Ruth O'Leary Textile Art

Embroidery and inspirations

Friday, 31 August 2012

White Horse: a touch of colour

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With all the gold outline done, it's time to start adding the colour. As with  Earth mini , the knotwork is to be in Madeira stran...
Tuesday, 28 August 2012

White Horse: horse outline

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After completing the gold knot outline, there was just the horse itself to do, which didn't take too long.  And here it is: Th...
Friday, 24 August 2012

More Wow

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I've had a lot of very nice comments about my stone carving attempts, so I thought you might be interested in seeing a bit more work on...
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Tuesday, 21 August 2012

White Horse: knot outline

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Back to business after the stone carving excitement, and the rest of the gold edging for the knot: That really makes a difference in se...
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Friday, 17 August 2012

Stone carving workshop

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On a whim, and with no prior experience whatsoever, I signed up for a stone carving workshop, held last Saturday at the Mushroom Works in ...
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Tuesday, 14 August 2012

White Horse: half the knot's gold edging

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A quick update on progress: I'm coming along nicely with the gold edging for the knot, with one side of the main knot now completed: ...
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Saturday, 11 August 2012

Durham Cathedral photography evening

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Durham Cathedral does not allow photography inside, but occasionally they have ticket-only photography evenings.  There was one this Thursda...
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Ruth O'Leary
I'm an embroiderer and textile artist based in Sunderland, North East England. I mostly use traditional techniques, and particularly love goldwork, appliqué, and split stitch.

Most of my work is available to buy, and I also do commissions. Get in touch!
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