Tarraingt/ Green Rope crafted by Ukrainians and Irish residents on Sherkin Island, Ireland

Making Tarraingt / Green Rope over the River Ilen, Skibbereen. Over fifty people helped to craft this rope which measured over sixty metres.

Images from left to right; Earth Rising at IMMA 2023, River Ilen, Ireland, rope making with Amazigh women in Marrakesh, Sherkin island, Jersey Island, Sherkin Island ferry

Tarraingt /
Green Rope Project

2022 – Ongoing

The Green Rope Project uses the act of crafting a Sugán rope ( an Irish straw rope) to bring people together. The rope is made in ‘Meitheal’ ( an Irish word for shared work) from fresh or dried wild plants from the landscape it is made it.  It is a social sculpture that functions as a tool for collaboration, catalysing connections between cultures, landscapes and ecologies. The project incorporates collaborative film making, field recording and provides  a discursive space for public events.

The project has taking place in diverse communities and localities including the Museum of Modern Art, Ireland, ISE Congress, Morocco, St Helier, Jersey Island and Sherkin Island in Ireland bringing together established islanders and Ukrainian refugees.