Celine Traynor
Celine Traynor graduated in Fine Craft Design from the University of Ulster and set up a jewellery business in Dublin in 1997.
Returning to Belfast she now shares a workshop with her brother, goldsmith Garvan Traynor.
“Thoroughly contemporary in style, my jewellery designs in silver and gold reflect a love of pure shape and form appealing to those with a minimalist aesthetic. Although my jewellery might look abstract, the inspiration is down to earth – microphones, bridges, even the signature of Queen Elizabeth I. Music plays a large part in my designs, its rudiments and instruments. The finished result is intriguing, simple jewellery with a highly individual appearance.
Cline works to commission for private individuals and corporate organizations, and sells through a range of national and international exhibitions, galleries, retail outlets and fairs.
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Professional Experience
2007 Making Changes: Contemporary Craft in Northern Ireland” Millennium Court Arts Centre Portadown, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, S Dillon Ripley Centre, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
2005/6 Piece Ennis, Leitrim Design Centre, Leitrim, National Craft Gallery Kilkenny, Derry, Downpatrick
2005/6 Forty Shades of Green SOFA Chicago, Coleraine, Millennium Court Arts Centre Portadown, National Craft Gallery Kilkenny, Farmleigh House Dublin, Lithuania, Memphis, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork
2005 St. Patricks Festival Dublin, Liverpool
2004 Qua-Art Enschede, Holland
2004 Loot Museum of Art and Design, New York
2003 Irish Cream Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
2003 Gold Ulster Museum, Belfast
2003 RDS Winners Dublin, Cork, Lisburn
2007 Jewellery for the US film ‘Closing the Ring’
2006 VIP membership silver coins for 5 star Merchant Hotel, Belfast
2005 Silver crosses for Poor Clare Convent
2004 Bracelet presented to President Mary McAleese on behalf of Louth Craftmark
2003 Pectoral Cross and Ring for Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool
2002 Awards for BBC NI televised programme ‘Making a Difference’
2006 Business Academy Bursary, Craft NI
2004 Individual Artist Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2007 Making Changes: Contemporary Craft in Northern Ireland
2005 “Piece”, exhibition catologue
2005 Forty Shades of Green. A Convergence of Irish Art and Craft
2004 00-04 National Craft Gallery Review
2004 Verbeelding van Verlangen (Image of Longing), Qua-art, 25th Anniversary of Gallery Beeld & Aambeeld Enschede, Netherlands
Contact Details
Suite 15, Washington House,
14-16 High Street,
Belfast
BT1 2BD
