Gloak our Laces (meaning ‘look at us’), the project draws on themes of positive mental health and wellbeing. It is a tin-smithed copper art project involving Travellers from across counties Carlow and Kilkenny. Led out by artist Mary Cassidy, it was arranged by the HSE/South East Community Healthcare’s mental health services, with support from the HSE’s Social Inclusion Office nationally and the HSE’s mental health engagement and recovery office in the South East Community Healthcare area working in collaboration with Traveller Projects in counties Carlow and Kilkenny. The finished pieces are to feature as an exhibition at the Dept. of Psychiatry acute mental health inpatient facility located on the grounds of St. Luke’s General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny.
Watch on Vimeo (opens in a new tab)Public-service documentary · Produced 2022
Gloak Our Laces
Traveller culture, copper craft and conversations about wellbeing.
The project
Gloak Our Laces means look at us. The HSE South East Community Healthcare project brought Traveller men, women and young people from Carlow and Kilkenny together across six workshops.
Led by artist Mary Cassidy, participants used copper-working and tinsmithing traditions to make individual pieces while talking about positive mental health and wellbeing. The finished work was created for display at the Department of Psychiatry at St Luke's General Hospital, Carlow/Kilkenny.
Storyboard 01
Learning the process
Storyboard 02
Work made together
Project details
Gloak Our Laces | The Copper Arts Project
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