Progress on our new table has been swift, like the legs of steel, this is a view of the table upside down. Can't beat the old German Beer crates as support! It will be a tripod table with legs of 5mm steel. The cypress top is split naturally by a large knot, and so the 3rd leg is also split. Anyone who wishes to bid on this table can do so by going to our Bidding page. Bids will start at €800.

By the way , the Nationwide programme with features  our 'Ghost of Ash'  lights and the workshop activities airs at 7pm on Monday the 4th of March,  RTE1.

Over the past few weeks we have been working on a New Trophy Design for the Croke Park Classic on August 30th. The new Design will be named the Dan Rooney Perpetual Trophy after Americas Irish Ambassador, who has a huge interest in Football and the Gaelic Games. It will be a Biennial event competed for by leading US College Football Teams. This year the University of Central Florida and Pennsylvania State will battle for the trophy. Holland is delighted to be asked to design this prestigious piece which will incorporate Pittsburgh Steel and Native Irish Yew themed on the cage of an American footballers Helmet and the roof of Croke Park.

Just recovering from the long photo shoot yesterday. RTE's Nationwide team were filming activity around our 'Ghost of Ash' range. Filming took place in the forests around Ardgillan Castle, in our workshop/studio in Duleek and in a gravel yard near the M1, where these photo's were taken. In Ardgillan Castle, Nationwide filmed a brief sequence about the process of sourcing the fallen ash branches. Thanks to Fingal County Council parks Department for letting us film and thin some of their fallen branches. In our studio some of our staff were interviewed by the Nationwide team and asked about their experiences working here at Shane Holland Design Workshops

in the gravel yard,  Patrick Crofts, one of our staff,  modelled and posed excellently in his gentlemans outfit with the Ghost of Ash. This shoot was part of our pre-publicity for our next show at May Design Series, Excel,  London 18-20 May

We are delighted to announce our participation at London’s May Design Series at the Excel form 18th -20th May.

Shane Holland is working on some new lighting products to be launched at May Design Series. Which will be aimed at Designer Specifiers. The renowned Irish Designer will present some of his best known products such as his Award winning Ruray, Arthur, Chev and Hatrick. Along with new Ghost of Ash range. Holland last showed at the Arc show in 2005 where his Chev lights hung over the Champagne Bar, and now this will be a return to this newly merged umbrella of 4 in one shows at the Excel Centre in Londons docklands.
Our design studio, based just North of Dublin. Is established as a leading supplier of sculptural bespoke lighting for hotel foyers and private residences. We work with architects on individual project work requiring skilled metalworking finishes in copper, bronze, stainless steel and new materials. Shanes 'Ruray' has just been specified for the Presidential Suite at Los Angeles Hilton hotel. His work is highly collectible due to its signed and limited numbers of production. This show will be surely an exciting prospect alongside premium brands such as Ingo Maurer, iGuzinni and  Sharon Map to name a few.

Best of luck to the 14 Ibstock Brick Factories in England Competing for the 'Ibstock Brick Quality Award' just completed and shipped from Shane Holland Design Workshops yesterday

See the 'Q' Trophy hand made in our workshop from Aluminium, Bronze, Native Horse Chestnut Timber and Stainless Steel 

We think it's beautiful (and the bronze squiggle was really hard to do) if you do too and you have an event you need awards for why not enquire on our Contact page?

The Ruray Desklight by Irish Designer Shane Holland, of Shane Holland Design Workshops has just been chosen by designers for the Hilton s Hotel Presedential Suite at Los Angeles Airport. This is another positive affifmation of the Award winning LED Light which was named after a roaring wave (Tonn Ruraigh) off the Irish Coast. The Ruray works as a desk or bedside light as it can be positioned vertically or horizontally. The Ruray was launched by the Irish Lighting designer at London design Festival / Tent and the product has gone on to be sold to Korea , the US, the UK, Russia, Australia, Canada, and Germany.

Shane Holland is passionate about the handbuilt nature of his products. They're all made in his own workshops in County Meath near the Irish Sea.  The sea has a heavy influence on Hollands' work, he lives on the coast of North Dublin and is a Keen sea Kayaker. This experience in the waters off Ireland has led to a number of projects including a Sea Pole memorial sculptural project for victims of sea tragedies off the North Dublin Coast off Skerries. His other sea influenced project is the Sea brick and stone clocks collected on his kayak trips from the Atlantic and Irish Sea. The design studio and workshop offer signed and numbered products which have proven to be highly collectible due to their limited production. The Ruray could now be considered not just as a roaring wave but a roaring success in Irish Design. Holland is now planning his next shows in London and Frankfurt later on this year.