Exhibition on the wall at last

After many hours of blood, sweat and throwing silk paint around 40 paintings are on the walls in the Workhouse in Dunfanaghy, they are mainly flora and fuana but a couple of abstracts.

So if you are passing, it is on until the 31st May.
It looked great on the opening but as there is a lot of tourist trade, I don't  know how it will look in a few weeks.

Contemporary Reflection Exhibition

I am one of the guest makers in the new textile exhibition which opened on the 1st -30th April in the Leitrim Design House www.intoleitrim.com.
I have made two of my new designs for bags with matching scarves and lampshades and a few  bits and pieces.
Check it out if you are in Carrick- On- Shannon.
I will also be making a collection of bags, scarves and hairbands for An Clachan, Gweedore, Co Donegal available in May.  www.anclachan.ie

If you would like to order a bag from the new range, please get in touch. Otherwise I have few left of old designs in the shop.

Pick and Mix a solo exhibition of paintings by Karen O'Kane

 This is the 2nd year of exhibiting in the Workhouse in Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal .

This exhibition has a variety of themes and styles all painted on silk, hence the title.

                  The exhibition opens on the 19th April it will run until the 31st May 2011.

New bag designs

Cottage Daisy

Spring is here and these are my latest bag designs.

Foxglove on blue

Sea shells

Craft in the cottage

Well it is a wintery spring here in Donegal, my first open studio was met by lots of snow.
Have been working very hard when not in the garden or the polytunnel. Even spent Paddies day in the studio.
Have a new retail outlet in Letterkenny, Mourne Antiques, The Port Road. Frances Spears has been around Ireland to collect together the work of different makers. She has Emer O'Sullivan, Naomi Fluery and myself from Donegal.
Good luck Frances, it will be nice to have somewhere local to get nice gifts for people.

 As my gallery is so small in the cottage it is hard to take photos but here goes..

 These are the last few hairbands  I had better get sewing

Just a selection of the bags I have.
I have 40 currently in stock and Frances in Mourne Antiques has a dozen on display, with matching scarves and some hairbands.

I will be supplying An Clachan in Gweedore with bags, scarves and hairbands in the summer.

International Womens Day

The female members of the Donegal Designer Makers www.donegaldesignermakers.com will be at LYIT on Tuesday 8th 5.30pm-7.30pm.

Giving you a chance to look at our work and listen to Anna Keyes and marina Hamilton who will be addressing the audience.

Lampshades Lampshades

After the success of the silk shades I have finally got my post binge bum into the studio and made this. Others which will be for sale are to follow

This one is going to take pride of place in the gallery at my studio.

The silk is stretched and then painted, fixed and then made into a lampshades, which is a bit tricky but seems to be worth it.
They can come in all colours and sizes...