After taking part in PEATS: The Traditional Crafts and Skills Programme with the Devetaki Plateau association in Bulgaria, I found myself thinking about handmade and household items I surround myself with in my home.
Over the past year, I have been exploring textile screen-printing, using various fabrics at PrintClan and following an experimental printmaking process. I have also been reflecting on items which I have in my Glasgow flat which were made by my grandad for me and my family.

Dinner time, Screen-print on Irish Damask linen, 100 cm x 90 cm, 2024.
(Edition, 1 of 1).
This table cloth has been influenced by a selection of books given to me by my mum this year, Celtic Knotwork by Aiden Meehan, Irish Folk Custom and Belief by Sean O Suilleabhain, American and English Textiles by Mary Schoeser and Celia Rufey and Irish Country Furniture by Claudia Kinmonth. Together, these books have been the inspiration for much of the drawings
I have been creating this year. Aiming to convey a feeling of ‘home’ in my work, I am choosing to pay homage to a home away from home in Ballybane, West Cork, my Grandparents old house, a place I felt was always
home. I am also interested in how tablecloths represent ceremony within the conventional heart of a home.
I have chosen to use Irish damask linen. Using found or used materials is a part of my practice, using recycled linen table cloths, attempting to give new life to old materials.
This work is available to view online only.