Nicola Henley is a Fine Art Textile artist based in the West of Ireland who has exhibited widely in Ireland, The UK and worldwide. She specialises in large scale, one-off textile artworks for exhibitions and private and public commissions. 

Born in Bristol, England she moved to Co. Clare in 1991 to set up a studio and continue working on large scale artworks, based on her interest in nature and wildlife.  Her work is inspired by nature and particularly birds; their movement and sense of freedom, set against the dramatic seas and changing light of the Atlantic coast.  She aims to draw our attention to the delicate balance of nature and the connections between ourselves and the natural environment.

The textile pieces are made by a combination of dyeing, painting, and screen-printing cotton calico and texturing the surface with various materials such as handmade Japanese paper and silk stitched onto the surface of the cloth. The change of scale from bold printing and painting to the intimacy of close stitching helps to convey the concept of near detail with open space of a landscape or seascape.

https://www.nicolahenley.com/