^Tolka

Tolka River, Dublin, Ireland
The river was part of my focus during my Artist in Residency period at Dublin City University, where I researched the local geography in response to research by Dr. Ruth Mc Manus.
Tolka, its name deriving from the word flood, gives the river a sense of foreboding. Having had its trajectory changed it proves a dynamic element in the make-up of the local topography. Using the Japanese art of suminagashi or ‘floating ink’ I took ‘imprints’ of the Tolka, recording its movement and flow at a particular part of the river on a particular day and from these created a series of screen prints rendering still a moment of the river’s movement.

Work exhibited at: Cregan library, DCU,
St.Patricks Campus, solo exhibition River & Ridge

material: screen prints on munken 200g paper
dimensions: 29.7 x 42cm

Part of the DCU collection.