Enigmatic Fermanagh artist Ash has finally agreed to sell some of his work in the UK and Ireland. To date his work has only ever gone overseas so this really is a very exiting time for him and the art world. Ash’s work is unique but when questioned he simply says that all he does is to allow nature to show itself in all its glory, or to quote Michelangelo “he merely removes what’s not needed to reveal the end result”.

When the viewer sees a piece of Ash’s work, initially they are intrigued and then as they touch and handle it they become smitten. When you pick up one of his pieces it is very difficult to put down, there is a sensuous tactility which is very difficult to define but somehow the warmth of creation seems to flow through you. This is in part due to Ash’s eye in seeing the inner beauty of the wood and in part to the natural waxes and oils that he uses to finish the work. Only local beeswax, linseed oil and natural gum turpentine are ever used. This creates a living, breathing work of art that will improve over the years, like a piece of furniture, the more that it is loved.

All the wood Ash uses comes from a single coppiced native broadleaf woodland in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and is completely sustainable; no trees are ever killed to make his art.

Ash only attributes numbers to his work as he feels that the viewer must attribute meaning to the piece themselves and should not be influenced by an arbitrary name.

A little beeswax polish and much TLC is all this piece will ever need.