Porcelain and Stone.

 

Tulla Stables Studios, Co. Clare, Ireland.

 

A temporary work of public art, commissioned by The Clare Arts Office.  This project was created in recognition of the transformation of the Old Tulla Stables in Co. Clare into Artists Studios in 2006.

 

‘Each white cobblestone marked a year from the opening of the stables in 1817 to the present day, absorbed into the clay surface footprints of the past, traces from the original stone..’

‘On the day of the exhibition, the porcelain cobblestones were stacked in a ‘cairn’, marking the spot in the studio, where the originals were removed from.  The ‘cairn’, in contrast to tradition, decreased in scale throughout the day, as visitors to the gallery were invited to take away one of the porcelain stones to keep as a symbol of the past and the present’.