"The leaf; it's about the four seasons, the cycle of life." This is how glass artist Michelle O'Donnell describes the inspiration behind a community project she is running from her studio in Rhode, Co Offaly.
She has invited local people who have lost loved ones during the pandemic to come together to Glasshammer studios and make glass leaves in their memory.
Ms O'Donnell says that she came up with the idea because she felt people were going through loss on their own. "I felt there was quite a lot of people suffering in the community and suffering in their homes and on their own, quietly," she said.
A group of 15 people from the area took part in the workshop today, where they designed their own enamel and glass leaves, inspired by their