"Sisterhood"

I come from a family of six children, 

all thankfully alive and well.

I am the fourth child, the youngest daughter/sister, 

with my brother being the baby of the family.

My sister, turned 40 in November of 2010,

and to commemorate the occasion, I designed a sculpture for her.

here is the result....

 The Ash which became my Sculpture.....               

step by step

sanding my piece of ash

priming and preparing

for my 'canvas' to be ready

an image designed by myself
portraying my sister and I,
our totem animals,
the butterfly and dragonfly,
and the celtic symbol of sisterhood...

   my sister and I as children

me on the left, she on the right

the large heart between us symbolize our parents
the six smaller hearts, both of us and our siblings

 and so the filling in begins.....

a very VERY slow process

Almost finished........

unfortunately I gave the sculpture to her before taking the final photo.... this will be posted asap. 

hope you like the work   xx 

                                        O B McC

Saras birthday present

I'd love you all to check out Kittiwake design blog @
http://kittiwakedesign.blogspot.com/2011/01/celtoicroi.html
you'll be glad you did, and may even find a lovely heart
on your travels.....
(you will also get to see a piece of my work)

MUSIC PAINTING - Glocal Sound - Matteo Negrin

 My 'Mother & Child' lamp

available to buy at the moment exclusively to

Tobergal Lane Cafe, Sligo

http://www.tobergallanecafe.ie/

also available from the 'Mother & Child' range, 

original, authentic, one of a kind....

'Mother & Child' clock, sculpture and tealight holder....

hope you like them as much as I enjoyed making them!

Craft Fair....Christmas 2010

(my first ever Craft Fair)

My small table display at a local fundraiser
for the Sligo Cancer Support Centre.

Me sitting proud as punch at my first ever 'Craft Fair'. 

This photo was taken moments after my "owl mirror" (below)

was bought by a lovely man who seemed to be magically drawn to it.

(please click on any photo to enlarge)

as always comments are always welcome.

The Moment Of Truth

 .... have you ever been able to capture
an image that mirrors the way you feel,
at that particular moment in time,
making you think that it's okay to believe....

  it's  down  to  me  now

                                       just believe....

                   

The Giants Causeway

Myself, Andy and my girls took a visit to the Giants Causeway, a landmark in Ireland steeped in myth and known for its magic and mysticism. The giant said to have lived here thousands of years ago, went by the name of Fionn MacCumhaill. 
The Giants Causeway is one of Irelands most recognized natural attractions, and has been fascinating visitors and attracting tourists for the last 3 centuries. It was named a World Heritage site in 1986. Someone counted the hexagonal columns of basalt rock on Ireland’s northernmost coast as numbering 38,000, stretching like stepping stones along the coastline of north Antrim County. Officially formed by the cooling and contraction of a volcanic rock pool 60 million years ago, the Giant’s Causeway gets its name from the mythic legend of Fionn MacCumhaill.
MacCumhaill was a giant with a giant ego. He is said to have been married to a woman with a great deal more sense than he. He could see the shoreline of his enemy giant, Banandonner, in Scotland across the sea and built a causeway across the water to take him on, only to discover that the Scotish giant was much larger than his distant view had suggested. Finn McCool ran home to his wife, Oonagh, beside himself with what to do. His clever wife had the idea to disguise her husband as a baby and put him in a hastily made cradle. When Benandonner came a-pounding on the door, she invited him in for tea. On seeing how large the infant was, and imaging how large a giant the father must be, the Scottish Giant ran home and ripped up the causeway after himself, to keep Finn MacCool from following him. 

   Lara, my eldest took a snap of us on the columns          

  
         Andy, Katy, Eba & Ana on the Giants' Boot                  The LONG walk ahead.....