Generation 20 is a photo and interview series by Julia Monard focusing on the new wave of artists in Galway.
Ceramicist Tatiana Dobos spoke with Julia about the link between shapes and human emotions, her fascination with molding wet earth into something beautiful and the art of living in the now.
Clay Journeys, a project of the Clay Galway group, as part of Small Towns - Big Ideas, initiative of Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture
CLAY JOURNEYS brings together the explorations of nine community projects facilitated in Galway city and county by Clay Galway artists, each community group with a story to tell in relation to the 2020 themes of Landscape, Language and Migration.We are creating boats out of clay, and in this process exploring and making containers for our stories which will be shared symbolically when our groups merge for a performance event on Grattan Road Beach.Unfired clay boats will be placed on the sand and taken by the rising tide to dissolve along with our stories, while kiln fired boats will be assembled into a mandala representing hope and strength in community.
As part of the project, Tatiana Dobos, a ceramics artist from Galway, has created a stunning piece of art which has been unveiled at MetLife’s city centre offices. Tatiana spoke about how this project had changed the way in which she will approach her work in future. “I will significantly change my design process after this project. It had previously been more intuitive but now will be a little more structured. The work expresses time and the connected nature of all of the internal processes in the company.”
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