Cecilia Moore's current work combines all the elements of her training in sculpture and metalwork to focus on "raising" an ancient, near-obsolete process of hammering a flat disc of metal to create hollow sculptural forms. It could perhaps be produced using mechanical means, but this slow, physically demanding technique becomes a ritual between the metal, hammer and maker and is the deliberate act of art-making that is central to this work. Pieces are formed from copper, bronze, copper-based alloys, silver and often incorporates found objects and used metal parts. Surfaces are textured by a variety of methods from etching, to engraving to hammering pieces on pitted welding tables. The forms and parts always seem to wander from their initial sketched design, before decisions can be pinned down and the parts fitted and soldered together, the colour patinas too evolve and change. This method of working intuitively is far slower, but as a result each piece is unique and a joy to make and own.

Cecilia Moore’s latest work Balancing Act 1 and 2 draw on traditional silversmithing techniques of raising and patination to make brightly coloured sculptural forms in copper, bronze and silver. The forms are simple, the colouring painterly, both taking playful inspiration from Morandi, Bosch and blurred childhood memories of sci-fi. The work animates a precarious balance and movement, the forms wobble and rattle, settling at odd angles, engaging the onlooker to interact. There is a joyfulness in the pieces that has come through the process of making and the struggle of the maker to make.

Cecilia is based in Dublin, her work has been selected for numerous national and international exhibitions, and is in public and private collections, including the National Museum of Ireland, the State Collection of Ireland, and the National Irish Visual Arts Library. She has completed several public art commissions and been selected for Design and Crafts Council of Ireland's "Critical Selection" from 2017-2020.In 2018 she won the Golden Fleece Award a major national prize for visual artists in Ireland; in 2016 she won the Royal Dublin Society Award for Silversmithing and Metalwork; and a Thomas Dammann Jnr. Memorial Trust Award for travel and research.