Me and my mythical totem
pole
at Moytura 2000. |
Plaster
casts
In
1998 I was hired to go and work in Virginia in the U.S. As part of
my job I learned to make plaster casts. I based the casts I made on
early Irish art. I have four moulds which I brought home with me:
the three main stones from Newgrange and a Sheela na Gig from Galway.
Now, 10 years on I am still doing the odd casting session - they make
great presents. I do plaster casts, which are light and can be painted
- which are suitable for indoors; and cement casts, which look like
the original stone, and are good for gardens.
Cement
cast of a Sheela na Gig from Ballinderry castle near Tuam in County
Galway.
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