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I am delighted to have been invited to present my work at Collected Presence, an exhibition celebrating the work of three leading, local women designers. I will showcase my latest creations inspired by linen alongside Gráinne Maher and Elin Johnston.
The Exhibition previews on 9th April and runs until 18th April 2019 at the Island Arts centre.
As the exhibition in Venice draws to a close I wanted to look back on the making of my piece, Fionn, made especially for the VENICE DESIGN 18.
Fionn is the namesake of the mythical Northern Irish giant, Fionn Mac Cumhaill. Legend speaks of the giants size, strength and skill, but in particular the ability to outwit his enemies through disguise. Not dissimilar to MacCumhaill, I hoped to temporarily beguile the audience, inviting them to relook at the material by creating an elegant chandelier, using an everyday industrial material. Do you think it worked?
The chandelier has been sculpted using 650metres of Velcro disguising the heavy industrial material as a giant lighting sculpture standing over two and a half meters long and floating in the beautiful Palazzio Michel in Venice
It has been such an honour to take part in this amazing exhibition and I wish to thank the team at the European Cultural Centre for all their support over the past year and for their belief in my work.
I also wish to thank both the Arts Council NI and the British Council for funding my participant in VENICE DESIGN 18
Huge thank you to the Editor of the Home & Design supplement, Orna Mulcahy, at Irish Times for the little write up in my work in this weekends paper.
