Healing Garden 2021-22
Date: 2021-22
Dimensions: 1.5 x 1.5m
Materials: Ceramic
Techniques: Carved and coloured ceramics with coloured slips and glazes
Commissioned by: Western Health and Social Services
Location: Grangewood,Gransha Hospital, Derry- external courtyard and Elm and Lime wards entrance interior foyers.
Architects:
Description: Ceramics in the courtyard garden wall in Grangewood,Derry, and in the corridor of the Elm and Lime wards at Omagh
Concept: ‘Healing Garden’- A series of interior and exterior artworks based on the theme of healing spaces in the acute mental health inpatient units. The artworks provide a calming focus at the first point of entry into the unit with words and phrases generated by patients at special ceramic workshops provided at the start of the project. The large courtyard in Grangewood was the last one of three to be completed ( the other 2 were previously completed 10 years ago) and now the staff and patients have colourful interest all year round as well as being able to use the space to grow their own flowers as part of therapy. The artworks in Omagh include familiar flowers and a number of patient pieces.
Grangewood Courtyard
Patients participation
Part of this commission included work made in several workshops with patients with the theme of gardens (work shown below)
Lime and Elm Wards Omagh
Patient work
