Irish seascape, felt art, Wild Atlantic Way, Boat art, Framed size: 44.5 x 44.5cm

Irish seascape of Galway Hooker boats. Lovely felt art of the Irish boats in kinvara harbour with a stormy sky.

TITLE: “Red Sails” Kinvara, Ireland.
MEDIUM An original felt art irish seascape, made from merino wool and other fibres.

A Galway Hooker boat with it’s bright red sail against a stormy irish sky.

We were at the Cruinniunam Bad Festival held every year in Kinvara, Ireland to celebrate these beautiful boats.

We were lucky enough that our appartment over looked the harbour so we were able to watch these amazing boats from our window. I fell in love with their red sails. This piece is to celebrate them.

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Wild Atlantic Way

Kinvara, on the wild atlantic way, is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland. And in Kinvara they hold a Cruinniunam Bad Festival to celebrate the Galway Hooker boat with their beautiful red sails every year. So we were very lucky to be in Kinvara at the time of the festival a few years ago. Especially as our apartment over looked the harbour so we had a fantastic view of all the Galway Hooker boat races.

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Irish Seascape | Framed

The original Irish seascape artwork measures approximately 29cm (H) x 29cm (W).
Framed size: 44.5×44.5cm
The final felt landscape painting is attached to a piece of acid free mount board and framed in a white frame with a white wooden mount. Framed professionally to fit the original with museum quality glass.

*Colours may vary slightly from the photographed work.

I can only sell framed to UK customers only due to the cost of postage abroad.

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The Process

Drawing on my degree in Fine Art, I use merino wool in lots of different colours (as you would tubes of paint) and lay out the loose fibres of different coloured wool onto my base (as you would paint on canvas).

Once finished the next stage is to make these loose fibres of wool stick together using the ‘wet felting’ technique to make the wool painting into a piece of felt. You do this by adding hot soapy water and friction. The hot water opens up the wools scales and the friction (rubbing/rolling) binds them together. During this process the wool shrinks by about 15-20% and you end up with one piece of felt material.

Once the felted picture is dry I needle felt into the piece to sharpen some of the details.

The final felt art is attached to a piece of acid free mount board and framed as seen.

Click here to read more about the process.

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Postage

UK 1st Class tracked and signed for.