Professor Sarah Glennie ∙ Director

NCAD WORKS 2025 provides a portal to the full breadth of work by our extraordinary graduates from across our four schools of Fine Art, Design, Education, and Visual Culture and encompasses students graduating from our broad range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and CEAD programmes.

We are extremely proud of this year’s graduating students who each in different ways demonstrate NCAD’s belief in the vital contribution that creative practice makes to our society as a force that creates space for care, reflection, innovation and new thinking—all of which are essential to a cohesive and dynamic society and economy.

NCAD’s graduates are the pipeline that drive Ireland’s creative and cultural sectors and their work will have an impact across society in years to come.

Their own lived experience of our complex world is central to our graduates’ work. As part of their journey, NCAD students have the opportunity to develop their creative practice beyond the walls of campus through long-term engagements with community partners and collaborators in a range of settings. These collaborations expand their experience and understanding of key societal issues such as housing, cultural identity and social cohesion and climate crises, and are reflected in their final projects.

The work of this generation of NCAD students not only provides critical insights into society today, but also reminds us that the possibility of transformation exists with fresh, solution-focused thinking. Their creativity reinforces the power of art and design to influence and inspire real change.

We hope you enjoy this digital experience of the work of our extraordinary graduates.

We are extremely proud of all that they have achieved, and we look forward to following their creative journeys in the future.

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Courses on show:

BA Fashion
BA Jewellery & Objects
BA Textile & Surface Design
Joint (Hons) Education Design or Fine Art
BA Graphic Design
BA Illustration
BA Moving Image Design
BA Interaction Design
BA Product Design
BA Applied Materials
Textile Art & Artefact
Hard Materials (Ceramics & Glass)
Media
Painting
Print
Sculpture & Expanded Practice
BA Visual Culture
MA Interaction Design
Prof. Dip. Service Design

Rua Red

Plás Parthalán, Tallaght
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Courses on show:

MFA in Fine Art

BA Jewellery & Objects

Lucia Whelan

she/her

Precious Land

'Precious Land' is a jewellery collection centred on the Irish landscape and the value of working with raw Irish materials such as native sheep wool, slate, and linen. The wool industry in Ireland was once a vital part of our heritage; today, most of Ireland’s wool is either exported or discarded as waste. This project aims to inspire a renewed connection between the wearer and the land, and to celebrate the value of a now under appreciated material.

My practice involves travelling across Ireland, observing texture and colour, and translating these impressions into material form through processes such as etching and natural dyeing. While rooted in traditional techniques, I incorporate silver and magnetism to secure the natural components. This results in an interchangeable quality that allows for customisation and fosters a more personal, tactile connection to each piece.

Lomra, sterling silver, raw Galway wool — Lomra, sterling silver, raw Galway wool

The Burren Brooch, Irish linen, raw/naturally dyed sheep wool, sterling silver — The Burren Brooch, Irish linen, raw/naturally dyed sheep wool, sterling silver

Clochán Neckpiece, The Galway Brooch, Stone Circle Ring — Clochán Neckpiece, The Galway Brooch, Stone Circle Ring

The Galway Brooch, raw Galway wool, sterling silver, etched steel — The Galway Brooch, raw Galway wool, sterling silver, etched steel

Interchangeability

Stone Circle Rings, sterling silver, raw/naturally dyed wool, etched steel — Stone Circle Rings, sterling silver, raw/naturally dyed wool, etched steel

Clochán Ring, sterling silver, slate, etched steel — Clochán Ring, sterling silver, slate, etched steel

The Burren Neckpiece, sterling silver, Irish linen, dyed wool — The Burren Neckpiece, sterling silver, Irish linen, dyed wool

Research

<p>Field study, Inis Mór, Aran Islands, researching dry stone walls.</p> — Field study, Inis Mór, Aran Islands, researching dry stone walls.

<p>Chemical etching on steel, informed from textures on dry stone walls</p> — Chemical etching on steel, informed from textures on dry stone walls

<p>Natural dye with native Irish sheep wool</p> — Natural dye with native Irish sheep wool