Lough Boora Parklands

Alan Counihan’s piece entitled “Passage” involved cutting a trench into a raised bank of turf, creating a passageway lined with railway sleepers. 

Over a three week period sculptor Alan Counihan explains the concept for his work whilst allowing you to view the process involved in creating and installing the sculpture, get an insight into the difficulties involved in installing such a large piece and the modifications required to ensure the sculpture reaches its full potential. 

View the finished article and hear the artists, hopes and aspirations for the piece and its visitors in the future.

“System no. 30”, by Julian Wild,  involved welding scrap pieces of peat wagons and cutting machinery together that were once part of peat production at Lough Boora Parklands, to depict a disk that appears to bounce over the surface of the canal which looks like a serpentine form swimming across the surface of the canal. 

Sculptor Julian Wild over a three week period describes in detail the many stages involved in creating a work of art, from concept creation to installation.  You can view all aspects of the process, and see how materials of our industrial heritage can be developed into such large scale pieces of public land art.