Folklore and mythology is the core of my inspiration. Storytelling, childlike wonder, and the energy emanating from the land, is something that gives richness to the present and allows me to cherish life’s mundanities.
Inspired by my home in Co. Sligo, my practice hopes to expose the magical elements of landscapes and tell a story of higher powers, spirits, shapeshifters, and the mystical aspects within nature. Revealing the protective symbolism of materials used within the home, my practice aims to convey a domestic environment through the manipulation of textiles.
Grounded by life in each chimney, this installation conveys the chimney's scale and hopes to engage the superstitious elements depicted within it. This is presented through the eye of a jackdaw as the chimney’s gatekeeper, using rusting with iron, cyanotype printing, twigs, written charms and nails, and presented as a domestic like setting.
There's more than a Jackdaw lurking in your chimney, tapestry installation
There's more than a Jackdaw lurking in your chimney, hanging tapestry using mixed media, rusting, cyanotype and found objects
Sheep Skull, hand painted, naturally dyed
Witch bottle inspired, glass, feathers, horse hair (detail)
Iron horse shoe (detail)
Protection omen poetry, charcoal, rusted cotton, cyanotype (detail)
Research
Protect me & I will protect you too, Co. Sligo, primary imagery
Tool for words, typewriter, primary imagery
The Old Mill House, Co. Sligo, primary imagery
Jackdaws chatting, primary imagery