Artists Bio’s

1986-90
Crawford College of Art – Diploma in Art and Design (Ceramics)

1990-91
Postgraduate Diploma In Applied Arts – University of Ulster, Belfast

1991-92
MA Ceramics – University of Wales Institute Cardiff 2003

1996
Philip Eglin and Claire Curneen, Contemporary Applied Arts, London

1997
New Work, Claire Curneen, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales (solo, catalogue)

1998
Ceramic Series/ Claire Curneen, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, (catalogue)

1999
‘New Masters Old Masters’, Oxford Gallery, Oxford.
‘Firing Imagination, British Council Exhibition, Sao Paulo (catalogue)

2000

‘Keane on Ceramics’ 10th anniversary exhibition. Kinsale Co Cork, Ireland.
‘Made at the Clay Studio’, the Clay Studio, Philadelphia
Figurative Ceramics, Nancy Margolis Gallery, NewYork.

2001
‘Figurative Ceramics’, Crafts Council shop at The V&A, London

2002
‘Claire Curneen and Heather Belcher’, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
SOFA Chicago, USA

2003
‘Flower Power’, Norfolk Museum and Archaeology Service and Sheffield Galleries and Museum Trust (catalogue)
‘Telltale, narratives in contemporary craft’, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead (catalogue)
‘augenblicken’ Kunstforum Kirchberg, Switzerland

2004
‘Succour- Claire Curneen, The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, (solo, catalogue)
‘Faith’ Nottingham Castle Museum (catalogue)
‘Collect’ at the V&A, represented by CAA London
SOFA Chicago, represented by CLAY, LA

2005
Showcase at Manchester Art Gallery (DVD,catalogue and slide set)
The International Art & Design Fair, New York, represented by Adrian Sassoon

2006
‘Collect’ at the V&A, Ruthin Craft Centre.
‘One Piece one Artist’ Gallerie Marianne Heller, Germany.
‘Narratives’ Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea.
‘Collecting Ceramics’ Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales
‘The Human Condition’, the Scottish Gallery
‘Figurative Ceramics’ Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, USA

2007
‘Secondary Relics’, The Blackswan Gallery, Frome UK.
‘Collect’ at the V&A, represented by Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales

2008
‘Collect’ at the V&A, represented by Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales
‘Claire Curneen- New Work’ Rutin Craft Centre, Wales. (Solo exhibition & catalogue)

1995
Crafts Council Setting up grant

1999
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Winner of the Sculpture category

2001
Selected for the 52nd International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy

2001
Le Prix de I’AMN, Porcelain Triennale, Nyon

2001
National Eisteddfod of Wales, Gold Medal in Craft & Design

2003
Shortlist for the Arts Foundation Award for Ceramics, U.K.

2004
Selected for 1st European Ceramics Competition, Greece.

2005
Selected for 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, Korea International Competition

2008
Selected for Tawain Ceramics Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum

Selected Makers slide index, Crafts Council, London
Contemporary Applied Arts
International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva

Ceramic Monthly, International Competition,1999
Ceramics Art and Perception, issue 38 1999, ‘Searching for Answers’, by Sarah James
Ceramic Review, issue 195, 2002, ‘A Melancholy Beauty’, by Nicolas Lees
Kerameiki Techni, issue 42, 2002, ‘The Role of Narrative in Claire Curneen’s Ceramics’ by Natasha Mayo.
Keramik Magazin, issue 4, 2003, ‘Contemplation’, by Ian Wilson
New Ceramics, issue 5, 2005, profile on Claire Curneen by Amanda Fielding (German & English)
Ceramics Arts and Perception, article by Alex McErlain, issue 62, 2005/2006

Featured in:
‘The Figure in Fired Clay’ by Betty Blandino – 2001 A&C Black Ltd
‘The Human Form in Clay’ by Jane Waller _ 2001 Crowood press Ltd
‘Ceramic Figures’ by Michael Flynn _ 2002 A&C Black Ltd
500 Figures in Clay- 2004 Lark Books, USA
World Famous Ceramic Artist Studios, (volume 1 Europe) by Bai Ming

2000
Crawford Arts Centre, St.Andrews, Scotland, funded by Artworks Wales.

2000
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA

‘Kaleidoscope’ BBC Radio 4, 1997, review of Ruthin exhibition by Emanuel Cooper
‘The Art’. BBC 2, short film of artist at work.

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Ceramic Studies, UWIC, Cardiff

Ulster Museum, Belfast
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Crafts Council, London
Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick
National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff
Sara and David Lieberman Collection, Arizona State University, USA.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Shipely Art Gallery, Tyne & Wear Museums, Gateshead
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Wales
Cleveland Crafts Centre, Middlesbrough, UK
Icheon World Ceramic Centre, Korea
National Museum of Scotland
Oldham Museum, Manchester
Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
York Castle Museum, UK.

I have been lucky enough to represent Claire from the day the gallery opened in 1991. She had finished in Cork and was just finding her feet in Cardiff. It has been a joy to sell her work for 20 years. Claire is now recognised as one of the world’s leading ceramic artists.  Francis Keane 2010.

Christy Keeney studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London And he has also been commissioned by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi and HRH Prince of Wales.
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Christy Keeney studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London And he has also been commissioned by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi and HRH Prince of Wales.
His work is an investigation of the human figure and his forms are stretched to the point where sculpture and drawing overlap.AWARDS:
2006   National Crafts Award, R.D.S Dublin
2004   National Crafts Award, RDS Dublin
1988   First prize open ceramics competition, Lisburn, N. Ireland
1985   Irish arts council study award, Royal College of art, London

hristy Keeney studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London And he has also been commissioned by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi and HRH Prince of Wales.
His work is an investigation of the human figure and his forms are stretched to the point where sculpture and drawing overlap.AWARDS:
2006   National Crafts Award, R.D.S Dublin
2004   National Crafts Award, RDS Dublin
1988   First prize open ceramics competition, Lisburn, N. Ireland
1985   Irish arts council study award, Royal College of art, LondonAWARDS:
2006   National Crafts Award, R.D.S Dublin
2004   National Crafts Award, RDS Dublin
1988   First prize open ceramics competition, Lisburn, N. Ireland
1985   Irish arts council study award, Royal College of art, London

Christy Keeney studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London And he has also been commissioned by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi and HRH Prince of Wales.
His work is an investigation of the human figure and his forms are stretched to the point where sculpture and drawing overlap.AWARDS:
2006   National Crafts Award, R.D.S Dublin
2004   National Crafts Award, RDS Dublin
1988   First prize open ceramics competition, Lisburn, N. Ireland
1985   Irish arts council study award, Royal College of art, Londonvv

Christy Keeney studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London And he has also been commissioned by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi and HRH Prince of Wales.
His work is an investigation of the human figure and his forms are stretched to the point where sculpture and drawing overlap.AWARDS:
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Christy Keeney studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London And he has also been commissioned by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi and HRH Prince of Wales. His work is an investigation of the human figure and his forms are stretched to the point where sculpture and drawing overlap.AWARDS: 2006   National Crafts Award, R.D.S Dublin 2004   National Crafts Award, RDS Dublin 1988   First prize open ceramics competition, Lisburn, N. Ireland 1985   Irish arts council study award, Royal College of art, London

After spending 17 years in London Christy Keeney returned to his native Donegal where he now lives and works. His Sculpted slab built heads and figures demonstrate a wonderful sence of draughtmanship as details are drawn into the wet clay surface. “I see my work as 3D paintings. The form is built up and scetched till almost flat, like a canvas, ready to take the drawing which will outline the figure or head.In the figures, I make an attempt to express the human spirit in all it’s many forms. I like to work blindly letting the moment dictate my progress. When I see the form develop to some conclusion, I`ll then add the features.The heads are a study of the many varied features, and expressions that make up the human face”.

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Ayelet Lalor.
This current work is concerned with 1950’s bathing apparel and beach culture, from one-piece bathing suits to rubber flowered caps to the striped wooden changing huts and deck chairs that surround them. The work addresses the comic and decorative nature of these costumes.
Exhibition Highlights:
2004	Philadelphia Museum of Art, Craft Fair, Philadelphia, USA
2004	Sculpture in Context, at the National Botanic Gardens and Farmleigh House, Dublin
2003	1-500, the Warren Gallery, Castletownsend, County Cork
2002	The Liberties College, Ceramic Workshops
2002	Exhibition at the Millmount Design Store, Drogheda, solo
1996	National College of Art and Design 250th Anniversary Exhibition at the RDS, Dublin
Education/Training:
1996	Honours B Des in Craft Design at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin
1995	Erasmus study at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
1992	Honours Cert from Grennan Mill Craft School, Thomastown, County Kilkenny
Employment:
2003-2005	Evening class ceramics tutor for CEAD at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin
1998-2005	Self employed ceramic artist.

04   National Crafts Award, RDS Dublin

Michael Moore.
Inspired both by coastal landscape and contemporary architecture, both ‘Vertical Wave’ and ‘High Shoulder II’ were made in January 2005. All making and finishing is done by hand, with shifting planes and curves reflecting ideas of transience and change.
Exhibition Highlights:
2005	“Irish Ceramics of the 21st Century”, the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin
2005	‘Two-person Show’, the Carlin Gallery, Paris, France
2004	‘Clay Dynamics’, the Medicine Hat Public Gallery, Canada
2000-2001	“Irish Contemporary Ceramics”, touring exhibition
2000	‘Michael Moore, Recent Works’, the Foyer Gallery, Canberra School of Art, Australia
2000	‘The gold Medal Awards, 2000’, International Museum of Ceramics, Taipei, Taiwan
1998	Solo show, ‘Michael Moore, Ceramic Sculpture’, Kildare County Council Head Office
1997	Solo show, ‘Michael Moore, Clay Sculpture’, the Sligo Art Gallery
1997	“Irish Contemporary Ceramics”, touring exhibition
1996	‘Iontas Smallworks Exhibition’, The Ormeau Baths, Belfast
1993	‘Open Air in the Square’, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
Collections:
Work in public collections including The Icheon World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Korea; the National Museum of Ireland; The Australian National University; The National Museum, Prague, The Czech Republic; The Keramion Gallery, Frechen, Germany.
Education/Training:
1990	B.A. Degree from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin

Jim TurnerJim Turner is one of Ireland’s leading ceramic artists. With a consistent dedication to exploring new directions in ceramic art, he combines skilled work with elements of chance to produce extraordinary results.

Jim’s current work is focused on creating textured surfaces unique to the ceramic process. The bottle, trophy and pod sculpture forms are constructed from altered extrusions and paper-clay sheets.

These surfaces are treated like a canvas. Layers are built up with the slips and glazes which are applied using brushes, sponges and slip

Jim’s work has been widely exhibited both in Ireland and abroad and

trailers much as a painting. They are then fired to 1300 C, subjecting them to the chance of the firing process. Some pieces are fired again at a lower temperature with lustres. This technique seems to encapsulate some primeval mood in the landscape.is in many private and public collections including the Crafts Council of Ireland. Exhibitions that Jim has taken part in:

Solo Exhibitions:

2003 Keane on Ceramics, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland

Group Exhibitions:

2008 25 Years of Rossmore Pottery, Keane on Ceramics,

Kinsale, Ireland

2008 International Ceramic Festival Exhibition, Kozo

Gallery, Thomastown, Ireland

2005 New Irish Ceramics/A Journey, Travelling

exhibition, Lithuania, Wales, and Davern and

Bell, Limerick, Ireland

2005 Feast, West Cork Craft and Design Guild, Fota

House, Cork, Ireland

2005 Vulcan and the Icons» with Etain Hickey, Dalkey Heritage Centre, Dublin, Ireland

2005 Elements Glass and Ceramics, Garter Lane Gallery,

Waterford, Ireland2004 New Irish Ceramics/A Journey, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland

2004 Feast, West Cork Craft and Design Guild, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland

2004 Eigse Carlow Art Festival, Ireland

2004 Millcove Gallery Exhibition, Cork, Ireland

2003 Wood Fired Salt Group, Excel Gallery,

Tipperary, Ireland

2003 West Cork Craft and Design, Bridge Gallery,

Dublin, Ireland2003 Textures, The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland

2003 Invited Artists, Beara Arts Festival, Cork, Ireland

2002 West Cork Contemporary Ceramics, Mitton and Hickey, Clonakility, Cork, Ireland

2002 Milcove Gallery Summer Show, Cork, Ireland

2001 Consumer 2001 Two man show, West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen Co. Cork, Ireland

2000 Keane on Ceramics, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland

1999 Contemporary Ceramics, West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland

1999 In Pursuit of Excellence», Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland

1999 European Ceramics» Rufford Art Centre, Nottingham, England

1999 Joint Exhibition with Etain Hickey, Just Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland

1998 Joint Exhibition with Etain Hickey, Bridge Gallery,

Dublin, Ireland1998 Lavits Quay Gallery, Cork, Ireland

1998 West Cork Art Centre, Members Show, Ireland

1997 Keane on Ceramics, Group show, Kinsale, Ireland

1997 Master Craftsmen Siamsa Tir, Tralee,

Co. Kerry, Ireland

1997 E.U. Commissioners, Luxemburg Craft Exhibition,

Belgium1996 A View of Ireland, Zurich, Switzerland

1996 Cork Pottery and Printmakers, The Guinness

Gallery, Dublin, Ireland1995 Contemporary Craft Exhibition, West Cork Art Centre, Group Show, Co. Cork, Ireland

1994 Cork Ceramic Artists, Christmas Show, Kinsale and Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland

1994 CPSI Exhibitions, Dublin, Ireland and Paris, France

1994 With Corporate Intent», Crafts Council Gallery,

Dublin, Ireland1993 Group Show, Keane on Ceramics, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland

1993 Ceramics 92, CPSI, Dublin, Ireland

1993 Joint Exhibition with Etain Hickey, Ballinastoe,

Wicklow, Ireland

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1988   First prize open ceramics competition, Lisburn, N. Ireland
1985   Irish arts council study award, Royal College of art, London

Martha Cashman
Ceramic and Porcelain Sculpture

Marthas most recent work is in glazed paper porcelain. Very fine kitchen utensils (non functional), some pieces interspersed with woven wire, carved birch and ash wood to accentuate and enhance the delicate white porcelain.  The pieces are either box framed using limed ash or hung simply from rusted nails.  Pieces from this body of work have been bought by the UCC Art Archive Collection, CIT Art Collection and the Crawford Student Collection.

Martha’s work pays homage to the teachers of her past.  “The farm helpers and local women who visited and helped my mother in the house. Their understanding of the daily running of a small farm holding impacted on me greatly and led me to appreciate and respect the land we took from daily.”

The ceramic pieces on the right have been exhibited in a travelling show titled Womanagh, inspired by irish rural teachings and a disappearing traditional style of living.

Christy Keeney studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London And he has also been commissioned by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi and HRH Prince of Wales.
His work is an investigation of the human figure and his forms are stretched to the point where sculpture and drawing overlap.AWARDS:
2006   National Crafts Award, R.D.S Dublin
2004   National Crafts Award, RDS Dublin
1988   First prize open ceramics competition, Lisburn, N. Ireland
1985   Irish arts council study award, Royal College of art, London

Jim’s current work is focused on creating textured surfaces unique to the ceramic process. The bottle, trophy and pod sculpture forms are constructed from altered extrusions and paper-clay sheets.

These surfaces are treated like a canvas. Layers are built up with the slips and glazes which are applied using brushes, sponges and slip

Jim’s work has been widely exhibited both in Ireland and abroad and

trailers much as a painting. They are then fired to 1300 C, subjecting them to the chance of the firing process. Some pieces are fired again at a lower temperature with lustres. This technique seems to encapsulate some primeval mood in the landscape.is in many private and public collections including the Crafts Council of Ireland.

Solo Exhibitions:

Kinsale, Ireland

2008 International Ceramic Festival Exhibition, Kozo

Bell, Limerick, Ireland

House, Cork, Ireland

2005 Vulcan and the Icons» with Etain Hickey, Dalkey Heritage Centre, Dublin, Ireland

2005 Elements Glass and Ceramics, Garter Lane Gallery,

Waterford, Ireland

2004 Feast, West Cork Craft and Design Guild, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland

2004 Eigse Carlow Art Festival, Ireland

2004 Millcove Gallery Exhibition, Cork, Ireland

2003 Wood Fired Salt Group, Excel Gallery,

Dublin, Ireland

2003 Invited Artists, Beara Arts Festival, Cork, Ireland

2002 West Cork Contemporary Ceramics, Mitton and Hickey, Clonakility, Cork, Ireland

2002 Milcove Gallery Summer Show, Cork, Ireland

2001 Consumer 2001 Two man show, West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen Co. Cork, Ireland

2000 Keane on Ceramics, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland

1999 Contemporary Ceramics, West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland

1999 In Pursuit of Excellence», Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland

1999 European Ceramics» Rufford Art Centre, Nottingham, England

1999 Joint Exhibition with Etain Hickey, Just Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland

1998 Joint Exhibition with Etain Hickey, Bridge Gallery,

Dublin, Ireland

1998 West Cork Art Centre, Members Show, Ireland

1997 Keane on Ceramics, Group show, Kinsale, Ireland

1997 Master Craftsmen Siamsa Tir, Tralee,

Co. Kerry, Ireland

1997 E.U. Commissioners, Luxemburg Craft Exhibition,

Belgium

1996 Cork Pottery and Printmakers, The Guinness

Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

1994 Cork Ceramic Artists, Christmas Show, Kinsale and Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland

1994 CPSI Exhibitions, Dublin, Ireland and Paris, France

1994 With Corporate Intent», Crafts Council Gallery,

Dublin, Ireland

1993 Ceramics 92, CPSI, Dublin, Ireland

1993 Joint Exhibition with Etain Hickey, Ballinastoe,

Wicklow, Ireland

about:

Martha Cashman
Ceramic and Porcelain Sculpture

Marthas mo

Jim’s current work is focused on creating textured surfaces unique to the ceramic process. The bottle, trophy and pod sculpture forms are constructed from altered extrusions and paper-clay sheets.

These surfaces are treated like a canvas. Layers are built up with the slips and glazes which are applied using brushes, sponges and slip

Jim’s work has been widely exhibited both in Ireland and abroad and

trailers much as a painting. They are then fired to 1300 C, subjecting them to the chance of the firing process. Some pieces are fired again at a lower temperature with lustres. This technique seems to encapsulate some primeval mood in the landscape.is in many private and public collections including the Crafts Council of Ireland.

Solo Exhibitions:

Kinsale, Ireland

2008 International Ceramic Festival Exhibition, Kozo

Bell, Limerick, Ireland

House, Cork, Ireland

2005 Vulcan and the Icons» with Etain Hickey, Dalkey Heritage Centre, Dublin, Ireland

2005 Elements Glass and Ceramics, Garter Lane Gallery,

Waterford, Ireland

2004 Feast, West Cork Craft and Design Guild, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland

2004 Eigse Carlow Art Festival, Ireland

2004 Millcove Gallery Exhibition, Cork, Ireland

2003 Wood Fired Salt Group, Excel Gallery,

Dublin, Ireland

2003 Invited Artists, Beara Arts Festival, Cork, Ireland

2002 West Cork Contemporary Ceramics, Mitton and Hickey, Clonakility, Cork, Ireland

2002 Milcove Gallery Summer Show, Cork, Ireland

2001 Consumer 2001 Two man show, West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen Co. Cork, Ireland

2000 Keane on Ceramics, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland

1999 Contemporary Ceramics, West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland

1999 In Pursuit of Excellence», Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland

1999 European Ceramics» Rufford Art Centre, Nottingham, England

1999 Joint Exhibition with Etain Hickey, Just Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland

1998 Joint Exhibition with Etain Hickey, Bridge Gallery,

Dublin, Ireland

1998 West Cork Art Centre, Members Show, Ireland

1997 Keane on Ceramics, Group show, Kinsale, Ireland

1997 Master Craftsmen Siamsa Tir, Tralee,

Co. Kerry, Ireland

1997 E.U. Commissioners, Luxemburg Craft Exhibition,

Belgium

1996 Cork Pottery and Printmakers, The Guinness

Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

1994 Cork Ceramic Artists, Christmas Show, Kinsale and Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland

1994 CPSI Exhibitions, Dublin, Ireland and Paris, France

1994 With Corporate Intent», Crafts Council Gallery,

Dublin, Ireland

1993 Ceramics 92, CPSI, Dublin, Ireland

1993 Joint Exhibition with Etain Hickey, Ballinastoe,

Wicklow, Ireland

about:

st recent work is in glazed paper porcelain. Very fine kitchen utensils (non functional), some pieces interspersed with woven wire, carved birch and ash wood to accentuate and enhance the delicate white porcelain.  The pieces are either box framed using limed ash or hung simply from rusted nails.  Pieces from this body of work have been bought by the UCC Art Archive Collection, CIT Art Collection and the Crawford Student Collection.

Martha’s work pays homage to the teachers of her past.  “The farm helpers and local women who visited and helped my mother in the house. Their understanding of the daily running of a small farm holding impacted on me greatly and led me to appreciate and respect the land we took from daily.”

The ceramic pieces on the right have been exhibited in a travelling show titled Womanagh, inspired by irish rural teach

Martha Cashman
Ceramic and Porcelain Sculpture

Marthas most recent work is in glazed paper porcelain. Very fine kitchen utensils (non functional), some pieces interspersed with woven wire, carved birch and ash wood to accentuate and enhance the delicate white porcelain.  The pieces are either box framed using limed ash or hung simply from rusted nails.  Pieces from this body of work have been bought by the UCC Art Archive Collection, CIT Art Collection and the Crawford Student Collection.

Martha’s work pays homage to the teachers of her past.  “The farm helpers and local women who visited and helped my mother in the house. Their understanding of the daily running of a small farm holding impacted on me greatly and led me to appreciate and respect the land we took from daily.”

The ceramic pieces on the right have been exhibited in a travelling show titled Womanagh, inspired by irish rural teachings and a disappearing traditional style of living.

ings and a disappearing traditional style of living.