Helping creatives practice their textile art with the earth in mind.
Textile/Quilt Artist -Teacher
Podcaster - Speaker
Bridget O'Flaherty
I am inspired by nature. I am passionate about our environment and I feel an intimate connection to the landscape and wildlife of Canada. I have worked in textile arts for over 25 years and am drawn to fibre for the tactile nature and connection to the land it has. I use my sewing machine to build up layers of multi-coloured thread 'drawing' with needle and thread to convey the image. I begin with local wool from a neighbouring sheep farm, process it and create felted fabric to use in the detailed wildlife and landscape embroideries I create. I use combinations of local, recycled content, organic thread and materials, botanical dyes and sustainably managed, local wood in every original work. Depicting our Canadian landscape, the precious eco-systems and wildlife with eco-fibre art, I hope the viewer will take away an appreciation and connection to the beautiful, fragile aspects in nature.
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children