Days 3 & 4... last of the numbered days!

On the day I left for Cork (3/19), I had the last few opportunities to check out some of the parks in Dublin. This one was next to the Castle Hotel just off O' Connell St.

Monument to Fallen Soldiers

I found another another Victorian styled street lamp, but I read that these are the more modern "Victorian Knockoffs", 1950's versions. I love the ornate clover arrangements and cast iron construction.

Hope to get one of these for the fulcrum base

On to Cork...

The days are rolling by with a quickened pace and now is the time that I have been waiting for months to be in the studio at the National Sculpture Factory. Leading up to the studio time involves a lot of planning and acquiring materials. People are coming out of the Factory to help in any way they can. Mick Wilkins, who I met in 2012, has been so kind to drive me to pick up scrap metal... for the past few days in and out. He has been great to talk with about his approach and to bounce ideas off . He's a great sculptor and stone carver who works out of the NSF (photos of Mick and his work to come).

These few days have been mostly about sorting out the performance site and the production site that is over at the old Ford Factory on Albert Quay just blocks from the NSF. The iron performance will be held on the river at the site.