Feature image: Rendered image of the ceiling of the Provost's Saloon which illustrates the barrel vaulted ceiling, and the structure keeping it elevated. Image is from the 'Craft Uncovered' exhibition.

Photo taken in the Provost's Saloon with a man standing to the right of the frame. Overlaid text reads 'George O'Malley, Master Plasterer.'The ornate plastered ceiling of the Saloon in the Provost's House has been featured in a new digital exhibition, 'Craft Uncovered', funded by the Irish Research Council.

The exhibition aims to increase awareness of the collaborative labour and tacit knowledge that underpins craftsmanship of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Britain and Ireland using digital techniques, video footage, and archival text to uncover these historic craft practices.*

Photo taken looking up at the ceiling of the Provost's Saloon. The walls and ceiling are cream, and are covered in ornate plasterwork. There are four cream columns with gold detail at the top, and a portrait hanging in the middle.A number of Trinity's buildings feature in the exhibition, with the Provost's Saloon appearing in the 'Plaster' section, where master plasterer George O'Malley explores how the Saloon's ceiling was constructed. He also explains the details about the materials used, and their importance in creating such exquisite work.

The Craft Value website carries full details about the Provost's Saloon, in the section entitled 'Plasterwork: from structure to surface'.

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In-text images: George O'Malley standing in the Provost's Saloon, and a photo looking up at the plasterwork on the ceiling of the Saloon.