Ireland Residency / Atelier AIR
2024
Work created while on a 2-week artist's residency with Atelier AIR, at Westcove House on Ireland's southwestern coast, right off the Ring of Kerry.
I took this time to explore new mediums and revisit old.
Textile Studies
Ongoing, please check back.
Studies with familial fabrics and scraps, utilizing embroidery, screen printing, relief printing, applique, and collage.
Humanity Screams
Anti-war embroidery on WWII medic towel, begun while traveling in Ireland.
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Flags of Our Foremothers
Completed the hand stitched text elements of these dissent banners while traveling in Ireland.
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Woodcuts
Exercises to get back into the groove of woodcut carving and printing: Margaret (1921) series + my first ever proper reduction woodcut of local Derrynane Beach.
Margaret (1921), Woodcut Variations, 10.75’’x15.5’’, 2024
Derrynane Beach, Woodcut, 15.5’’x21.5’’, 2024
Postcards
A tradition on international residencies: postcards! Printed around 80 of these linocut 5x7 postcards while on residency. The translation of the Irish on the sign: not a literal ‘Westcove Pier’, but “hole of the oak trees”, oaks being most sacred trees in Celtic history.
The group!
I shared this experience with a lovely group of seven other artists.
The place!
Dreamland working at Westcove House on the Ring of Kerry.
