Properties & Qualities
Application
Sample Making Art
Qualities
Textured
Colour
White Violet Green
Sample Information
Date of creation
October 2022.
Dimensions
Width 24” Height 6”
Weight
1675g
Culture & Context
This piece is inspired by the hills and fields of Inisbofin and the bog cotton blowing in the wind. After a day spent exploring Inisbofin with the brilliant tour guide and islander Tommy, enough bog cotton was foraged to make a handful of these woven pieces of art. These pieces were also influenced by the sheep of the island and their vision and how they see the landscape of the wild west. Sheep having monocular, panoramic vision inspired these pieces to be longer and shorter. Weaving two 12 inch pieces to create a 24 inch width these bog cotton pieces interpret the wide vision of sheep. With authentic Irish bog cotton woven into the pieces, it is like a piece of Ireland intertwined into the art connecting us and celebrating our heritage and culture.
Recipe Details
Foraging the bog cotton and cleaning it.
Making a gradient warp with a width of 12’’ using a blend of two green organic cotton yarns.
I hand wove the samples at a length of 6” plus some waste on either end in order to
mount to the canvas. Carefully placing the bog cotton into the warp and weft.
This was done twice to create a double two piece width of 24”.
Samples were then stitched around edges to secure.
Then mounted onto the canvas ready to be framed by a local framers in Celbridge.
Credits
Craft Maker
Amy Kerr (AK Textiles)
Library Contributor
National College of Art & Design Ireland
Photographer
Amy Kerr