Steel railway sculptures along the Greenway, Co. Wexford.

This piece was commissioned by Wexford County Council Culture Team in partnership with South East Greenway under the ‘Back to our Routes and Roots’ project, funded under the Creative Ireland project. Work was delivered by Esther Gerrard & Ed Coveney of Elements for Action in collaboration with local installation artist Aoife Banville.

Reimagining the steel railway tracks in New Ross along the Greenway. The concept of these pieces was informed as a reminder of the routes and journeys taken by the thousands of people who traveled and worked on the railway in the past.

Investigation and the reusing of the historic railway tracks in the new contemporary setting of the greenway was a key vision of the project. The physical materiality of the pieces work both spatially along the new greenway but reflect and remember the cultural importance of the railways to the town.

A series of two sculptures was created. Modeling sizes, shapes, weights and design of foundations was key in the delivery of the sculptures – one with 5, and second with 3 steel uprights.