Áine Dunne
Email: info@ainedunneweaver.com
Website: www.ainedunneweaver.com
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Photo 1: Áine at work
Photo 2: Seedpods (2016), dimensions: 77 x 58cm; materials: wool weft on cotton warp
Photo 3: Seedpods - a detail
Photo 4: Seedpods - a detail
Bio
A native of the Boyne Valley Ireland, Áine designs and handweaves tapestry wallhangings for public and private clients. She was introduced to tapestry weaving by artist Liam O’Broin in 1980. Áine spent time working and training with Regina Bartsh, Helena Ruuth, Alice Roden, Anne Marie Moroney and Judith Hoad throughout the 80′s and 90′s.
Áine graduated from the Art Craft and Design course at Grennan Mill in Thomastown,
Co. Kilkenny with a Distinction in 2019. A passionate teacher of tapestry weaving,
Áine runs group workshops for Tourism Ireland and hosts hand spinning and tapestry weaving workshops at her studio and online. She is a member of the Irish Guild
of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, the Ceangailte Art Group and Textile Journeys Art Group.
Co. Kilkenny with a Distinction in 2019. A passionate teacher of tapestry weaving,
Áine runs group workshops for Tourism Ireland and hosts hand spinning and tapestry weaving workshops at her studio and online. She is a member of the Irish Guild
of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, the Ceangailte Art Group and Textile Journeys Art Group.
Photo 5: Annagassan Tapestry
Photo 6: Boyne Tapestry
Photo 7: Brendan
Áine has produced some major works that include a commission from the Augustinian Community Drogheda, celebrating 700 years in the town, from the Stephens Green Hotel in Dublin, part of the O’Callaghan Hotel Group, and for LinkedIn’s EMEA Headquarters
in Dublin.
in Dublin.
Photo 8: Áine weaving a commissioned tapestry for LinkedIn’s EMEA Headquarters in Dublin.
Photo 9: The Weaver's hands at work...
Photo 10: LinkedIn Tapestry in situ
Artists Statement
Drawn to the medium of tapestry weaving through its textures, spinning yarn to work with and dying variations of shades, the process itself creates a space and a comfortable sense of relationship not often encountered in other areas of my work life. Hence my designs tend to represent images and symbols that allow the viewer a doorway into this state of being.
Paradoxically, I often operate from a state of chaos, misconceptions, and difficulty.
I think this is part of being human. It is the process of weaving that changes
my state of being and allows reflection on the reality that we are all in a constant state
of change. I am inspired by those who accommodate change, however minimal,with a state of grace. For me this opens a wider field of vision that continues to inspire the physical process of weaving.
I think this is part of being human. It is the process of weaving that changes
my state of being and allows reflection on the reality that we are all in a constant state
of change. I am inspired by those who accommodate change, however minimal,with a state of grace. For me this opens a wider field of vision that continues to inspire the physical process of weaving.
Photo 11: Sean Mháthair
Photo 12: Choice Tapestry
Photo 13: Circle
Photo 14: Áine weaving...
