Anne Marie Morrin Memory, emotion, place and identity are themes Anne Marie Morrin continues to explore in her studio practice. Her work embodies the negotiations many contemporary women must make as they navigate the complex interplay of domesticity and femininity. In much of her work, the act of remembering plays a dominant role in her emotional and artistic concerns, whether it is rooted in past events or current experiences. As a multi-media artist, she utilizes drawing, painting, collage and ceramics in tandem or alone in environments.

For this particular notebook Morrin focused on the symbolism and mythology of a christening gown, a gown which is an emotionally laden object representing the connections between birth and death, family associations and the self.

The notebook was a working document leading to an artwork entitled cradle to cradle which was visual account of the history of a family (1916- 2012). The instillation comprises of 75 porcelain- dress sculptures each one representing a person that was christened in the dress. The use of porcelain is a purposeful choice as each object is fragile and paper-thin giving the pieces a delicate, transitory and ghostly appearance. Each dress sculpture is constructed from the same pattern; it is through the construction process that each piece takes on their unique individual form. The work seeks to acknowledge the importance of our origin while placing value on our individual histories.

Anne Marie Morrin is a Visual Art Education Lecturer in the Facility of Education in Mary Immaculate College Limerick. She is currently working out of Contact Studios in Limerick city. Contact Studios is a creative artist-run space, which was established in 1997 by the Real Art Project (RAP) and the Mid-West Health Board (now H.S.E.)