Reliquary Box in progress Making day plans centered around using the pyrography tool on the lid of my wooden box. I replicated the Metatron's Cube design - it also features on my embroidered cape and contains 2D drawings of all the platonic solid shapes. Its...
Acts of divination, spinning strophalos Triadic phases waxing waning, waxing lyrical Poets Healers Smiths. ...
One speaks of individuality, two speaks of duality and 3 speaks of otherness. Entrance Stone featuring the Triple Spiral at Newgrange dates to 3200BC. Triple symbols are prevalent in ancient cultures, the mystic qualities of the number 3. Nicolai Tesla was obsessed by the number three,...
The 18th March is known as Síle's Day in Ireland. A long forgotten and un-celebrated Saints day following St. Patrick's Day. Síle is an ancient female deity of fertility and re-birth. There are over 100 stone effigies of the Sheela-na-Gig (Pronounced Sheela-Naw-Geeg) in...
My practice uses a collaborative approach with participants, space for encounters with soft sculptural objects to interact with, communal drawing as a means to making new objects (co produced with participants). Capes Installations (2019) AAEX Installations In non art environments (outside a gallery context) we...
The presentation is available to view on the gdrive. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13d4Lu1AFfZcZGkqHiCCmHYgRFyO3vtAlvbIRq5at0PA/edit?usp=sharing Notes taken from the feedback: Layers in work, engage on surface or journey in deeper (Jo) Look at Tim Ingold 'Making' (Sally) Welcome Trust, Play - look it up. Multiple audiences recognised and engaged (Les) Children's drawings...
The use of the materials attempts to capture and deliver desired outcomes for audience: Babies: Puzzle, play, touch Mothers: Comforting, cocoon, restful In here it feels...
I installed a hook in the ceiling of the studio to use as a suspension point for the next part of the TYB project. To utilize the capes for a different context, build a tent form to dwell in a space for mothers and babies...
Model for Floor Installation Labyrinth Rug and Platonic Playthings : Soft Sculpture forms - based on the Platonic Solid Shapes. The labyrinth rug was based on a ink drawing, the trace of the brush marks are still evident despite the digital printing method used. This...
While waiting on tenants to leave the Creative Spark building on Tuesday night so I could lock up, I spotted a little booklet. Produced by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts in Ireland it contained some very relevant little nuggets of information. A set...