To walk the Irish landscape with the perception of the late mystic and philosopher John Moriarty is to understand that the earth is not a static object to be looked at, but a living, breathing scripture to be entered. Continue reading Slí..Pathways Through the Earthly Crucible
This artwork is an alchemy of memory, tide, and transit. Built upon a foundation of eco-printed deadstock linen, the fabric itself carries a history of survival—reclaimed, repurposed, and given a second life. The linen is deeply infused with locally foraged seaweed, staining the fibres with the literal chemistry of the coast, linking the material directly to the Atlantic waters that have both sustained and swallowed generations. Continue reading Immrama.. a voyage with textile
This is a really quick post to let all those amazing florists out there that supported me buying silk ribbons through my daughters site wildlycreated.com has now moved here! https://karimarebeccapowellartist.com/silk-ribbons/ Continue reading Silk ribbons for florists
It seems like an age since I wrote a post! I have been so engrossed in my creations I have been very remiss with my writings. I only have to scroll through photos on my phone to see how much time I have spent eco printing and dyeing fabrics, experimenting and evolving my adventures with seaweed. There has been quite a bit of interest in what I am doing with seaweed and my plan is to get involved with heritage festivals here in Ireland to further my interest. There is one called the Ellen Hutchings festival dedicated to young women who painted intricate and incredible botanical art of seaweeds, lichens, liverworts and mosses along the coast and woodlands of Bantry and Glengarriff here in West Cork, Ireland. She was the first female botanist to research and create a huge body of work on seaweeds. I hope to get involved at that festival next August. Continue reading More adventures with seaweed
Some years ago I spent much of the year living in small mountain villages in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco south of Marrakech. One of the houses I rented had an old garden behind it which hadn’t been tended for a good number of years. It had an abundant corner of wallflowers along with stunning hollyhocks. I was aware that local women use plants to make dyes for their wool which they make into beautiful rugs but no-one could tell me if wallflowers were one of those plants. Back home in Ireland, I planted wallflower seeds and now have a healthy patch to test my theory. Continue reading Dye colour using Wallflowers
Next Wednesday marks the end of a momentous event for me. The end of my solo textile art exhibition in our local library exhibition space. It started on March 28th and finishes on April 24th. Mixed media textile exhibitions are still a rare sight in Ireland, especially down in the South West and even more so, a solo one, so I am feeling very grateful to have the opportunity to show such a large body of work in such a public place. Continue reading Solo Textile Art Exhibition
I am super excited about the experiments I did with local foraged seaweeds on silk fabrics. I hadn’t done any research on the topic and just followed my gut instincts and my small amount of knowledge on eco printing and dyeing. I chose red seaweeds and a gorgeous tactile piece of kelp for this. Continue reading Eco printing and dyeing with Seaweed
As a textile artist I am often exploring ways to diversify and methods of reaching a desired look on my work. Occasionally I like to add some text, a few words or a piece of prose I have written. Modge Podge is a medium I came across during my Moroccan Art Escape Holidays with Katherine Soutar Caddick a few years back. I had read a few posts and articles that said it didn’t really work for text. I wasn’t that easily deterred. Continue reading Modge Podge photo transfer on silk fabric
It was only a matter of time before my connection with nature and in particular, the woods and trees, ended up on my silk scarves. I have been watching with mixed interest and with a not sure if it’s for me attitude for quite some time. Continue reading Eco dyeing and printing
Karima Rebecca Powell Artist 