Brian Mac Domhnaill, The Ballachulish Goddess, 2017, Chromogenic print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm, Edition of 20, 76 x 51cm (1).JPG
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Brian Mac Domhnaill, The Ballachulish Goddess, 2017, Chromogenic print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm, Edition of 20, 76 x 51cm (1).JPG
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THE BALLACHULISH GODDESS

£550.00

The Ballachulish Goddess is a photographic print by the photographer and artist Brian Mac Domhnaill (b. 1975) based in County Cork, Ireland.

The photograph shows a remake of the ‘Lady of Ballachulish’, a carved icon found in a peat bog in Ballachulish (just over the Linnhe strait from Ardnamurchan) in 1880. Carved from a single piece of alder with quartz for eyes and dated to around 600BC, she is thought to be the oldest known human figure found in Scotland. This remake of her is a collaboration between archaeologist Dr. Benjamin Gearey, woodworker Mark Griffiths and Brian Mac Domhnaill.

Edition of 20. Chromogenic print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 308gsm. 76 x 51cm unframed.

The Ballachulish Goddess is a photographic print by the photographer and artist Brian Mac Domhnaill (b. 1975) based in County Cork, Ireland.

The photograph shows a remake of the ‘Lady of Ballachulish’, a carved icon found in a peat bog in Ballachulish (just over the Linnhe strait from Ardnamurchan) in 1880. Carved from a single piece of alder with quartz for eyes and dated to around 600BC, she is thought to be the oldest known human figure found in Scotland. This remake of her is a collaboration between archaeologist Dr. Benjamin Gearey, woodworker Mark Griffiths and Brian Mac Domhnaill.

Edition of 20. Chromogenic print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 308gsm. 76 x 51cm unframed.

 

rECREATING WOODEN BRONZE AGE AND IRON AGE ARTEFACTS

The image ‘The Ballachulish Goddess’ (2017) is one of many artistic outputs from The Pallasboy Project (est. 2015), a collaborative research initiative that explores the creative process involved in the crafting of prehistoric wooden artefacts. Working with archaeologist Dr. Benjamin Gearey, woodworker Mark Griffiths and others, Brian’s role on the project has been centred on visual documentation through video and photography. Phases of research and making for the project included the recreation of Bronze Age and Iron Age anthropomorphic figurines and an Iron Age dugout canoe.