tracey mc verry
Tracey’s sculptural glass work is inspired heavily by this unique geological
landscape of South Armagh, formed during volcanic and glaciation periods over
440 million years ago. Her work builds on this monumental land formation where
she responds to the imagined energy formed in the landscape during that period,
using glass as a vessel to translate the story. Her work also celebrates a
strong connection with Ireland’s ancient Megalithic and Iron Age ancestors and
the mysteriously beautiful structures they left behind in their wake. Her work
constantly comes back to these roots as a form of inspiration with an invisible
pull. Tracey specialised in Fine Art Sculpture with a MFA in 2002 at the
University of Ulster, Belfast. She has been working within the field of
sculpture and glass since 2003 since training with artisan brothers, Gianni and
Massimo Bracciai in Sienna, Italy, at Vitrate Artiste Toscana. Here she assisted
in the creation of large scale ecclesiastical glass installations sited in
places of worship across the United States. This is where the seeds were sown
for glass as a medium of transferring its ethereal qualities to her sculptural
practice.
