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A powerful and deeply moving new mural, ‘Heart of Gold’, has been unveiled at the Ulster Hospital, celebrating the extraordinary generosity of organ donors and the lives they have transformed. The unique ceramic artwork, created in partnership with staff and patients, serves as a lasting tribute to those who have given the gift of life through organ donation.
'Weaving Stories', 'Crossing Country' and 'Knitting Together' are three separate artworks on three floors of the new Outpatients services in Hampson House for the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin. They connect people and places through images of fabric, poetry, rhymes and patterns.
Sunlight in the Garden is an original ceramic art installation crafted by the talented Diane McCormick. This exquisite piece transforms a simple wall into a vivid tableau of flora and fauna, capturing the essence of nature’s vibrancy and a visual testament to the power of organ donation.
The aim of the art commission is to provide a calm, colourful wall of interest at the first point of entry into the unit with a 50 piece ceramic artwork. Further designs for walls and glass are located in the consultation area further through the unit, providing privacy to a glass room and interest to a waiting area.
‘The Three Sisters’ is a group of connected artworks for the new Ormond Wing of St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny. Made in ceramics, printed Perspex and Vescom wallcovering, and commissioned by the HSE through the Percent for Art Scheme, it was installed in various locations on all four floors of the 77-bed wing.
'Cross that Bridge'- Images for the different elements of this design project involved creating work that related to the coastal elements Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. Sea, sand, birds, bridges, countryside and town all feature in bright decorative designs to create interest for the children's theatre areas.
Omnia vincit amor- Love conquers all. An indoor garden to brighten a room in the Intensive Care Unit.
Several areas in the first floor of the Holywood Arches Health Centre have humorous illustrated and printed ceramics depicting the history of the area all tied together to form a game of 'I Spy'.
‘Healing Garden’- A series of interior and exterior artworks based on the theme of healing spaces in the acute mental health inpatient units at Omagh and Derry.
These two pieces of art were created solely by patients with guidance from Diane at the Rathview mental health unit and the Elm and Lime wards in Omagh.
