Explore a range of techniques that can create surface and texture in tapestry weaving. Whether it is in the subtle surfaces created by varying the warp setting and weft thickness, or the richness of tufting, knotting, whipping. You will have the opportunity to...
This Study Program is now in its 6th year and proving a very popular course for artist who want to further their tapestry skills. Introduction to Studio Practice is a part time study program which offers students the opportunity to build their creative and technical...
Changed places, instead of being the teacher I have become the student. Taking a series of workshop with my good friend, painter and printmaker Kate Downie in her beautiful garden studio in Fife. I have been experimenting with monotype. It is always very challenging...
RSA Annual open Exhibition. 6th May – 11th June 2023. I am delighted to have had Edge of the Ocean selected for the RSA 197th Annual Exhibition at Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh. The work is one of my wall sculptures constructed of re-purposed plastic....
Re purposing materials for my art. Taking a break form teaching over the summer to experiment with some new ideas. I have always found beauty in left over and discarded materials. There is beauty in the ordinary. Brown packing paper, the wire spiral from notebooks,...
Shifting Tide, exhibition of contemporary tapestry at the Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford, Ireland Exhibition runs until the 23rd April 2022. For more information 053-9145862, mary@blueeggallery