Ke Keʻena Mea Hana Mermaid
6 Iulai - 3 ʻAukake 2024
ʻO Glendarragh Studios Aia ka paʻakikī ma kahi noho mālie he mau minuke kaʻa mai Newtownmountkennedy ma County Wicklow. Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1999 ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o nā wahi kiʻi kiʻi, ua kūkulu ʻia kāna mau hale hana ʻehā i kūkulu ʻia me ke kākoʻo o LEADER (ke kālā ʻEulopa no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻāina). ʻEhā hou i hoʻohui ʻia i ka makahiki 2002, ʻo nā mea a pau me nā aniani pālua, ka hoʻomehana waena, ka wai wela a me ke anuanu, nui ka mālamalama, nā hiʻohiʻona kuaʻāina a me ke komo ʻana i nā kiln, nā mea hana mana, nā lako paʻi, a me kahi ākea ākea.
I loko o nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hele aku ka papa inoa o nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa like ʻole, me nā mea pena kiʻi, nā kiʻi kiʻi, nā mea ulana, nā mea pena aniani a me nā mea hana keramika. ʻO ke kiʻi ʻana o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma ka hōʻike i kapa ʻia ʻo 'Sanctuary: Glendarragh Studios - 25 Years' ma Mermaid Arts Center, e hōʻike ana i nā lālā e hana hoʻokahi ana, e hui pū ana i nā papahana, kaʻana like ʻana i nā kuke, ka launa pū ʻana me nā moa a me nā puaʻa noho, a me ka ʻohi ʻana i nā mea kanu mai ka aina.

No ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka makahiki makahiki he hapaha, ua hana ʻia ka hana ʻokoʻa o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka lewa studio i loko o kahi lumi hale kiʻi minimalist. Ma ka hoʻololi ʻana a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā ʻano noiʻi, hoʻokolohua, nā kumu hoʻoulu a me nā hui like ʻole e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻomohala, hāʻawi ia i nā ʻike ʻike ʻole i ke ʻano o nā hana i hōʻike pinepine ʻia e nā wahi kiʻi. Hāʻawi ka hōʻikeʻike i kahi leka koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka waiwai o nā studio, e hoʻomau mau nei i ka pōkole a puni ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻole ʻia ka hale kiʻi i nā wahi ākea, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kanu, nā lako, nā easels, nā pahu, nā mea hoʻokaʻawale lāʻau ad-hoc, a me kahi huila huila e kahe ana me ka mauʻu. Ma nā wahi i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia, ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe i maʻalahi, e noʻonoʻo ana kēia a i kekahi manawa ke uhi nei i nā hana like ʻole o nā mea pena kiʻi hiʻohiʻona he 15, i hoʻopuka ʻia kēlā me kēia ma o nā bios pōkole a me nā kiʻi. ʻO ia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o nā pōmaikaʻi like e hiki mai ana mai nā manawa kūpono no ka launa pū ʻana.
ʻO ka hōʻike mua e pili ana i kahi paʻi kiʻi ma luna o kahi kaʻa kaʻa, me nā mea paʻi a me nā manaʻo o nā lau i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma luna o kona mau ʻili. Hoʻopili ʻia ma kekahi ʻaoʻao e ka cactus sprawling, nā paipu pena maloʻo, a me kahi pahu metala, a ma kekahi ʻaoʻao me kahi ʻāpana puka aniani pālua. Hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he palette no ka hui ʻana i nā pena, hōʻailona kēia i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka hana a Paul Douglas, nona nā ʻāina a me nā ʻano kai i hōʻike ʻia i nā paia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka paia, e hilinaʻi ana i ka papa kuʻekuʻe, a i ʻole e hoʻomaha ana ma luna o kahi easel papahele. Hāʻawi ʻia nā hōʻike like a nā mea pena ʻo Fergal Flanagan lāua ʻo Brenda Malley a puni ka hale kiʻi, ma waena o nā hana ma nā ʻenehana ʻē aʻe.
Ma kahi kokoke, ua hoʻopiha ʻia kahi ʻāpana me nā hue o nā mea hoʻohālike i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e ka mea kanu meaʻai a me ka mea hānai ʻo Jenny Dungan, me nā kiʻi keleawe a me ka seramika, ka pūnana manu, kahi kiʻi pena liʻiliʻi o ka pōpoki, a me nā mea aloha ʻē aʻe. He palena ia o ka paia a me ka papahele i piha i nā mea a me nā hana a Yanny Petters, David Eager Maher, a me James Hayes. ʻO Petters lāua ʻo Erica Devine, ka mea i hōʻike ʻia i loko o kahi lumi e pili ana, he mau mea pena botanical lāua. Hana ʻo Eager Maher i ka pena kiʻi a me ke kaha kiʻi, ʻo Hayes ma o ka paʻi ʻana, ke kaha kiʻi a me ke kiʻi kiʻi, me nā komisina kiʻi lehulehu.

Hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻia kahi hulu liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao o luna o kahi ʻaila ʻaila Eager Maher, kahi e pili ai nā ʻano lāʻau like ʻole - pili paha i nā koho i noʻonoʻo ʻia no ke kiʻi pena i hoʻohui ʻia i ka haku mele. ʻO ke kihi o Hayes, he hale hoʻoheheʻe ʻia me ka holoholona, he kapuahi hoʻoheheʻe metala, nā ʻauamo metala pololei (ma ke ʻano he kumu kumu), he pākaukau me nā papa e hōʻike ana i ka hana, a me kahi noho kīhini pena ʻia, i hoʻoluliluli ʻia e ka puʻu cushions.
ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha, hāʻawi ʻia i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o Glendarragh, e ʻike i ka hapa nui o nā mea hōʻike e kuhikuhi ana i ke ʻano. Ua hoʻohana ʻo Cathy Burke ka mea loaʻa iā Golden Fleece Special Award 2023 i ke kaha kiʻi no ka "ʻimi noiʻi ʻana i nā ʻano ʻāina a me nā ʻano botanical," hoʻomohala a hoʻokaʻawale i nā manaʻo e hana i nā seramika pōhaku, i hoʻopau ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā aniani i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Hōʻike ka papaʻaina i nā ipu aniani, nā mea kanu maloʻo a me nā ʻāpana aniani a me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe, kahi manaʻo o kahi i hoʻāla hou ʻia e ka moena ʻīlio liʻiliʻi a me ka noho lima ʻoluʻolu, ma hope o ia mau pūʻulu o ka heluhelu hoʻoikaika. ʻO nā aka hula, i hoʻolei ʻia e ke kaula lole i kāʻei ʻia me nā kiʻi pepa i ʻoki ʻia, e hoʻolalelale i ka paia ma hope.
I ka ʻimi ʻana i ka leʻaleʻa o kēia mau studio Wicklow-based, hiki i nā malihini ke komo pū me ka hana a Chloe Dowds, Fiona Coffey, Jean Clyne, Simon Lazewski, Heather Muir, a me Helen McNulty. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka cohort e hāʻawi nei i ka ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi ʻelua o kēia hanana hoʻolauleʻa - kahi papahana o nā kamaʻilio, nā hōʻikeʻike a me nā haʻawina e kōkua ai i ka hoʻōla ʻana i kā lākou mau hana, ka hoʻoinu ʻana i nā mea komo i nā hana e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomau ʻia ma Glendarragh no nā makahiki he 25 aʻe. a ma o aku.
He mea kākau moʻolelo noʻeau ʻo Susan Campbell, mea kākau moʻolelo kiʻi a me ka mea pena kiʻi.
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