J O S E PH WALS H
DOMMUS COLLECTION The Dommus collection, Dɔommuʊs being the Latin word for a dwelling, was created by the studio to differentiate between the studio’s commissioned site specific pieces and a new portfolio of unique furniture, realized for the private home. This elegant family grouping of refined Walnut and Ebonised Walnut pieces: a cleft wood cabinet, an organic sculptural table and twisted chair forms and a cleft credenza, have been specifically designed for the home. The pieces encapsulate the quality of making, the diversity of unique and innovative wood working processes and represent his expressive design. Each piece is hand-crafted and yet designed with a specific and practical purpose that would give a refined and elegant character to a private home, and be immediately recognised as a Joseph Walsh Studio Dommus piece. Each piece relates to the other, in a beautifully orchestrated collection.
Joseph Walsh, Dommus Collection, 2017. Photo Andrew Bradley
Dommus Cleft Cabinet, 2017 Walnut, Ebonized Walnut & Lacquer, 94 x 60 x 195 cm. Dommus Erosion Table I, 2017. Walnut, Ebonized Walnut & Lacquer, 205 x 128 x 74 cm. Dommus Chair I, 2017 Walnut, Ebonized Walnut & Oil 58 x 50 x 77 each.
Erosion Table VI EDT VI, 2017 Walnut 74 H x 205 x 128 cm
Dommus Cleft Cabinet, 2017 Walnut, Ebonized Walnut & Lacquer, 94 x 60 x 195 cm.
Credenza, 2018 Walnut H 135cm x W 75cm x L265cm
Credenza, 2018. Walnut. H 135cm x W 75cm x L265cm. (detail)
Studio shot, Joseph Walsh Studio, Cork, Irleand
DOMMUS SUITE
Dommus Sofa I, 2 Seater, 2018 Ebonised ash, white ash L 2276mm x D 1000mm x H 817mm Edition of 1/3 Dommus Sofa II, 3 Seater, 2018 Ebonished ash, white ash. L 2892mm x D 1088mm x H 816mm Edition 1/3 Dommus Sofa III, 4 Seater, 2018 Ebonised ash, white ash. L 260 x W 98 x H 83.6 cm Edition 1/3 Dommus Low Table I, 2018 Ebonished ash, white ash and walnut L 160 x W 74 x H41 cm Edition 1/3 Dommus Low Table II, 2018 Ebonished ash, white ash and walnut L 1950mm x D 911mm x H 410mm Edition 1/3
Dommus Low Table I, 2018 Ebonished ash, white ash and walnut L 160 x W 74 x H41 cm Edition 1/3 Dommus Low Table II, 2018 Ebonished ash, white ash and walnut L 1950mm x D 911mm x H 410mm Edition 1/3
Dommus Sofa III, 4 Seater, 2018 (detail). Photo: Joseph Walsh Studio
Dommus Sofa III, 4 Seater, 2018 (detail). Photo: Joseph Walsh Studio
Dommus Suite, installation view. Fota House, Cork, Ireland.
ENIGNUM SHELVES
Enignum Shelf 2 ES XXXI, 2017. Ash, 240 x 120 x 37 cm.
Lead times 18 months
Photo Andrew Bradley
Enignum Shelf 2 ES XXXI, 2017 Walnut, 245 H x 130 L mm
Enignum Shelf XXVI, 2016. Olive ash, (L)420 x (D)61 cm Enignum Shelf XXV, 2016. Olive ash, (L)365 x (D)53 cm
Photo Andrew Bradley
Erosion Dining Table, Olive Ash. 74 H x 130 W x 400 L cm
Booth installation, Design Miami Basel 2016, Photo: James Harris
Photo James Harris
Enignum Shelf, 2017 Ash 30 x 230 x 38 cm Enignum Console, 2017 Ash 80 x 227 x 45 Enignum VIII Chair, 2017 Ash 77 x 58 x 50 cm
(from left to right) Dommus Chair, ebonised walnut, 2017. 58 x 50 x 77 Enignum VIII Chair, Ash, 2017. 77 x 58 x 50 cm Dommus Chair, Ash, 2017. 58 x 50 x 77
Joseph Walsh epitomises the Gallery’s ethos to represent specialist studio based production by influential artist designermakers, using traditional techniques along-side technical innovation, that produce work of integrity and truth to material. The excellence of making achieved through handcrafted precision, adds a distinctive personality to the pieces made and brings relevance, character and a new sensibility to furniture making in a contemporary design context. The Wall Street Journal referenced Joseph’s work as ‘sensual, stunning and technically brilliant’. This collection certainly demonstrates all those qualities and accumulated a sense of excitement for its inaugural launch at SALON Art & Design Fair in New York last year.
The team at Joseph Walsh Studio in Cork, Ireland
Joseph Walsh (born 1979) founded his studio in 1999 in Ireland. Brought up in Ireland and largely self-taught from an early age, he was inspired by his natural environment, through its rugged and wooded landscape. His creative vision as a furniture maker took early influence from vernacular design and later the generation of 20th Century studio makers including John Makepeace, who showed the young designer the expressive possibilities of his craft. Now, with his own team of international craftsmen working on commissions across the globe, he creates unique sculptural handcrafted exquisite furniture pieces. The creative community that Joseph has drawn around him in Riverstick County, Cork, encourages a greater level of creative diversity and innovation. This commitment to excellence is continuously reflected in his studio practice, as it becomes more significant and ambitious, culminating this year in a major commission for The National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin for a significant Ash sculpture titled Magnus Modus and a monumental commission for 24 unique sculptural chairs for Chatsworth House. His workshop has become phenomenally successful and now comprises of a team of international master makers and design developers to realize the ambitious and unique sculptural pieces. He was conferred with an honorary doctorate in 2015 for his contribution to the arts in Ireland by University College Cork.The designer has exhibited extensively around the world and his work is included in many public and private collections, such as the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, North Caroline, USA; National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Dublin, Ireland; The Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House, UK; Embassy of Japan, Dublin, Ireland; Rafael Vinoly, Uruguay; John H. Bryan Collection, Illinois, USA; and Paul Stuart’s, Madison Avenue, New York, USA.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 2014 2011 2008
Joseph Walsh Exhibition Yufuku Gallery, Tsubaki Shrine, Japan Reveal, American Irish Historical Society, New York, USA Solo Exhibition, The Roche Court Educational Trust, New Art Centre, UK Lilium, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin ENIGNUM and other stories, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Realisations, American Irish Historical Society, New York, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 COLLECT: Sarah Myerscough Gallery at Sacchi Gallery London, Crafts Council UK. Making/Breaking, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, USA ‘Narratives in Making’ Portfolio Crafts Coucil, Kilkenny National Gallery, Ireland Design Miami/ Basel, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Basel, Switzerland and Miami, USA Pavilion of Art & Design, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK Salon Art & Design, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, New York, USA 2016 Masterworks, Long House Reserve, East Hampton, New York Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK In Residence II, Oliver Sears Gallery at 6 Fitzroy Sq. London, UK Design Miami/ Basel, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Basel, Switzerland and Miami, USA Pavilion of Art & Design, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK Salon Art & Design, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, New York, USa 2015 Objects in Flux, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth, Chatsworth, UK Side by Side An exhibition of work from PORTFOLIO: Critical Selection, Design and Crafts Council of Ireland. Paris, Dublin, Kilkenny In Residence I, Oliver Sears Gallery at 6 Fitzroy Sq. London Create. Irish Designers at Brown Thomas 2014 Design Show: Joseph Walsh, Daniel Naude and Johannes Nagel, Artist House, The Roche Court Educational Trust, New Art Centre, UK Collective 2, May, Skylight at Moynihan Station, NY, USA FOG: Design & Art, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, January, San Francisco, USA Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art and Craft, Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington, USA 2013 Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art and Craft, October – January 2014, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Cheongju International Craft Biennale, September – October, Cheongju, South Korea Modern Makers, September to December, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK COLLECT, May, Claire Beck at Adrian Sassoon, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art and Craft, March - September, Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA 2012 Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art and Craft, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte North, Carolina, USA COLLECT, Claire Beck at Adrian Sassoon, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Salone del Mobile, Nilufar Gallery at Palazzo Durini, Milan, Italy Wallpaper Handmade at Palazzo Brioni, Milan, Italy Design Days Dubai, Nilufar Gallery, Dubai, UAE Dubh; dialogues in black, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2011 SuperDesign, Nilufar Gallery, The Dairy, London, UK Black & White, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Design Miami / Basel, Nilufar Gallery, Basel, Switzerland Pavillon des Art et du Design, Nilufar Gallery, Paris, France Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy COLLECT, Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 2010 MATERIAL Poetry, American Irish Historical Society, New York, USA Portfolio, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland Pavilion of Art & Design, Todd Merrill Studio Contemporary, London, UK Design Miami, Todd Merrill Studio Contemporary, Florida, USA 2009 Pavilion of Art & Design, Todd Merrill Studio Contemporary, London, UK Grassimesse, Grassimuseum, Leipzig, Germany Design Miami / Basel, Cristina Grajales Gallery, Basel, Switzerland 2008 SOFA, The National Craft Gallery, Chicago, USA Ecology, Mythology, Technology, Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland 2007 SOFA, The National Craft Gallery, Chicago, USA Contemporary Irish Decorative Objects & Furniture, La Gallerie SEMA, Paris, France 2006 Collectors Event, National Craft Gallery, The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland SOFA, The National Craft Gallery, Chicago, USA
2005 2004 2003 2002
Create 2005, Fota House, Co. Cork, Ireland 2000 – 2004 Review, The National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland Create 2003, Fota House, Co. Cork, Ireland A Celebration of Craftsmanship & Design, Thristestaine Long Gallery, Cheltenham, UK
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS Centre de Pompidou, Paris, France. Permanent Collection, Enignum Shelf XV Cooper Hewitt, Product Design and Decorative Arts Collection, New York, USA Enignum Free Form Chair National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts and History Collection, Dublin, Ireland. Suaimhneas Chair A SELECTION OF COMMISSIONED WORKS Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House, England Dr Murray Frum and Nancy Lockhart Private Collection, Toronto, Canada. Embassy of Japan, Dublin, Ireland Inchydoney Lodge and Spa Hotel, Co Cork, Ireland John H Bryan Collection, Illinois, USA Lord and Lady Harrington Collection, London , UK Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA Park Hotel Kenmare, Co Kerry, Ireland Paul Stuart, Madison Avenue, New York, USA The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Rafael Vinoly Private Collection, Uruguay Sacred Heart Church, Minane Bridge, Co.Cork
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