{"id":626523,"date":"2026-10-10T16:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T16:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/626523\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T16:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T16:16:13","slug":"in-pictures-stunning-stone-creations-featured-in-one-day-exhibit-at-the-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/626523\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: Stunning stone creations featured in one-day exhibit at The Glen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Glen Resource Centre recently hosted a one-day public exhibition <\/a>by a group of people who have built confidence and learned creative and practical skills through stone carving.<\/p>\n

Members of the Cork Simon Community Stone Carving Group have struggled with homelessness and other issues, but their work with the group has given them a supportive space in which to explore their creativity.<\/p>\n

The artists\u2019 collective has been in existence since 2021, under the tutelage of stone carver Tommy Lysaght.<\/p>\n

Its work can already be seen across the city, with its members helping to create in 2023 a pair of matching stone and marble chess tables, which are situated on Pope\u2019s Quay, and in 2024 a trio of standing stones, which are in the Peace Park at the corner of the Grand Parade and the South Mall.<\/p>\n

\"TommyTommy Lysaght, (right) stone carver, at Pope’s Quay with Liam Mullaney of Myo Caf\u00e9, at the carved chess tables, in 2023. Picture: Denis Minihane.<\/p>\n

The exhibition, entitled \u2018Vessels\u2019, explores the theme of containment, and offered a showcase of the development of the individual participants\u2019 skills, and their interest and passion for stone.<\/p>\n

The individual artists were invited to interpret their own understanding of vessels, thinking about the concepts of home, place, and movement.<\/p>\n

One of the artists, Kevin Clarke, said he had started out carving Celtic knots.<\/p>\n

\n \u201cOnce I learned how to mark the design on a stone, then I learned how to scribe it out with a steel needle, and I could work away on new tools and accessories,\u201d\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy own background is in geology. I did a science degree a long time ago, so there is a connection there. But now I can look right into the heart of the stone and see what\u2019s going on in there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Lysaght said that rather than work to rigid plans, the group\u2019s work involved organically.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe mark out our own destinations intuitively. We don\u2019t know what our next project will be. When we started out we were just creating small pieces, and we went on to chess tables outside Myo Caf\u00e9 and standing stones on the Grand Parade at the Peace Park,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the group became homeless, the Glen Resource Centre welcomed us with open arms, and the level of creativity on the part of the learners just improved exponentially.\u201d The exhibition was opened with a performance by the Dillons Cross Choir.<\/p>\n

\u2018Vessels\u2019 was supported by Cork Simon Education and Training, the Cork Education and Training Board, and The Glen Resource Centre.<\/p>\n

At the exhibition opening were:<\/p>\n

\"AtAt the launch of the stone carving exhibition at The Glen Resource Centre, stone carvers, front, Kevin Clarke and Daniel Mulroy. Back row, John Kavanagh, course co-ordinator Tommy Lysaght, Aaron O\u2019Sullivan and Alan Hallissey. Pictures: Noel Sweeney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Glen Resource Centre recently hosted a one-day public exhibition by a group of people who have built…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,35485,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-626523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-cork-news","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}