September 18, 2016
Rebirth – Backwater Studios
Eimear Kavanagh 10/09/2016, Cork I went to a really beautiful open heart meditation. Funny, that I am suddenly drawn to using darker colours, never in my artist's life have I done so. I wonder if my subconscious mind has ...
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Sticking Point – Road Studios
Éilis Ní Fhaoláin Back to Liverpool and into the studio. The stick piece is developing well. I have been documenting it at different stages, like it's 'how to operate on a branch.' Its thoroughly absurd , but at the same ...
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Liverpool Food Festival – Road Studios
On my second Saturday here, Kirsten, from ROAD studios, kindly took me to the Liverpool Food and Drink Festival in Sefton Park . We had a really good natter , with some lovely nibbles on the way. The place was thronged with ...
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Upcycling – Road Studios
Éilis Ní Fhaoláin Tony here at the studios is great for sourcing free materials. I arrived in one day and he showed my a pile of SALE signs.Chucked in a skip. They were from BHS when it had been closed down. I had been ...
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2016
Exploring Liverpool
As you know, my eldest daughter is with me for a few days. We are staying in Allerton with Sheila, her grandma - who is putting me up for the duration of the exchange. Thank you, Sheila! While Édaein is here, we have been ...
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2016
Finally Settling In… Backwater Studios
By Eimear Kavanagh 09/09/2016, Cork Defo feeling much more settled into the studio now and feel like I'm starting to get something going with my work. As pretty much a continuation with a kind of connection with nature ...
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Éilis’s First Few Days at Road Studios
By Éilis Ní Fhaoláin First day at Road…this is my daughter , Edaein , and I (pic above) just after our arrival at the studios. It was nice to get a sense of the place and the people involved. Tony ...
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Getting Down to Work – Backwater Studios
By Eimear Kavanagh Cork, 08/09/2016 First productive day in studio, creating textured backgrounds to work on. Well "Rome wasn't built in a day" they say. Experiencing the utter highs and lows of the typical ...
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