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Earth Made Exhibition Artwork Feature #3
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Spinney (Close Growing Trees). The title may seem a little odd!! But it's a commonly used term when describing woodland with close growing trees of varying types, and it is also the next artwork I have chosen to feature from the Earth Made exhibition.
Earth Made Exhibition Artwork Feature #2
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For the second artwork feature from Earth Made, I have chosen to focus on a selection of handmade Linen earth vessels I made paying homage to materials and their source landscapes that have featured recurrently in the research and making process for Earth Made. Each one has been constructed from Irish Linen, dyed with different plants or coloured with earth pigments, stitching and layering has created form. Each one is combined with organics derived from the landscapes that inspired themEarth Vessels L-R Contained - ochres and wild clays on Irish Linen, encasing birch branches. Layers in the land. Harvest -...
Curlew/Kuovi Collaborative Exhibition
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For the past couple of months I have been working in collaboration with Finnish Artist, Dr Pirjo Sedikki. This collaboration is the result of a Residency/Exchange that I undertook in April 2023
New Process- Exploring Natural Dyeing with Tree Bark
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For my third blog focusing on the Land and Lore exhibition I am sharing a little more about some of the new processes I explored as part of creating artwork for the exhibition and in expanding my own practice.
Woodland Quilt Artwork- Featured in Land and Lore
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