Out picking gorse petals to make a yellow dye.
Working on my hand loom
Gradient with cotton and wool.
Interview
Dublin writer Zara Hedderman interviewed me for a piece in No Culture Icons.
Experimenting
Experimenting with some my naturally dyed yarn on my new hand loom.
International Triennial of Tapestry
Packing up all these tiny boxes and sending them to Lodz, Poland for the 15th International Triennial of Tapestry. It runs from May-October 2016.
Cartography, Chronology & Colour
My exhibition, 'Cartography, Chronology & Colour' is coming up! It's on in Ballyroan Library from 1-29th of September.
Weave
Finishing off the edges of one of my weaves.
Working Away
Weaving with my naturally dyed yarns.
Searching for rhubarb
I have gotten some nice yellow and pink dyes with the wild flowers and lichen in Iceland. Now off to dig up some rhubarb root in search of a red!
Arrived in Iceland
Young Artist Development Award
I received the Young Artist Development Award 2015, South Co. Dublin. The award is funding my residency at the Icelandic Textile Centre for the month of July.
Stitched Writing
Part of my degree show piece, a stitched quote from 'On The Map' by Simon Garfield.
Multihead
Multihead work. Getting ready for my degree show!
Sampling
Layers of dyed squares interrupting my old map
Layers
Sampling with dyed layers
Sampling
Making samples with my coloured squares and cut up maps
Colour
Results from the dye lab
Dye Lab
In the dye lab trying to perfect my colours!
