Orla Kaminska wins Europa Donna Arts & Humanities Award 2013

1. CERAMIC ARTIST
An Artistic Collaboration
May 2013 Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland

2. The Plurabelle Paddlers
Dragon Boat Team
was set up in 2010
from a membership of two
and no Boat
They now have 60+ Active Members and
two Boats

4. Team Members Have One
Thing In Common, All Have
Been Diagnosed With Breast
Cancer
All Were New To The Sport Of
Dragon Boat Racing

6. By Following A Special Exercise &
Dragon Boat Training,
People Could Avoid Lymphoedema
and Enjoy Active, Full Lives
Dr. Don McKenzie, a sports medicine physician at the University of British Columbia, Canada

8. Inspired By The 150 +
Breast Cancer
Dragon Boat Teams Worldwide

10. For Three Years Our Club Centered Around
Two Metal Shipping Containers
In A Dry Dock Yard

12. In 2013 A Derelict Warehouse On
The River Liffey
Was Discovered And Secured For
The Paddlers.
Renovations Started

14. Brain Storming Sessions Formed
The Concepts For
Our Mosaic Mural
At The Boat House

16. A Mosaic Design Evolved

18. A Mosaic Template Followed

20. Clay Was Sculpted With Our
Ideas & Ethos.
Fired Into Stone And Included In
The Mural

22. The Words Of
Anna Livia Plurabella
from James Joyce
Finnegans Wake
Were Inscribed Into Clay

23. Anna Livia Plurabella

24. Kiln Firing Of Hand Painted
Mosaic Tesserae Follows

26. Cutting Of Mosaic Tesserae

28. Finally The
Mosaic Template Is Set Up
In The New Boat House

30. Teams On Your Knees
Start!

32. Mosaicing

34. Choosing Tones Of Blue

36. Building Up The Picture
20,000 Pieces
One at a time!

38. 80 People,
Paddlers,Partners & Children
Complete The 8 Metre Mosaic
Mural
Over One Weekend

40. Removing
The Giant Jig Saw
Off The Floor

42. Packing Up The Template

44. Installation By Kevin

46. The Detail Emerges

51. Our Mural Is Born!

53. A Renovated Boat House
Complete With Toilets, Hot
Showers, A Gym And A Cafe

55. A Beautiful Boat House
To Celebrate

57. A Beautiful Boat House To
Launch Regatta Events
A Place To Train

59. A Place Of Our Own To Gather

61. A Place Of Warmth, Support
And Camaraderie

63. KIND SPONSORS

65. LOCAL COMMUNITY
SUPPORT

66. Fiona Rahill Helen Mc Carthy
Local Artists
&
Marian College

67. GREAT SUPPORT
FROM MY TEAM

68. Dave Murphy
For The Template
Helen Mathews
For Digital Expertise
Judith Williams
Costume Designer & Mosaicer
Extraordinaire
Morgan Sheridan
Artist & Mosaicer Extraordinaire
Kevin Murphy
For The Installation

69. It Has Been a Privilege To Collaborate On
this
Mosaic Artwork With such a Fantastic
Team