Ruth O'Leary Textile Art

I've recently read a couple of posts, on Cliodhna's Wave and Materialistic , that I found interesting and thought provoking, and I ...

I can't believe it's so long since I last posted - sorry about that.  It's summer, more or less, so I've been out and about,...

As promised, I've taken photos of the front of the Spirograph I  panel, and as a bonus, Spirograph III  too!  So without further ado, an...

For weeks now, while working on the Spirograph I and II pieces, I've been referring to them as hangings.  That was the intention, but th...

The fabric is now off the frame, and as always happens when the tension is relaxed, it immediately looks a wrinkled mess.  Spirograph I went...

It's taken a while but I got there in the end - I've finished the embroidery on the Spirograph III  hanging.  Here's the final s...

Here's the fourth in the Four Elements sequence, Earth: Like Water , it uses a traditional Celtic motif, this time knotwork.  Also th...