West Cork Collective: A Creative Community Hub
It’s been a busy few months since February, read the post to see why! Continue reading West Cork Collective: A Creative Community Hub
Tag: Ireland
Stone circles and summer scenes
I recently bought this little car. Beep Beep, I call her. An amazing little car! My friend Ildiko and I took her for a road trip down into the wilds of Co.Kerry for the weekend and discovered hidden roads, piers, beaches and magical stone circles over the summer solstice days. A mix of downpours, drizzle, fog and gorgeous sunshine gave us plenty of variety to see and not see! Continue reading Stone circles and summer scenes
Solo Textile Art Exhibition
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
Eco printing and dyeing with Seaweed
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
Killarney National Park.
There are places we visit around the globe that just resonate with us on a deeper level. We feel an unspoken connection with them. Killarney National Park does that for me. It’s a place I go back to a good few times over the year to see it in its changing seasons, different lights, weather and moods. Continue reading Killarney National Park.
A day of rainbows and waterfalls.
My absolute favourite place on the island of Ireland is Killarney and this week I spent a few days wandering in a few of its ancient magical places. Tomies Wood is one of those places. I knew the weather was not going to be the best and went well prepared. The upside of rain showers and bursts of sunshine are rainbows and I was right up at the highest part of the trail looking down on Lough Leane to witness a few beauties. Mostly they were only partial ones as the showers moved across the lake casting fingers of light on the islands below. Magical. Continue reading A day of rainbows and waterfalls.
Eco dyeing and printing
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
Autumn is upon us
We are a bit mushroom mad in our house too, the ones that grow in the woods now, not any other kind! we love hunting for them, identifying them and cooking up the edible ones. With Autumn now upon us, the woods are our favourite place to wander. Last weekend we went to Killarney National Park to hunt for them for reference. You aren’t allowed to pick anything there, only take photos. With all that inspiration I decided to have a go at creating some with wool. A mix of wet felted and needle felted mushroom have started emerging from my studio and I have to say I am rather pleased with them. It also gave me an excuse to random dye a whole pile of Wensleydale curly locks that I got from a local farmer and to card some of Leiko Felts gorgeous dyed merino wool from my stash into mushroom blends. Continue reading Autumn is upon us
Summer hedgerow delights.
Using natures seasonal gifts to make syrups and sorbets… Continue reading Summer hedgerow delights.
Foraging for our supper.
At this time of the year we are excited to see what is growing that is edible and we are adventurous enough to try something new. Today it was Alexander’s, Hogweed and Crows garlic. Continue reading Foraging for our supper.
Karima Rebecca Powell Artist 