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Rachael Jane MacDonald
textile & mixed media artist

Textiles

Hand-crafted textiles with natural dyes, lino print and hand-stitich inspired by Scottish folktales.

Original artwork, prints & cards currently available in my shop
If you might like to commission something special, do get in touch.

Dawn King
mixed media on box canvas
50cm W x 50cm H x 4cm D
signed and dated 2023
Photo: Rachael Jane MacDonald

£450.00

Available at Alchemist Gallery, Dingwall
Dawn King is a textile artwork by Rachael Jane MacDonald - an Owl lino block hand printed onto silk, embroidered, patchwork, natural dyes and silk embroidered silver birch trees with a 23 carat gold leaf moon.

Swallows flying across a dark sky above a house

The Pearly Mothan is a textile artwork by Rachael Jane MacDonald featuring a lino block printed blackbird on silk with warm golden yellow, orange and brown patchwork squares of natural dyed fabric. The Blackbird is perched on a nest with eggs and a lino print of the Mothan or Butterwort plant is printed beside it. A golden sun shines in the background.

When Time was New is a textile artwork featuring 3 floating hares printed with lino cuts onto silk dancing around an ornate embroidered gold moon. The blue is natural indigo dye and features rowan branches scattered throughout the composition.

Red Moon Charm is a textile artwork by Rachael Jane MacDonald and features a lino blockprinted goldfinch bird perched on teasels surrounded by embroidered rosebay willowherb in front of a blood red and gold moon. Cyan blue and indigo blue natural dyed and cyanotype printed background with lino printed pale blue leaves. Hand embroidery, rust dye patches feature in the background.

Swallows flying across a frozen meadow under a full moon.

Midnight Meadow is a textile artwork by Rachael Jane MacDonald. The piece features lino block printed swallows dancing and spinning above a meadow at midnight with hand-embroidered natural indigo foliage and silver embroidered grass. The background is resist-dyed with indio with circles and has a silver leaf moon. Cyanotype printed grasses decorate the meadow.

Indigo Night is a textile artwork created by Rachael Jane MacDonald. The work features a white lino block printed hare leaping through a dark indigo field in midnight. Oak leaves have been printed on cyanotype. A huge gold moon fills the composition and gold swirls are embroidered swirling from the hare. Natural dyed silk squares are embroidered onto the background.

Golden Flight is a textile artwork by Rachael Jane MacDonald. A lino block printed owl on silk is flying through lino printed trees with natural dyed silk. A golden yellow background, natural dyed golden yellow, rust and brown patchwork squares decorate the background with a magical gold leaf moon.

Flight of the Curlew is a textile artwork by Rachael Jane MacDonald and features a curlew flying across a golden moon with golden and rust rays shining from the sun. Another curlew is pecking amongst the shining sand. A hand embroidered felt piece features textures and colours from the coast.

Far-sight is a textile art piece by Rachael Jane MacDonald. The textile piece depicts an owl perched on a post symbolic of the Cailleach or the Queen of Winter. The owls sweeps down in a flurry of snow and windswept leaves on a dark night with a golden moon and landscape behind her.

In the Moonlit Garden is a textile artwork by Rachael Jane MacDonald. The piece depicts a golden moon with a white shining moth perched and a house with yellow embroidered flowers. The piece has cyanotype printed ferns on a dark blue background and embroidery on top of a vintage lace fabric.

Home is with You is a textile artwork by Rachael Jane MacDonald. The piece depicts a lino printed swallow, a rusty key, vintage fabrics and a small house with yellow embroidered flowers. Hand embroidery and blockprinted light blue foliage represents gardens under a golden gold leaf moon.

Bound for Home is a textile artwork by Rachael Jane MacDonald featuring a lino printed swallow with a house a hare running across the deep blue landscape and yellow hand embroidered flowers with blue lino printed foliage and hand-embroidered cowparsley. Vintage rust dyed textiles.

Blackbird's Home Song is a textile artwork by Rachael Jane MacDonald featuring a white silhouette of a blackbird singing under a golden gold lead moon and with a house with yellow embroidered flowers. Lino printed foliage in bright blue and patchwork of natural dyed and hand- embroidered squares decorate the background. A rusty key and a tiny 3d embroidered nest feature in the work.

On the Grey West Wind is textile piece by Rachael Jane MacDonald. The piece depicts a lino block printed heron proudly perched in the centre of the work. The heron has landed amongst a breeze of golden and silver leaves. Textural hand- stitched and embroidered felt and silk show a house with a silver window and vintage lace. The piece features ferns and plants surroinding the heron.

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