This piece was created during lockdown in 2020 and is about my personal experience of having to visit a loved one, behind glass.

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During that time, I watched, helplessly, the daily changes, and could only guess what lay behind them as the virus and isolation took their toll.

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The experience led me to a time of unexpected creativity as I harnessed the memories into gentle porcelain sculptures, resulting in three pieces, individually entitled: Decline, Collapse, Release.

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I dedicate 'The Three Visits' to all who have visited and been visited remotely, to all who could not do even this, and to my mother.

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This piece has been selected by the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts for its 139th annual exhibition at Ulster Museum, Belfast.