Thornton Lace mosaic placed

One of what will be five mosaics placed around Kilcullen was installed at the weekend on a wall at Kilcullen Community Centre, writes Brian Byrne.

The artworks are the result of a Thornton Lace project undertaken at the Bridge Camphill Community under the Brigid 1500 initiative.

They are being produced by artist Katy Palmieri, who says they are designed as abstract in form and ‘play with colour and energy’. Suggesting that when people view each piece at different times or in different light, she believes they will ‘see something different each time’.

The development of the project included four workshops held during the year at Bridge Camphill which included participants from Scoil Bhride and CPC. The events considered various aspects of the Thornton Lace social enterprise project in the 19th century established for Famine relief by a local rector’s wife in Kilcullen and which at its height provided work for up to 700 women in the area.

The project is supported by a grant from Kildare County Council.

The mosaic at the Community Centre is on a wall which is planned to be a space for a number of other artworks created under the auspices of local schools. At the moment it is sharing the wall with graffiti.

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