male and female implements of empowerment while at the same time embodying elements of femininity and seduction through the use of surface treatments and colour. A humorous quality is also intended with the contradictory subject matter and texts.  
Photography: Eoin Kirwan 
Eoin Kirwan Photography
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