Irish artist, Rachel Joynt has designed a series of beautiful illuminated glass cobbles that will adorn the riverside pathways from the Custom House all the way to the Point in Dublin’s Docklands.

Designed as a series of stepping-stones, the first cobbles are being installed now, with installation of all 900+ cobbles to be completed mid-December.

The cobbles are a series of hand-made glass blocks made in sea greens and aquatic blues encasing small silver/copper fish that appear like shoals swimming towards the sea.

The Docklands cobbles were designed at the Firestation Artists’ Studio on Buckingham Street, Dublin 1.

Rachael Joynt said, “The cobbles suggest windows to an underwater world, which in fact existed before the narrowing of the river to the current quayside. I hope they will become a trail of light for people to follow, using them as stepping stones to explore the docklands.

The cobbles are part of a larger lighting project which includes plans to uplight trees, benches and structural features of the area.