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Bowl, series of 4, local marl clay, 15cm x 12cm, 2016

Material Witness (2016)
clay, beeswax, paraffin wax, plaster, birch plywood and found tea boxes, audio and speakers, dimensions vary

Material Witness was a solo exhibition of new works by Nollaig Molloy. Using the UCD National Schools Folklore Collection from 1937-38 as a point of departure, Nollaig examines the many stories, material culture and folk customs of County Roscommon, as told by the generation after the 1916 Rising.

The exhibition focuses on the materials-to-hand referred to within this collection of manuscripts. A particular story entitled ‘The vessels used in olden times’ lists materials of wood, tin and clay used to make containers for specific everyday use. The exhibition is informed by an engagement with members of the South Roscommon Singers Circle and the community where these materials were resourced and will present a number of outcomes responding to small scale objects made on a production of necessity, to large scale industries supplying the whole country as described in the Folklore Collection.

Exhibition curated by Roscommon Arts Centre Curator-in-Residence Linda Shevlin. Supported by Roscommon County Council, Roscommon Arts Office, Roscommon Arts Centre and 1916 Commemoration Project fund.

Comissioned essay Digging the Back Garden by Roisin Power Hackett

Culture Fox interview: Material Witness at Roscommon Arts Centre

 
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Stems, birch plywood, fired clay, dimensions vary, 2016
 
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Installation image: Material Witness, fired and unfired clay and local marl clay, beeswax, plaster, birch plywood, tea chests, framed folklore stories, dimensions vary, Roscommon Arts Centre, 2016
 
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Handle series, unfired local marl clay and clay, dimensions vary, 'Material Witness', Roscommon Arts Centre. 2016
 
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Installation image:
Material Witness, fired and unfired clay and local marl clay, beeswax, plaster, birch plywood, tea chests, framed folklore stories, dimensions vary, Roscommon Arts Centre, 2016

 
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Stye in your Eye, unfired local marl clay, 8cm x 8cm x8cm, Material Witness, Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon 2016

 
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Handle series, fired local marl clay and clay, dimensions vary, 'Material Witness', Roscommon Arts Centre. 2016

 
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Pots, fired local marl clay, dimensions vary, 'Material Witness', Roscommon Arts Centre. 2016

 
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Imprint 1, beeswax, birch plywood, dimensions ,'Material Witness', Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon, 2016

 
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Irish words and phrases adopted into English speech, courtesy of National Folklore Archive of Ireland, dimensions 31cm x 25cm, 'Material Witness, Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon 2016

 
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Vessels used in olden times, courtesy of National Folklore Archive of Ireland, dimensions 31cm x 25cm, 'Material Witness, Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon 2016

 
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Bowl, series of 4, local marl clay, 15cm x 12cm, 2016