Cloch 2025

Hand embroidery on Irish linen | Wool and mixed threads (naturally dyed and vintage synthetic) | One-off work | 21 cm × 14 cm

Cloch is part of an ongoing series exploring the shapes of stones and rocks found on local beaches. These are the kinds of stones that catch your eye as you walk, stones you instinctively pick up and hold, noticing their weight, colour, texture, and how perfectly they sit in the hand.

The work reflects my long-standing fascination with stones and the histories they hold. As a child growing up near the Marble Arch Caves in County Fermanagh, my father once broke open a stone for my sister and me, revealing a fossil inside. That moment shaped how I think about rocks, not as inanimate objects, but as carriers of deep time, memory, and movement.

The embroidery is worked using a mixture of wool and various other threads. Some are naturally dyed, while others are vintage synthetic threads sourced from charity shops, bringing together materials with their own histories.

The artwork arrives unframed on a mounting board, ready for framing.
This is a unique work. There are no reproductions, no editions, made by hand.

Made in Ireland.

Cloch will arrive unframed on a mounting board, ready for framing.

It will be posted within three working days.

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