Description

Cast by hand in the Wild Goose Studio, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. This Irish Wild Goose has an outer shell of pure bronze with an inner core of cast resin material for stability. Each Wild Goose piece is made entirely by hand, with no two being exactly alike.

Since ancient times, bronze has been a highly prized metal for the making of tools, jewelry and statues. It is an alloy of copper, which was first mined in Ireland over 4000 years ago. Left to weather, it will acquire a green patina; polished it will shine like gold.

Being at home in three elements-- earth, air and water-- the Wild Goose is a symbol of transition and change. For the Irish, the Wild Geese were clansmen in the 17th and 18th centuries who were forced to flee to the Continent and America. Justin MacCarthy, Lord Mountcashel, led the first "Flight of the Wild Geese" in taking a brigade of his men from Cork to France in 1690.

"I cannot but highly esteem these gentlemen of Ireland who, with all the disadvantages of being exiles and strangers, have been able to distinguish themselves by their valour and conduct in so many parts of Europe above all other nations." (Jonathan Swift)

Approximately 12 inches wide, 9 inches high and 1 inch thick at the point of greatest depth.

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