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Moments

Ria O'Connor

She/her

My project, 'Moments', explores the protective actions taken in the breaking of cycles of abuse that had been previously passed from one generation to another. I engage my ceramic practice to explore this narrative through concepts of fragility and memory. The concepts are integrated and physically depicted through the processes of making the ceramic artifacts that make up this installation. Each artifact illustrates fragments of the moments of the narrative; as seen and remembered through the eyes of a child, protected from what came before. The artifacts are conceived as healing moments. The work is intentionally small in scale and heavily detailed and textured to intensify an intimate viewer experience.

Moments

Moments

Leaving, The Suitcase

Leaving, The Suitcase

Leaving, The Suitcase

Leaving, The Suitcase

Speaking, The Toy

Speaking, The Toy

Speaking, The Toy

Speaking, The Toy

Loving, The Small Blanket

Loving, The Small Blanket

Loving, The Small Blanket

Loving, The Small Blanket

Loving, The Large Blanket

Loving, The Large Blanket

Loving, The Large Blanket

Loving, The Large Blanket

Moments, The Collection

Moments, The Collection

Teaching Placements

Loreto College, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
Kylemore College, Kylemore Road, Dublin 10
Drimnagh Castle CBS, Long Mile Road, Dublin 12