Though not the once fashionable variety these tiles made from ancient rocks typical of local geology are pure Cork. During a residency at the National Sculpture Factory in Cork funded by the EU the artist Tanja Haramincic collected local rocks. These were then crushed and powdered, applied to ceramic tiles and fired to high temperatures in an electric kiln. For the final artwork Haramincic made a composition of 96 tiles amounting to a geological map of the Cork area demonstrating a variety of material possibilities. Time spent in Cork encouraged the Croatian artist and architect based in Milan to see the value of landscape and geology and understand their place within deep time. “By acknowledging geological processes that stretch far beyond human existence I approached the use of foraged materials not as something to control but as something to collaborate with, while creating an artwork that tells a story about circularity and time”, she explained. Wow!