Hi, I’m Susan Brambell, The Word Bird, a word art designer living and working in Greystones, Co Wicklow. I create original word art both as custom designs for gifts and also as prints to sell online and in galleries. One of my first ‘off the shelf’ prints was ‘The Manky Map’ in which the outline of Ireland is made up of hundreds of local sayings and expressions. It was featured in the Irish Times supplement magazine in January 2014. I called it ‘Vernacular Ireland’ but it became better known as ‘The Manky Map’ I now have over 40 designs which include a pint of Dublin Pub names, a guitar of Irish bands, a tent of Electric Picnic acts and a pair of jeans made up of the names of inspirational Irish women.

For 13 years I taught English and Drama in a south Dublin Comprehensive school and you can still see the teacher in me in my pictures. Women, literature and Ireland would be my three main themes. I sell rolled A3 prints, cards, mounted prints and framed prints.
I was a National Finalist in the Bank of Ireland Start Up Awards 2016 and in the same year completed commissioned orders for The Rose of Tralee Festival, Wicklow County Council, Friends First, and LauraLynn House. All my frames are wooden frames made in Co Wicklow. I live in Greystones with my husband, three kids, two cats and Lulu, the dog.

The Word Bird

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