Every year at Easter there’s an exhibition of local art in Ballyferriter, a small village on the wild Atlantic coast, west of Dingle. It has been running since the 1970s and attracts art enthusiasts from all over Ireland.
My partner and several friends are among the 50 or so artists who show their work each year. I decided it was time to join them, so this year I entered two framed felt embroideries.
These are the two pieces I showed – Atlantic Puffins and Moonlit Puffins. There was a slight last-minute panic when I realised I’d got the wrong-sized frames a few days before the deadline for taking our work to the venue, but thanks to a very fast delivery, all turned out well!
It was my first time showing my work in an exhibition, and it was a novel experience to see my embroideries displayed among paintings, photography, sculpture, and other artworks.
The original pieces are now for sale in the local craft guild’s gallery in Dingle, and I’ve also had the images printed as greeting cards, which are available in my online shop.
Among the other exhibits were these stunning photographs taken in County Donegal by my partner, George Jackson. You can see more of his work here.
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