Muireall
Artist Penelope O’Gara
Vintage silk velvet, hematite, wool & silk ribbons
23cm H x 20cm W
Muireall has found her true skin after seven long years; back then a fisherman named Athelric happened upon it, lying upon the sand while Muireall & her sisters danced unseen in a cave, & took it as a gift for his sister. Muireall sat alone, weeping upon the strand when he returned the next day, but had not the power of speech to tell of his wrongdoing – hence he swept her up, took her home & kept her as his wife. Now she sheds tears for the half-human children she must leave – yet the call of the waters is irresistable, & leave she must..
Artist Penelope O’Gara
Vintage silk velvet, hematite, wool & silk ribbons
23cm H x 20cm W
Muireall has found her true skin after seven long years; back then a fisherman named Athelric happened upon it, lying upon the sand while Muireall & her sisters danced unseen in a cave, & took it as a gift for his sister. Muireall sat alone, weeping upon the strand when he returned the next day, but had not the power of speech to tell of his wrongdoing – hence he swept her up, took her home & kept her as his wife. Now she sheds tears for the half-human children she must leave – yet the call of the waters is irresistable, & leave she must..
Artist Penelope O’Gara
Vintage silk velvet, hematite, wool & silk ribbons
23cm H x 20cm W
Muireall has found her true skin after seven long years; back then a fisherman named Athelric happened upon it, lying upon the sand while Muireall & her sisters danced unseen in a cave, & took it as a gift for his sister. Muireall sat alone, weeping upon the strand when he returned the next day, but had not the power of speech to tell of his wrongdoing – hence he swept her up, took her home & kept her as his wife. Now she sheds tears for the half-human children she must leave – yet the call of the waters is irresistable, & leave she must..
