Galway shawls were a type of heavy-weight shawl once worn by Irish women. Firmly believe we lost our way as a nation when we stopped wearing items that doubled as cosy blankets and would like to propose a return to the wearable bed.

Galway shawl (and lyric) prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Red wool felt cloche, silk yarn & wool yarn embroidery, Madeleine Panizon (Paris), c1925. Via KCI, photo by Masayuki Hayashi.

Portrait of Japanese American artist Miné Okubo, made using water soluble graphites, watercolour, and paint marker. February 2025.

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Digital collage of a little girl with her bird protector on her shoulder.

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Digital collage I made a while ago made images I believe I pilfered from the public domain library website.

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