Author Archives: maireadholohan1

  The dark plum colour is from leaves of the blackberry bramble, the orange is from onion skins, Blackberry leaves VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL        

It is mad to say that it is already the middle of March and as my Facebook thing keeps telling me I have not posted in a month! It has been a busy month in some ways but I think … Continue reading →

I have to apologise for not being here in ages. Santa brought me an  Ipad Mini for Christmas and I have been trying to persuade it to upload to this blog….not very successfully. So I have had to give in … Continue reading →

The work has been hung. We had a little party to celebrate and it looks amazing. If anyone is in Ferrybank before  next wednesday go and have a look, it is worth it! Here are some pics of the event! … Continue reading →

  Nearly ready, there are just a few things left to do such as finish some of the work, then hang and label and show it all off. I am getting very exited if no-one else is. I do hope … Continue reading →

Dying from plants from the garden VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL     Some years ago one of my pupils mother was a dressmaker and she gave me a load of off cuts of fabric. I never throw anything away … Continue reading →

We were hoping to have an exhibition of the work from our community arts group in Christchurch Cathedral before Christmas but due to circumstances this will now (hopefully) be in the Library in Ferrybank at that time and in the … Continue reading →

Things are getting on in Ferrybank. I have two textile art groups in Ferrybank. One group meets Tuesday and the other Wednesday. The Wednesday group are mostly together the longest, they have done a level 3 fetac textile minor award … Continue reading →

Last Friday I went tot he Knit & Stitch Show in the RDS Dublin with a small group of ladies from Ferrybank Textiles. We were driven to the door thanks to Kilkenny VEC Community Education. This was fantastic as some … Continue reading →

What a lovely time we had in Dranagh Studio on Saturday. I wanted to test my studio for space for life drawing. There were four of us with model…Thanks Linee..I reckon we can do five and even six if I  … Continue reading →