Chinese Ink Painting 'Tea Towel' - Origional Art Work

This work continues the Making Home theme, focusing on the Irish kitchen and the memories people carry through the objects that once filled it.

Kitchens are never just functional spaces—they hold stories, habits, and inherited ways of living. In Ireland, many of these memories are tied to everyday objects that shaped domestic life, often quietly marking the rhythm of the seasons.

Kitchens are never just functional spaces—they hold stories, routines, and the quiet acts of care that shape family life. Preparing dinner becomes a daily ritual of attention and repetition, where simple tools and ingredients take on deeper meaning.

The tea towel is one of the most quietly essential items in the kitchen. Soft to the touch, often made of linen or cotton, it becomes part of countless small gestures—lifting hot pots, drying dishes, covering dough, or simply resting over a shoulder during work.

It is an object defined by use and movement, constantly passed from hand to hand, folded, washed, and returned to service. Its familiarity lies in its versatility and presence, always nearby, always in use.

In its simplicity, the tea towel holds the rhythm of domestic life—practical, tactile, and deeply embedded in the care of a home.

Size: approx 300 x 300 mm

Material: Ink on Xuan paper (natural fibre). Due to the nature of the material, slight texture, buckling, or creasing may occur as part of the process. Works are sold unframed and can be flattened/stretched and framed on request with additional cost. Each piece carries my red seal.

Origional Ink Painting