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Pat Carroll – an artist in wood
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Craftsman and woodturner Pat Carroll, originally from Enniscorthy, lives and works near Camolin in the shadow of Slieve Bhuí, at the end of a valley, surrounded by forested slopes. Pat brings his skill and sure touch to each piece he lovingly crafts, watching the grain of the wood come to life on the lathe. Much of this raw material comes from locally felled timber but Pat also loves the variety that non-native wood from sustainable sources brings to his art. The colour and patina of some of these exotic hardwoods is very different from the paler shades of Irish timber. Careful oiling, polishing, texturing and sometimes staining combine to produce beautifully tactile pieces of work which demand to be picked up, held and examined. Pat's considerable skill means that he is in great demand locally and nation-
Pic: Gavin Doyle Photography .
ally for demonstrations and seminars. While much of Pat's output is determined by the type and availability of raw materials he is also happy to work on commissioned pieces for special events and occasions. Many of his larger bowls, platters and wall-mounted
New Exhibition at Norman Gallery
A new exhibition of stunning, yet well-priced paintings and unique prints entitled "ORIGIN" by Hanneke van Ryswyk opens at The Norman Gallery, Monksgrange, Rathnure on Saturday, October 6th. It runs until October 21st. www.normangallery.com.
PICASSO, DaVINCI AND NOSTRADAMUS
CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL 2012
Let your Imagination Run Wild during the Month of October! Activities will be running in libraries, schools and arts centres throughout this month with everything from readings by popular authors, to writing and illustration workshops, plus storytelling, quizzes and competitions. Visit: www.childrensbooksireland.ie and contact your local library for more information.
A poem by Martin Joseph Byrne
by Donal Cullen
ON RETURNING FROM SPAIN
In the realms of time The visionary and the painter Have their place Like Nostradamus the all seer The seer of our times From the corridors of history As we see our past The canvas of DaVinci Explodes like codes of ages On the pages of our minds.
Belenus, Cautiously sidles south, the south circular, Dublin, Maponos along side, looking up Maria, Burning King Solomon’s idolatry to ash.
Picasso the painter, DaVinci the visionary Nostradamus the seer.
Enniscorthy’s Joey Ryan and band performing in Wexford Arts Centre last month. Pic: Patrick Hogan.
items are very popular as wedding gifts while his smaller bowls and hollow forms make excellent presentation and commemorative pieces! Contact: slievebhuiwoodturning@gmail.com or check out www.slievebhuiwoodturnings.com.
One more stroke on the canvas of life We grasp our existence in the cosmos Like pieces of dust and rock Upon all creation We are the edifice in Nostradamus The vision of DaVinci A painting by Picasso.
Check out: www.wexford.ie/wex/ Departments/Library/ WhatsOn/ for details of what’s on in your local library.
For Maria
Perhaps, In dreamy constellation, After, bomb crater, images of Machine guns and snow covered Land rovers patrolling the outer limits Of Belfast, monitoring, presence Through the snow, light awakens And life finds inside a presence of self.
I will dream it for you, ghostly through Terrace and flat, stairwell and scraping Pennies to the pound.
You talk of orange groves On a Spanish getaway through Sporadic billows of marijuana smoke.
I talk of Barbwire and internment, B-specials And Long Kesh through attacks of gas And petrol smoke.
Next morning she Stirs from sleep, bare breasted, Iridescent, Unaware of hard by Don Fernando de Andulo, to Spain, returning with a hold Of pyrite that she since this day has Returned to sea.
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