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Rosary Workshop - WG.115.2, WG.182, WG.317, WG.39, WG.115.1, WG.80
WILD GOOSE - PLAQUES - pg 3 of 3
WALL PLAQUES - HAND CAST IN IRELAND - BRONZE AND IRON


IRISH PENAL CROSS - click for more information
TREE CROSS - click for more information
MADONNA AND CHILD - click for more information
ST PATRICKS CROSS - click for more information
BE STILL - click for more information
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PLAQUES (pg 3 of 3)
WG: WILD GOOSE SERIES 3 of 3
beautiful art forms of our faith, handcast in iron and bronze shell, filled with resin making it less expensive and much lighter in weight.

... SYMBOLS OF IRELAND ...

 Ireland’s great poet and symbolist, W. B. Yeats described a symbol as the only possible expression of some invisible essence, 'a transparent lamp about some invisible flame.'  Rather than fixing a meaning, symbols set meaning free. They resonate with our intuitive mind, letting go of logical thinking. Symbols speak the language of the soul. 
(From Wild Goose Website)

CENTURIES
OF CELTIC FOLK ART
 This beautiful collection was inspired by and reproduced from centuries of Celtic folk art found throughout Ireland.  A truly beautiful tribute to the people of the world who have Irish blood (and we all have a little Irish running in our veins), even if it is only in spirit.  The spirit of the Irish is a spirit of survival and a true sense of the joy of life! Each item below carries this spirit so deeply ingrained in its people!
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Glory be - 'tis good to have an Irish Mother in Law from Roscommon! My children all have Irish blood running in their veins and each one carries this spirit of joy! 


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BANTRY BOAT
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~ BEAUTIFUL GIFT ITEMS ~
ST BRIDGID WATER FONT - click for more information
WG.185 - ST BRIGID WATER FONT

3.5 in x 2.5 in. Brigit, Bridget, Bride - patron of healers. In days of chivalry, knights called teh girls they were to marry 'Brides'.  Many holy wells are named after her. (eg Bridewell, London) 'I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Revelations 22. Hang it by the door. Set a sponge inside and fill it with holy water.

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GAELIC PROVERB - click for more information
WG.27 - A GAELIC PROVERB
('There is no fireside like your own')

9.5 in. x 7 in. - A Gaelic Proverb: 'N'il aon teintean mar do the intean fein' Translated 'There is no fireside like your own'. Implying 'We are most comfortable with our own friends & surroundings - Pronounced: 'N'jeel ain thinthawn mur dhuh thinthawn fayn' 

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STIR INTO FLAME - click for more information
WG.346 - STIR INTO FLAME 

5.25 in. diameter - 'I now remind you to stir into the flame the gift of God which is within you.' St Paul's 2nd letter to Timothy, Ch 1 Vs 6. A powerful invocation to acknowledge the divine in all of us, and to make it manifest in our daily lives. From pagan times, fire has been used to represent holiness, and as a way of celebrating it; a candle flame can also be a route to stillness and as a powerful agent for change.

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WELCOME - click for more information
WG.18.1 - CEAD MILE FAILTE
(A Hundred Thousand Welcomes)

5.5 in. x 3 in. - Cead Mile Failte (pronounced: kayud meela failte') This is the traditional Gaelic greeting: a hundred thousand welcomes' From the Wild Goose Studio, cast by hand at Kinsale, Co Cork, Ireland. 

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IMAGINATION - click for more information
WG.315 - IMAGINATION

8.5 in. x 5.5 in. - William Blake (1757 - 1827) was a visionary craftsman, who mastered poetry, painting and engraving. His radical genius was in inspired contrast to the prevailing scientific rationalism of his time. 'Vision or imagination is a Representation of what Eternally exists. Really and Unchangeably' W Blake

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~  MORE PLAQUES ~
VOCATUS - click for more information
WG.115.2 - VOCATUS ATIQUE 
NON VOCATUS DEUS ADERIT

9.5 x 7 in. - (Bidden or not Bidden, God is present). Carl Jung, the eminent psychologist, (1875-1961), had this carved in Latin over his front door (Zurich) to remind those entering that 'Awe in the Lord is the beginning of wisdom' (Psalms 111.10). Also carved on his tombstone.

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Love him who gave this ring of gold,
CLADDAGH - click for more information
'tis he must kiss when thou'rt old.
WG.182 - CLADDAGH RING DESIGN

5 x 3.5 in. - From the Claddagh ring, the supreme Celtic symbol of love and friendship. the union of the hands around the heart (the tangible hanging on to the romantic) is surmounted by a crown (a regal indication of the sacred nature of the relationship). For the Celts the sacred lies beyond the body, as well as through the body. 'The secret of our being, is not only to live but to have something to live for' (Dostoevsky) Claddagh (gaelic for shore) was a fishing village near ancient Galway. Rings were first made in Kinsale in 1700. 

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BE STILL - click for more information
WG.317 - BE STILL 
AND KNOW THAT I AM

15 x 6 in. - Be still and know that I am God. Stillness and meditation, an alternative to the confusion of everyday life, can be a starting point for prayer and knowledge of God. Exodus 3:14 "I am that I am." This declaration of the eternal God expresses his unity and spirituality. En Exodus, for the Jews in bondage, it was an assurance of the fact of deliverance, but not the means. 'Art has something to do with with achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm ... an arrest in the midst of distraction' (Saul Bellow). 

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ROUND CELTIC CROSS - click for more information
WG.39 - ROUND CELTIC CROSS

4.5 in. -  This simple interlaced spiral is from a 9th century carving at the great monastic centre of Clonmacnois. 'What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning.  The end is where we start from.' 

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BIDDEN - click for more information
WG.115.1 - BIDDEN OR NOT BIDDEN

7.5 x 9 in. - Jung came across theses words (1875 - `961) as a student of 19 years while studying a Latin collection of analetics or jottings by Erasmus, the Renaissance scholar and humanist. Jung had it carved over the front door of his home in Zurich and is also on his tombstone. From a design made and carved by sculptor, Ken Thompson.

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CELTIC LOVE CROSS - click for more information
WG.97 - CELTIC LOVE CROSS
5 in. diameter -
Differential unites 'As I find the real me I am better able to unite with the beloved. Love needs dreams, wonder, exploration, and imagination. By the love of man and woman a thread is woven that will reach the very heart of the universe' Design by Irish artist Kathleen Smyth, is based on Teilhard de Chardin, priest, scientist, and prophet.

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 WG.24 - BANTRY BOAT
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Was St Brendan in the Americas?
Did St Brendan discover America before Columbus?
BANTRY BOAT - click for more information
 6th CENTURY VOYAGE?
Many believe the Celtic Cross  was a navigational device.  (Similar to a sextant,  it will measure the angle of the stars and identify both latitude and longtitude. Read more on the internet about this amazing concept.
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 (This original design, by the Irish artist 
 Kathleen Smyth, was the first carved replica of the Bantry Boat, 1965.)
ABOUT THE BANTRY BOAT PLAQUE
12.5  x 5.25 - A curragh or skin covered boat, with the helmsman urging on four oarsmen as they strike heavenwards amid a sea of crosses. (Note the boat is vertical on the staff of the original Kilnaruane Pillar, standing in a field above Bantry Bay. West Cork.) this amazingly accurate depiction of oarsmen dates from the early Christian period.  It may celebrate St Brendan who in the 6th Century with his crew of four discovered America some 1,000 years before Columbus. Mythically, it depicts the journey of Everyman, sailing across unchartered perilous seas to reach heaven or hell. Or, the Church ferrying its flock to heaven through seas of adversity. 

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 VISITING THE STUDIO
To take a visual tour of the Wild Goose Studio in Kinsale Ireland, to enjoy seeing how these beautiful wall plaques are made, enter VISIT STUDIO.  When we were there, there was no gallery, only a working studio. It was not open to the public.  Please call ahead for current policies. You will find their work in studios and shops throughout the town Kinsale.




ROSARY WORKSHOP
MISSION STATEMENT
Our vision is to provide the finest handmade rosaries, chaplets and other fine religious art forms for personal worship we can make using the best supplies available.  The Guild believes the work of our hands should give visual Glory to God, therefore for us, the best for you is very, very important.

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