FAMINE LINES
       
     
 This work takes inspiration form Rachel’s socially engaged practice working with people seeking sanctuary from conflict or famine.  These pieces explore our own history and heritage surrounding these same issues on the island of Ireland.  Each
       
     
 The pieces are inspired by the scars that have been left in the landscape by unharvested potatoes planted by the occupants who have long since left to escape famine or conflict and travel across seas to better futures.  These ‘Lazy Beds’, as th
       
     
 Each panel is created using pigmented velcro set in a deep wooden frame.
       
     
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FAMINE LINES
       
     
FAMINE LINES

Photo Credit Simon Mills

 This work takes inspiration form Rachel’s socially engaged practice working with people seeking sanctuary from conflict or famine.  These pieces explore our own history and heritage surrounding these same issues on the island of Ireland.  Each
       
     

This work takes inspiration form Rachel’s socially engaged practice working with people seeking sanctuary from conflict or famine.  These pieces explore our own history and heritage surrounding these same issues on the island of Ireland.

Each panel is created using pigmented velcro set in a deep wooden frame.

 The pieces are inspired by the scars that have been left in the landscape by unharvested potatoes planted by the occupants who have long since left to escape famine or conflict and travel across seas to better futures.  These ‘Lazy Beds’, as th
       
     

The pieces are inspired by the scars that have been left in the landscape by unharvested potatoes planted by the occupants who have long since left to escape famine or conflict and travel across seas to better futures.  These ‘Lazy Beds’, as they are sometimes known, can be found locally across fields in the Dromara Hills close to the artists home and studio.

 Each panel is created using pigmented velcro set in a deep wooden frame.
       
     

Each panel is created using pigmented velcro set in a deep wooden frame.

RFD-4044.JPG
       
     
20231031 Rachel Fitzpatrick 016.jpeg
       
     
RFD-4055.JPG
       
     
RFD-4049.JPG
       
     
20231031 Rachel Fitzpatrick 023.jpeg