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Fáilte go Béal Feirste / Welcome to Belfast.

Painted as part of Hit the North 2023 with Hennessy

The Artist says...

When I looked at the etymology of Belfast, I remembered the name came from Béal Feirste - the Gaeilge for “mouth of the sand-bank ford”. I think this piece is suitably sand-bank fordlike.

In terms of style, one of my favourite things to do it ligature- or how we connect letters together. This is commonly seen is f+i and f+l in copy texts, but it’s so much more than that. Look it up, your life won’t be the same after.

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Created on April 29, 2023Removed
18-20 Kent St, Belfast BT1 2JA, UK
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Marker details

CommissionedSeedhead Arts
Camera usedCanon EOS R6
FestivalHit the North
Date createdApr 29, 2023
Marker typeartwork
CityBelfast
CountryUnited Kingdom
What3Wordsbutter.form.pens