INTRODUCING OCEAN ECHOES

A new way to experience the sea through art.

A little piece of the Irish coastline, hidden inside your artwork

Ocean Echoes is an immersive layer built into Every Breaking Wave artworks. Inside each piece is a hidden website that opens a real coastal soundscape recorded on Irish beaches. Hold your phone to the artwork and you will hear the same ocean that inspired it.


It turns your artwork into a quiet moment of escape, grounding and presence.

The Story Behind Ocean Echoes

Ocean Echoes began with a simple idea. My artwork has always been about sight and touch, from the glossy resin to the textured sand and carved details. But I wanted people to experience the sea the way I do when I am out walking near it. Not just how it looks or feels, but how it sounds. That sensory element felt like the missing layer.

I started by recording the sights and sounds of some of my favorite places and trails along the coast. The very first was Carnsore Point, a place close to my heart. From there, it grew naturally into a collection of soundscapes from beaches and trails including Tramore, Greystones, Bundoran, and other parts of the Irish coast. My aim is to continue to expand on this list over time.

Bringing Each Beach to Life

To create these recordings, I head down to the shoreline with my sound equipment and walk the trails. I take out my recorder and capture the sea exactly as it sounds that day. Some days are gentle and slow, with birdsong filling the air, especially in spring when the skylarks are in full voice above the dunes. Other days are wild and full of rushing energy.

Each place has its own quirks. Along the walk from Kilcoole to Greystones you can hear the horn of the Dublin to Rosslare train in the distance, and of course I had to keep that in! It is part of what makes that stretch of coastline so real and familiar.

Back home, I listen through the recordings and begin shaping the audio. I clean the sound lightly but always keep its natural texture.

When the artwork is finished, I embed a small chip inside the piece. It sits quietly until someone holds their phone to it. Then the sound opens as if the coastline lifts its head and speaks.

The finished artwork becomes more than something to look at. It becomes a small, honest moment of the sea that you can return to whenever you need it.

Take a minute to see it in action!

Beaches Included So Far

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Beaches Included So Far *

I am always working on new recordings and adding more coastlines to Ocean Echoes. If your favorite beach is not here and you would like to have it added to my list, please get in touch below.

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  • A remote and wind-shaped corner of Ireland’s southeast coast. This recording was captured along the headland where open sea meets quiet farmland. Expect the steady rush of waves against rock, the whistle of wind across barley fields, and the soft presence of skylarks overhead. A simple, unspoiled landscape with a calm rhythm of its own.

  • Recorded along the coastal path from Kilcoole to Greystones South Beach. This stretch of shoreline blends steady waves, open pebbles, and the familiar hum of the Dublin to Rosslare train passing in the distance. Expect soft breakers, seabirds in spring, and the gentle rhythm of a lived-in coastline where land, sea and daily life meet.

  • Recorded on the beach at Ballymoney, along Matthews Way to the South Beach shoreline. Gentle waves wash over pebbles and rocks, fizzing softly as the tide moves in and out. The day carried that familiar mix of Irish weather, with warm light on the water and darker clouds gathering beyond the headland.

  • Recorded along the edge of Tullan Strand and onto the Roughey Cliff Walk. The soundscape begins near the dunes where skylarks hover and sing overhead, their calls drifting over the low hush of distant surf. Moving toward the beach, the Atlantic opens up in full voice with long, rolling waves and the faint sounds of surfers out on the water.

  • Recorded across the Back Strand dunes, front beach and headland. Wind moves through the long grass while gulls circle overhead, and the distant sea builds in volume as we reach the shoreline. Waves tumble over pebbles, surfers wait just beyond the break, and their voices drift on the breeze.