Whinney Hill hidden hare NE of Adrigole on the

NE of Adrigole on the Beara Peninsula in West Cork Ireland

I made the plates in 1999

I sew the pieces together by hand using a variety of stitches and embroidery techniques

Framed size: 25 x 25 cm

Whinney Hill hidden hare NE of Adrigole on theThis image was inspired by a steep hill near Holywood, County Down where we used to go to visit an elderly lady who lived in a small cottage by the road side. Whins is another name for gorse, or furze, the prickly bushes which are so common in Ireland, hence the name Whinney Hill. I made this entirely myself from beginning to end, from the initial idea, through painting each layer on the litho stone, processing and proofing each colour, to printing