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'Loose Thread Quilters - 'Ancient Ireland'
Birds of a feather by Margaret Mehaffey


Loose Thread Quilters  - Birds of a Feather

11. Birds of a Feather - Margaret Mehaffey

Stained glass appliqued wall-hanging of two Celtic birds. My inspiration came from a holiday in Alaska. I was struck by the similarities of their mythological birds, animals and ours, both in form and characteristics. The stance of these two birds seemed to epitomise society in Northern Ireland today - two similar beings not actually making eye contact and looking aloft and therefore unable to see the similarities.

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