Bernie Dignam Textile Artist Connemara West of Ireland - Home

Sometimes visitors to Connemara only obtain fleeting impressions of the area’s visual richness and depth. It can be perceived as inaccessible because the elements of rain, wind, mist, fog and cloud can conceal aspects of the environment and make it difficult to explore. The colours and tones are constantly changing and there is always a transient quality to the landscape. The astonishing rapidity of the changes add to this transience. I would like to offer access to the visual drama of this distinctive place through my work.

Biography

Originally from Finglas in Dublin, I studied Furniture Design in the College of Marketing and Design and completed a H. Dip in Limerick. Having worked in timber research and the furniture industry for 15 years, I moved to Connemara where I have been teaching art and design for the last five years. My training as an interior furniture designer coupled with the fact that my father was an upholsterer...