3 more Artists for you today, Elaine Peden, Maureen Cromer & Tamzen Lundy. All exhibiting currently in Finland, then onward to Portumna 8th-22nd Sept as part of the Shorelines Arts Festival.

Artist – Elaine Peden

Red in a world of black and white 

The tiny coccus beetle found in Mexico huddles on the sunny side of a prickly cactus leaf, transforming into Red. Introducing white and red elements on a black background, this is  my interpretation of white noise , fake news. Red gives  clarity to the art of thinking clearly .

Sale price. €100.00

Materials used – dyed and I dyed Kap merino wool fibres with 3D elements and layering

Land of the Dawn lit Mountain 

Notes – A wall hanging.

An evening walk in the Dublin mountains watching the movement of light through the evergreens , the magnificent Red glow of the sunset marking the close of another day 

Sale price. €250.00

Artist – Maureen Cromer

Mending the Soul

The soul here stands for the “self” – who we are. We are constantly learning, growing, blooming But, of course, sometimes we need to heal from injuries, to mend, physically. But more importantly, to mend both mentally and spiritually.

The white body of the work represents this soul, while the red threads show the mending underway. The needles have been left attached, because self care is an ongoing process.

Sale price. €325.00

Materials – Native Perendale and Southdown fibres, Wensleydale locks, Irish linen, cotton mesh, silk fibre, silk hankies, rayon, silk and polyester threads for free motion machine embroidery, cotton and vintage red silk threads for hand embroidery, sashiko needles.

Artist – Tamzen Lundy

The Red Thread of Fate – Ballymurphy Precedent

Inspired by the ancient Chinese belief that those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance, are bound by an invisible red thread which may tangle but never break.

I took this idea of connection and applied it to a little known story from Northern Ireland, where I grew up. A story of brutal bloodshed. The shootings happened in Ballymurphy, a Catholic housing estate in Belfast, in 1971. These shootings, carried out by British soldiers on civilians, killed 11 people over 3 days. The relatives continue to fight for the truth. The same parachute regiment were involved in the Bloody Sunday events in Londonderry, 5 months later.

I have used red Irish linen as the red thread, knotted according to the number of bullet wounds per person. The thread is broken to indicate the different days of the massacre, however there is the illusion of connection to represent those individuals bound by their fate. The colour red representing bloodshed. The flax of the linen is an Irish grown product – on home soil.

Sale price. €150.00

Materials – merino wool, silk chiffon, Irish linen threads

Migraine Days

Inspired by my own experience of living with migraine disease.

Migraine is more than just a headache. There is a saying ” it rarely kills you, but living with it is murder”.

The piece of art is meant to illustrate in some way the feeling I have inside my head on migraine days. Throbbing, piercing and pulsating.

Using a combination of techniques – stitch and beadwork on wet felt. Red silk with wool nepps represent the throbbing area, embellished with glass beads that pierce the site.

Sale price. €75.00

Materials – merino wool fibre and wool nepps, red silk and glass beads.

This exhibition was part funded by DCCoI