News | Seamus Gill

Mar 28

Coronavirus

Just to let you know that we are temporarily closed but hope to open again when Phase 2 comes into operation on 8th June. We can continue...

Mar 17

Happy St. Patricks Day

Happy St. Patricks day! The Design Tower goes green like so many other iconic buildings around the world. But this year it’s different as...

Nov 29, 2019

Tomas Reichental with the Human Rights Award

Tomas Reichental is a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He moved to Ireland in 1959 and is one of only three holocaust su...

Nov 28, 2019

The Bar of Ireland Human Rights Award

I was again commissioned by the Bar of Ireland to make its annual Human Rights Award. The bronze award reminiscent of a flame, was mounte...

Sep 5, 2019

Sculpture in Context running until 18th October

Sculpture in Context is one of my favourite annual exhibitions at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. It's September, back to school ...

Feb 21, 2019

Surface Matters

Francesca McDonagh CEO of Bank of Ireland spotted wearing Séamus Gill jewellery when she opened the exhibition Surface Matters at the Coa...

Jan 7, 2019

Ruth Negga with her Cultural Ambassador pin

Irish actor Ruth Negga shows her pin made by Séamus Gill after being appointed one of the five Irish Cultural Ambassadors by Minister Jos...

Jan 7, 2019

Minister Josepha Madigan T.D. presents the new Irish Cultural Ambassadors with their logo pins

The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan T.D. presenting the five new cultural ambassadors with the pins to ...

Jan 7, 2019

Pins for the new Irish Cultural Ambassadors

What's kept me busy over the Christmas holidays? Making the new pins for the Irish Cultural Ambassadors. The silver pins are based on the...

Nov 29, 2018

Squiggle, the launch of the new collection

"Squiggle", the new jewellery collection by Seamus Gill was launched at Stonechat jewellers in the Westbury Mall, Dublin this evening. Th...

Nov 12, 2018

Antique Silver and the law

I went over to Goldsmiths Hall in London for the day for an brilliant day of seminars on Antique silver and the law. But the highlight of...

Oct 20, 2018

Noeline Blackwell

Noeline Blackwell wearing Seamus Gill jewellery at the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Awards. Noeline Blackwell is one of Irelands most p...

Oct 13, 2018

Cillian Murphy presented with the outstanding contribution to theatre.

Cillian Murphy, the great Irish actor, was presented with the Dublin Theatre Festival award for his outstanding contribution to Theatre b...

Oct 12, 2018

Dublin Theatre Festival

Delighted to again be asked to make the Award for outstanding contribution to Theatre for the Dublin Theatre Festival. I made a bronze "m...

Sep 21, 2018

Culture Night

The studios in the Design Tower are opening their doors to the public as part of Dublins Culture Night celebrations. This is a photo of m...

Sep 15, 2018

Making In

An early start on Saturday morning to travel down to Cork for a day long seminar at Joseph Walsh's studio "Making In". Joseph had brought...

Sep 5, 2018

Sculpture in Context

Sculpture in Context opens in the beautiful Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. Running until the 19 October, there are over 150 sculptures sca...

Aug 26, 2018

Pope Francis presented with the silver cruet set.

Pope Francis presented with the silver cruet set and tray at the Apostolic Nunciature in Dublin. The set is being used in the Santa Marta...

Aug 24, 2018

Cruet Set for Pope Francis on his visit to Ireland

I was commissioned by the Galileo Foundation to make a cruet set to present to Pope Francis during his visit to Ireland. The two cruet ju...

Jun 26, 2018

Christine Lagarde

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monitory Fund was in Ireland to speak at various events during the week. She wa...

Jun 20, 2018

The Makers Hand

Forty pieces of craft work were selected for an exhibition to celebrate fifty years of the annual RDS Craft Awards in the RDS library whi...

Jun 20, 2018

A Collection of Silversmiths

At the opening of "The Makers Hand", a collection of the silversmiths taking part, Séamus Gill, Peter Donovan his former teacher, Des Byr...

May 30, 2018

Irish Georgian Silver

The National Museum of Ireland hosts a conference exploring many aspects of historical Irish Georgian silver.

May 10, 2018

Seamus Gill appointed to the board of the company of Goldsmiths, Dublin

Seamus Gill was honoured to be elected to the board of the Company of Goldsmiths of Dublin. The company which was established in 1637 ove...

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