Sutton Park School was welcoming and I met the
art teacher Deirdre Holcomb who allowed me to speak to the students about the
curriculum and life at SCAD. The students were attentive yet shy but with
a little light hearted ribbing they came out of their shells to ask a few
questions. The meeting was over by mid-morning and I had the remainder of the
day to explore the city.
I visited Trinity College in the hopes of seeing
the Book of Kells but unfortunately the lines were too long and there was much
to do. There will be another time...
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| Trinity College- notice the Alexander Calder on the lawn |
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Arnoldo Pomodoro on Trinity Campus
I moved on to the Museum of Archaeology to review some of the bronze-age axe and rapier castings that would have been produced in stone molds. There were also amazing gold dress fasteners, silver brooches, and Celtic bowls adorned with gemstones, enamel, filigree and other decorative components. There was also a bog mummy exhibition where people were sacrificed and buried in old bogs at the border of a territory where it would help appease the gods and ward off evil spirits. Unfortunately I do not have images of the bowls and mummies.
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Research at the Guinness Storehouse was next...
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| View of the city from the Gravity Bar |
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| Wood sculpture noting the history of Guinness |
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| Guinness man |
This research was exhausting, need I say more?
