Fiona O'Hara

Calico, text,encaustic medium, honey dippers, embroidery cotton: I used the honeycomb form composed of cotton and beeswax medium with text about the social interactions of bees printed on the cotton. See fionaviola.wordpress.com post from 10.6.2012 for more details

Calico, text,encaustic medium, honey dippers, embroidery cotton: I used the honeycomb form composed of cotton and beeswax medium with text about the social interactions of bees printed on the cotton. See fionaviola.wordpress.com post from 10.6.2012 for more details

Calico, text,encaustic medium, honey dippers, embroidery cotton: I used the honeycomb form composed of cotton and beeswax medium with text about the social interactions of bees printed on the cotton. See fionaviola.wordpress.com post from 10.6.2012 for more details

Merino wool wet and needle felted with painted silk cocoons: An abstracted textile piece inspired by the fruiting cups of lichen see https://fionaviola.wordpress.com blog post for 19.2.2014 for more details.

woven paper printed with text about lichen, felt base, stitched with silk, containing silk cocoons painted with silk paints and encaustic wax See post in blog below for 19.2.2014 for more details

Silk cocoons, shredded Jungian mandala quotes, encaustic paint, embroidery thread and perspex box

Self Portrait of genetic information in petri dishes and ceramic; part of a solos show Creative Evolution. For ore information see blog post below.

I have my genome mapped and took 5 genes in particular from my genome that are presently believed to be linked with creativity and expressed this data visually using petri dishes. For more detailed information see blog link below.

The gene COMT which I have is associated with creative attributes such as working memory, cognitive control, fluency of ideas and novelty seeking behaviour. See blog link below for more details

Cyanotyped cotton, tissue and paper, resin in petri dish: To get more details see blog link below Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com

Printed cotton, cyanotypes paper, rayon thread, printed acetate, pattern tissue, resin in glass petri dish: A Self portrait creating a textile chain with a gene DRD4 believed to influence attention, motor control and functions as a dopamine inhibitor. For more details see blog link below. Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com

Printed cotton, cyanotyped Abaca tissue, ink, pattern tissue, resin in petri dish: In my genome I have Gene PLEKHG4B which is linked to Increased Episodic memory so I have a portion of my genome printed on cotton backing a brain diagram. For more details see blog link below Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com

Cyanotyped cotton, rayon thread, resin in glass petri dish: A self portrait created using cyanotype and an acetate negative of me creating a textile chain symbolising the use of creative thread through at least 3 generations of my family. Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com

Cyanotyped cotton, rayon thread, resin in glass petri dish: A symbol of a chromosome printed on cotton with a red x stitch marking a potential mutation in code Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com

Printed Abaca tissue, printed acetate, resin and glass petri dish: My genome printed on tissue with the sprinter gene in red backing an extremely rare image of me running! Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com