Edge Dwellers
Glencolmcille, Donegal, Ireland (2025)
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Tracey Fahy
Rudaí Fiáine
Rudaí Fiáine grows out of the bond between land and people that runs through Irish culture. My ancestors history is shaped by dispossession, by the famine, by migration. Yet what survived was language,… Continue Reading
Erasure / Return
This is an active chalk quarry in Castle Acre, Norfolk, its ground chalk and flints taken for industry. The landscape is continually cut and scraped back. Extraction here is a… Continue Reading
Shelterworks
Shelterworks contemplates architectures of care found in winter gardens. From fleece-wrapped plants to log piles and wildlife shelters, these structures are not just practical, they’re social sculptures*, shaped by care,… Continue Reading
Collage
This ongoing project repurposes old gardening magazines. Through cutting, layering, and recomposing the pages, I contemplate ideas of circular economies, material reuse, and the cultural narratives embedded in garden media…. Continue Reading
FINAL REPORTS WRITTEN (December 2024)
If you’d like to receive PDF(s) of my funding report(s) and read more in depth about this residency/research period and my final reflections, do get in contact.
IN RESIDENCE: (October 2024)
My final visit of this residency period. Tasks completed: Removed collapsed dead stems. Pruned jasmine/hard pruned climbing rose. Weeded paths. Created more deadwood piles for habitats. Planted Crocosmia ‘Carmine Brilliant’,… Continue Reading