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Daniel Doyle

@ammonite

Sculptor and Maker

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Daniel Doyle
@ammonite Jul 7, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC

Block Dragon - ice sculpture

Ice sculpture is one of the most difficult things to photograph. Being frozen water, it has that whole transparency thing going on that makes all form and sense of scale not really translate in image…

365 upvotes 9 replies $2.85
Daniel Doyle
@ammonite May 21, 2026, 8:27 AM UTC

Moss and wood wall

In 2018 I was introduced to a new material. As goes it with most things in my professional career, I was asked if I could make something and said yes, thinking I could rush home and YouTube the knowl…

567 upvotes 16 replies $2.98
Daniel Doyle
@ammonite Apr 28, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC

Hatchlings - sand sculpture

It is always nice to go back to the Stendhal Music Festival. Even though it is on the same island it feels a bit exotic because I am going to a different country. The North of Ireland is part of Brit…

584 upvotes 7 replies $4.91
Daniel Doyle
@ammonite Apr 13, 2026, 8:24 AM UTC

A load o' rubbish - sand sculpture

### Preamble Is it just me, or have we forgotten about that whole environmental apocalypse thing we were facing? I remember the days when respect for the world around us was the most important thing…

266 upvotes 21 replies $2.86
Daniel Doyle
@ammonite Mar 18, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC

Down the farm

I am going to ease myself back into posting. I will admit that finding the time to write has become much more difficult since my wife's passing. Having all the responsibility to run a house, raise ou…

858 upvotes 18 replies $6.76
Daniel Doyle
@ammonite Oct 10, 2025, 8:31 AM UTC

Rest in peace, my love

It has been nearly 11 months since I last wrote to the blockchain. I needed time to gather my thoughts. My wonderful wife, mother of our son, my beautiful muse and best friend, has died. There is no…

926 upvotes 123 replies $67.36
Daniel Doyle
@ammonite Nov 2, 2024, 11:17 PM UTC

Boil - Video art

This is a cross post of @ammonite/boil-video-art by @ammonite.Here is some video art to accompany a live performance.

1 upvotes 0 replies $0.00
Daniel Doyle
@ammonite Oct 31, 2024, 11:08 AM UTC

Boil - Video art

It has been a long time since I shared one of my video projects. Well, I'm back and have a story to tell. This one is from 2005 and was an unusual project, even for me. I forgot to post about it in i…

208 upvotes 5 replies $3.23
Daniel Doyle
@ammonite Oct 7, 2024, 9:53 PM UTC

Karcher 630M power washer repair - workshop

I had this old Powerwasher in my shed which hadn't been used for over 10 years. It was a pretty good one and I remember I used it to wash my whole house top to bottom many years ago. A few weekends b…

998 upvotes 10 replies $8.48
Daniel Doyle
@ammonite Sep 8, 2024, 9:55 PM UTC

Home is where the hearth is - Home

As the summer ends and the winter begins to show its cold face, heating starts to come to mind. As with everything at the moment in my life I am delayed, delayed in getting to do the things that need…

635 upvotes 14 replies $4.72