dream pillow Sculpture

I was born in rural Ireland and emigrated in the 70s to go to England to train as a midwife.I changed careers and went back to study in 1983 ,foundation exeter college of art ,BA DESIGN GLASS :CERAMICS SUNDERLAND NATIONAL CENTRE OF GLASS MASTERS IN FINE ARTS ,masters in fine art University of Northumberland . My artistic training was in Britain and I moved again to France in 1996 where I have finally set down my roots with my three daughters and husband .Since moving from Ireland I have become another type of Irish person where my roots have become more universal and this idea of moving cultures and taking on a new culture and language has influenced my work and life in general .I have an ongoing project which is to do with crossing cultures/borders .My chosen material is often glass which gives so many depths and symbolic meanings to my ideas .My work is a continuous research into ideas relating to being simply human ,being a woman mother /artist. I have created pages of a glass book which symbolizes all the tragic states which wars brings about. As borders become more fluid and transparent people move migrate and disperse ,languages get mingled and accents becomes ones hallmark .The glass pages of my book are containers of fictitious worlds even utopian where the ultimate universal language is one of tolerance where words are transparent and individuals relate to one another despite their difference .The first page was made in 1998 to commemorate the signing of the peace treaty between BRITAIN and Northern Ireland .For this project I worked with the" Ecole de la Paix ",in Grenoble and Richard PETRIS DIRECTOR .I Continue to add new pages as wars and hatred continue and dialogue and words sometimes go un-noticed .MY WORK IS MULTI -MEDIA PAINTING, GLASS INSTALLATION VIDEO:digital photography March 2nd, 2010 | Published in Features | 6 Comments Mary Veale, "Borders, technique", 2007. Cast glass/tissue. Photo: Jean Pierre AngeiMary Veale is an Irish artist based in Grenoble. She talks to Grenoble Lifes James Dalrymple about her new exhibition Mutations. Grenoble Life: Could you tell us a bit about your background and how you came to live in Grenoble. Mary Veale: I was born in Kilkenny, Ireland; I trained as a nurse and midwife and in neurology initially. After a brief working period in nursing I began my artistic training and completed my diploma foundation studies in Exeter College of Art in 1983.