Did I tell you how much I love lions. I love all animals that roam the great open plains of Africa but lions are my favourite. Although I paint I do enjoy using threads to showcase their beauty. Embroidery allows for texture, shapes and character of each lion I create to come alive on the fabric.
A single thread can say so much, showing a giant in an ever changing world its beauty and strength. I even captured a photo of myself with a crazy lion hairdo. The lion image on the lemon fabric is a new piece I am currently working on, still a way to go but steadily coming along .
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What shall I tell you today…..I have a passion for textiles, fibres and thread! I am a textile artist, following my soul and challenging my abilities. I'm presently enjoying the challenge of conjuring animals from thread with my hand embroidery and machine embroidery. I work from my garden studio over looking Bannow Bay in the ancient east of Ireland under the name Sunartcrafts . I'm surrounded by sea, harbours and wild windy skies not far from the Hook Lighthouse. It’s not the wild winds or open fields that inspire me... it's the small places. A tangle of grasses and wild roses underneath a bush, the wild flowers and dandelions around a gate post, the corner of a summer meadow...the secret world of wildlife. The shadowy shapes along a footpath through the woods of our local Tintern Abbey , my work is on display in the Colclough Gardens within the Abbeys woods. What shall I tell you today…..I have a passion for textiles, fibres and thread! I am a textile artist, following my soul and challenging my abilities. I'm presently enjoying the challenge of conjuring animals from thread with my hand embroidery and machine embroidery. I work from my garden studio over looking Bannow Bay in the ancient east of Ireland under the name Sunartcrafts . I'm surrounded by sea, harbours and wild windy skies not far from the Hook Lighthouse. It’s not the wild winds or open fields that inspire me... it's the small places. A tangle of grasses and wild roses underneath a bush, the wild flowers and dandelions around a gate post, the corner of a summer meadow...the secret world of wildlife. The shadowy shapes along a footpath through the woods of our local Tintern Abbey , my work is on display in the Colclough Gardens within the Abbeys woods. I follow few rules or guidelines, no one to please but myself and my clients. My work is all over the world with pieces in homes as far afield as New Zealand, Spain , UK and America. I have received, amongst others, invitations to teach in Northumberland UK and Wexford Ireland. I have exhibit in Spain, U.K. and Ireland. |
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