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CERAMIC ARTIST

An Artistic Collaboration May 2013 Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland

The Plurabelle Paddlers Dragon Boat Team was set up in 2010

from a membership of two and no Boat

They now have 60+ Active Members and two Boats

Team Members Have One Thing In Common, All Have Been Diagnosed

With Breast Cancer

All Were New To The Sport Of

Dragon Boat Racing

By Following A Special Exercise & Dragon Boat Training,

People Could Avoid Lymphoedema and Enjoy

Active, Full Lives

Dr. Don McKenzie, a sports medicine physician at the University of British Columbia, Canada

Inspired By The 150 + Breast Cancer

Dragon Boat Teams Worldwide

For Three Years Our Club Centered Around Two Metal

Shipping Containers In A Dry Dock Yard

In 2013 A Derelict Warehouse On The River

Liffey Was Discovered And

Secured For The Paddlers.

Renovations Started

Brain Storming Sessions Formed The Concepts For

Our Mosaic Mural At The Boat House

A Mosaic Design Evolved

A Mosaic Template Followed

Clay Was Sculpted With Our Ideas & Ethos.

Fired Into Stone And Included In The Mural

The Words Of Anna Livia Plurabella

from James Joyce Finnegans Wake

Were Inscribed Into Clay

Anna Livia Plurabella

Kiln Firing Of Hand Painted Mosaic Tesserae Follows

Cutting Of Mosaic Tesserae

Finally The Mosaic Template Is Set Up

In The New Boat House

Teams On Your Knees

Start!

Mosaicing

Choosing Tones Of Blue

Building Up The Picture20,000 Pieces

One at a time!

80 People, Paddlers,Partners &

Children Complete The 8 Metre

Mosaic Mural Over One Weekend

Removing The Giant Jig Saw

Off The Floor

Packing Up The Template

Installation By Kevin

The Detail Emerges

Our Mural Is Born!

A Renovated Boat HouseComplete With Toilets, Hot

Showers, A Gym And A Cafe

A Beautiful Boat House To Celebrate

A Beautiful Boat House To Launch Regatta

Events A Place To Train

A Place Of Our Own To Gather

A Place Of Warmth, Support And Camaraderie

KIND SPONSORS

LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Fiona Rahill Helen Mc Carthy

Local Artists

&

Marian College

GREAT SUPPORT FROM MY TEAM

Dave MurphyFor The Template

Helen MathewsFor Digital Expertise

Judith WilliamsCostume Designer & Mosaicer

Extraordinaire

Morgan SheridanArtist & Mosaicer Extraordinaire

Kevin MurphyFor The Installation

It Has Been a Privilege To Collaborate On this

Mosaic Artwork With such a Fantastic Team