# Marielle MacLeman > Artist ## Posts - [Wake](https://mariellemacleman.com/wake/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Wake 2026 dimensions variable silk, natural dyes and inks, starch Installed at Arts and Technology Research Lab, Trinity College Dublin, for Reclaiming Nature. Photographs courtesy the artist. Commissioned by The Douglas Hyde for Reclaiming Nature curated by Aoife McCloughlin, 2025 Provost’s Fellow in Curating, Wake draws inspiration from the hazard tape strewn... - [Residual Values](https://mariellemacleman.com/residual-values/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Residual Values 2025 5600mm x 2500mm silk, natural dye (mulberry, cherry, iron, copper) Installed at Galerija Gong, Nova Gorica, for BIEN 2025. Photographs by Urban Cerjak courtesy BIEN and by the artist. Residual Values considered local and global aspects of textile heritage and ideas of care, value and preservation. Applied to the... - [Margins](https://mariellemacleman.com/margins/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Margins 2025 dimensions variable wood, gesso, iron oxide, acrylic, cotton workcoats, textile dust, reclaimed textiles, thread Installed at Layer House, Kranj, for BIEN 2025. Photographs by Maša Pirc courtesy BIEN and by the artist. For BIEN 2025, a series of site-specific sculptural works borrows its titles from the language of commerce and... - [Intangible Assets](https://mariellemacleman.com/intangible-assets/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Intangible Assets 2025 dimensions variable wood, gesso, iron oxide, acrylic, cotton workcoats, digitally printed linen Installed at Layer House, Kranj, for BIEN 2025 When Slovenia was under French occupation, Leopold Layer is said to have printed counterfeit money in the cellar of Layer House. Long after the artist and his press were... - [Still falling, inside today](https://mariellemacleman.com/still-falling-inside-today/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] dimensions variable 2025 wood, gesso, iron oxide, acrylic, cotton workcoats, textile dust, reclaimed textiles, thread Installed at Layer House, Kranj, for BIEN 2025. In his introduction to the biennial’s theme of Zrak/The Air, curator Lovro Ivančić described how BIEN 2025 follows ‘the movements of air as both medium and metaphor, as element... - [The Visitors](https://mariellemacleman.com/the-visitors/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] The Visitors 14 December 2024 – 9 February 2025 Installation views, The Visitors, Butler Gallery, 2024. Photographs by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. Exploring loss and preservation amid scientific research to improve native woodland, The Visitors at Butler Gallery was a playful yet critical lament on Ireland’s built and natural heritage.... - [Threshold](https://mariellemacleman.com/threshold/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Threshold 2024 MDF, silk, natural dyes (cherry laurel, oak, birch), mordants, thread, wood, garden wire, bouquet cellophane 1300mm x 650mm x 300mm (plinth) Installed in The Visitors, 2024. Photograph by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. Threshold  2024 MDF, silk, natural dyes (cherry laurel, oak, birch), mordants, thread, wood, garden wire, bouquet cellophane... - [Flock (Leitrim Textured)](https://mariellemacleman.com/flock-leitrim-textured/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Flock (Leitrim Textured) 2024 graphite on cotton lab coats, Ash frame 810mmx 610mm Installed in The Visitors at Butler Gallery, 2024 (Ornament below). Photographs by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. Flock proposes a wallpaper for a Drawing Room, the exotic flora of razed Georgian walls replaced with a contemporary import –... - [Ornament](https://mariellemacleman.com/ornament/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Ornament 2024 cotton lab coats dimensions variable Installed in The Visitors at Butler Gallery, 2024. Photographs by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. Recalling the botanical motifs of 18th century decorative plasterwork, Ornament employs papermaking processes to recreate invasive Rhododendron and Cherry laurel leaves formed from the pulped white cotton lab coats... - [Fireplace](https://mariellemacleman.com/fireplace/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Fireplace 2024 MDF, cotton lab coats, fallen ash leaves, felled ash trees, graphite, newsprint 1840mm x 1200mm x 250mm Installed in The Visitors at Butler Gallery, 2024. Photographs by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. Set against a painted backdrop of wall panelling in collapse, Fireplace recalls the proportions of the George... - [OPENINGS (Ends.) Leitrim Textured](https://mariellemacleman.com/openings-ends-leitrim-textured-i-xxi/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] OPENINGS (Ends.) Leitrim Textured IV – XXI 2024 cotton lab coats, fallen Ash leaves, felled Ash trees, graphite, ash frames, wood dye, polish 270mm x 300mm (6), 650mm x 300mm (6), 450mm x 300mm(6) (framed) Installed in The Visitors, 2024. Photograph by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. OPENINGS (Ends.) Leitrim Textured... - [Understory](https://mariellemacleman.com/understory/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Understory (foreground) installed in The Visitors at Butler Gallery, 2024. Photograph by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. Understory (foreground) installed in The Visitors at Butler Gallery, 2024. Photograph by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. Understory (detail) installed in The Visitors at Butler Gallery, 2024. Photograph by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of... - [Climber](https://mariellemacleman.com/climber/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Climber 2024 polypropylene rope, wool, birch and ivy dye, mordants 400mm x 500mm, dimensions variable Installed in The Visitors at Butler Gallery, 2024. Photographs by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. Reflecting on the reputation of ivy to take over and undermine trees, Climber clads the blue polypropylene rope commonly used in... - [Façade](https://mariellemacleman.com/facade/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Installed in The Visitors at Butler Gallery, documented at the beginning of the exhibition run. Photograph by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. Installed in The Visitors at Butler Gallery, documented at the beginning of the exhibition run. Photograph by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery. Installed in The Visitors at Butler... - [Stands](https://mariellemacleman.com/runner-duplicate/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Stands 2024 silk, woodland dyes and mordants (oak, birch, ivy, cherry laurel, laurel, rhododendron, bracken, oak gall, iron, copper) dimensions variable, exhibited at Butler Gallery on a 3000mm x 2500mm wall Installed at Butler Gallery, 2024. Photograph by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of Butler Gallery.   Stands (detail) 2024 silk, woodland dyes and... - [We are collecting today for tomorrow](https://mariellemacleman.com/we-are-collecting-today-for-tomorrow/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]We are collecting today for tomorrow Ethnographic Museum Zagreb, 2024 Photographs by Ana Vuko courtesy of Center for Research of Fashion and Clothing (CIMO) and the artist. Borrowing its title from a museological proposition, We are collecting today, for tomorrow presented the reconfigured ‘remains of the remains’ in an exploration of the cultural... - [Home Industries](https://mariellemacleman.com/home-industries/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Home Industries meet for a needlework shift during Spring Preview, an open event for the exhibition To Impermanent Collections and Scattered Acquisitions at Kunstverein Aughrim in 2024. Photograph by Freddie Greenall courtesy of Kunstverein Aughrim. Home Industries meet for a needlework shift during Spring Preview, an open event for the exhibition To Impermanent... - [To Impermanent Collections and Scattered Acquisitions](https://mariellemacleman.com/to-impermanent-collections-and-scattered-acquisitions/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Launching softly on the spring equinox 2024, To Impermanent Collections and Scattered Acquisitions at Kunstverein Aughrim was a brief coming together of distinct material concerns from unfolding bodies of work dealing with the changing fates of the global textiles and forestry industries. Handmade paper blended the pulped cotton workcoats of conservation with... - [Runner](https://mariellemacleman.com/runner/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Runner (detail) 2024 cotton workcoats, Arena cardigan, Regeneracija recycled floor coverings, park grass, thread 500mm x 1500mm Installed at Etnografski Muzej Zagreb, 2024. Photograph courtesy of the artist. Runner 2024 cotton workcoats, Arena cardigan, Regeneracija recycled floor coverings, park grass, thread 500mm x 1500mm Installed at Etnografski Muzej Zagreb, 2024. Photograph by Ana... - [The Keeper](https://mariellemacleman.com/the-keeper/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] The Keeper 2024 1800mm x 2100mm reclaimed textiles (cotton workcoats, nurse’s uniform, Arena cardigan, Regeneracija floor covering, souvenir tablecloth, carpet shavings) and 22ct rose gold leaf A dissected white cotton workcoat, the workwear of the museum textile curator or conservator, is reconfigured using papermaking processes and reclaimed textiles. The workcoat is first... - [Cumulative Losses](https://mariellemacleman.com/cumulative-losses/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”] Cumulative Losses I and II 2024 1140mm x 1740mm reclaimed textiles (cotton workcoats, nurse’s uniform, Arena cardigan, Regeneracija floor covering, souvenir tablecloth, carpet shavings), thread and metal leaf As part of ‘We are collecting today for tomorrow’, an exhibition in two cities curated by CIMO and developed following my Briefing on Soft... - [Relics of the future](https://mariellemacleman.com/relics-of-the-future/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Relics of the Future V (detail) 2024 Irish linen, cotton workcoats, reclaimed textiles (nurse’s uniform, Arena cardigan, Regeneracija floor covering, souvenir tablecloth, carpet shavings), thread 900mm x 2100mm Installed at Etnografski Muzej Zagreb, 2024. Photograph courtesy of the artist. Relics of the Future V (detail) 2024 Irish linen, cotton workcoats, reclaimed textiles (nurse’s... - [To Care (Act I)](https://mariellemacleman.com/to-care-act-i/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] No title (To care) Act 1 2022 Wood, silk, wool, scaffolding mesh, thread, paint, varnish, ink, graphite, tea, milk, winter heliotrope, oak bark, oak gall, iron, copper. Installed at VISUAL, Carlow, for Speech Sounds curated by Iarlaith Ní Fheorais. Images Ros Kavanagh courtesy of VISUAL and courtesy of the artist. No Title (To Care): Act 1 was commissioned... - [The Ballet of Stilled En(virions)](https://mariellemacleman.com/the-ballet-of-stilled-envirions/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] Ballet of Stilled En(virions) 2022 Digitally printed satin and wallcovering, wood, MDF, lacquer, thread. Installed Meta, Ballsbridge Campus, Dublin. Images © Louis Haugh, courtesy of Meta. Ballet of Stilled En(virions) was made in response to MacLeman’s 2km walks during Ireland’s lockdown. Combining digital photo-collage with the Victorian craft of flower-pressing, it depicts abandoned sports equipment in a shape-shifting... - [Peripheral Detachments](https://mariellemacleman.com/peripheral-detachments/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Peripheral Detachments 2022 dimensions variable glass, wood, wood stain, paint, silk, thread, ink, tea, cochineal, onion, gorse, winter heliotrope, oak gall, iron, copper, tin, digitally printed silk. Exhibited in With Other Matter, Roscommon Arts Centre, curated by Naomi Draper Part stile, part clothes horse, Peripheral Detachments recalls the stark contrast between the rugged borders and manicured façades of suburbia... - [Ivy hazmat](https://mariellemacleman.com/ivy-hazmat/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] Ivy hazmat 2021 Digitally printed fabric hazmat suit (film poster, and film stills of scenes for the collaborative film project curated by Kate Strain) poster design by Sara Sadik featuring Elisabeth von Samsonow wearing the suit Commissioned by curator Kate Strain for a film by artist and philosopher Elisabeth von Samsonow, as part of TULCA’s Unselfing programme for... - [Care Quilt](https://mariellemacleman.com/care-quilt/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] 2022 (ongoing) Milk, iron, copper, blackberry ink, Indian ink, and plant dyes on wool and calico, thread Commissioned by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios for Dublin Art Book Fair 2022: A Caring Matter curated by Rosie Lynch. Images © Louis Haugh courtesy of Temple Bar Gallery + Studios An ongoing project, Care Quilt pieces together a range of... - [Armand's carpet](https://mariellemacleman.com/armands-carpet/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Hand-tied Suffolk Texel cross Buddleia dye Buddleja Davidii skeins Synthetic pink skeins Armand’s Carpet (detail) 2019 plinth, paint, rug (Irish wool, synthetic dye, buddleia dye, mordants) framed wool key (not shown) rug: 1270 x 1900m. painted plinth: 1200mm x 1400mm x 300mm installed at The LAB, Dublin, 2019. image © Kasia Kaminska Armand’s Carpet (detail) 2019 plinth, paint, rug... - [First cut](https://mariellemacleman.com/first-cut/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]First Cut: Salomon’s Joke I and II 2019 Dublin City Council Weaver Park grass, ink, gouache, cotton linters 270mm x 200mm each installed at The LAB, Dublin, 2019. image © Kasia Kaminska First Cut: Play 2019 Dublin City Council Weaver Park grass, gold leaf, cotton linters 750mm x 550mm (diptych) installed at The LAB, Dublin, 2019. image © Kasia... - [Riding the Franchises](https://mariellemacleman.com/riding-the-franchises/): Riding the Franchises wood, paint, varnish, construction mesh, plant dyes, mordants, wool dimensions variable installed at The LAB, Dublin, 2019. image © Kasia Kaminska Riding the Franchises (detail) 2019 wood, paint, varnish, construction mesh, plant dyes, mordants, wool installed at The LAB, Dublin, 2019. image © Kasia Kaminska Riding the Franchises (detail) 2019 wood, paint, varnish, construction mesh, plant dyes, mordants, wool installed at The LAB, Dublin, 2019. image © Kasia Kaminska Riding the Franchises (detail) 2019 wood, paint, varnish, construction mesh, plant dyes, mordants, wool installed at The LAB, Dublin, 2019. image © Kasia Kaminska Riding the Franchises (detail)... - [The streets, our brushes](https://mariellemacleman.com/the-streets-our-brushes/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]The streets, our brushes 2019 plinth, ply, wood, brass, varnish, wool, oak and birch dye, mordants dimensions variable installed at The LAB, Dublin, 2019. image © Kasia Kaminska The streets, our brushes 2019 plinth, ply, wood, brass, varnish, wool, oak and birch dye, mordants installed at Galway Arts Centre, Galway, 2019. image © Tom Flanagan The streets, our brushes... - [To a park](https://mariellemacleman.com/to-a-park/): Campaign for a park and Pedestal for a park 2019 found glass terrazzo, brass, Bridgefoot Street Community Garden bunting, Dublin City Council Weaver Park grass, ink, gold leaf, coloured pencil installed at Galway Arts Centre, 2019. image © Tom Flanagan Pedestal for a park (detail) 2019 found glass terrazzo, brass, Bridgefoot Street Community Garden bunting (plant and vegetable dyes, cotton, mordants) 300mm x 300mm x 1100mm installed at Galway Arts Centre, 2019. image © Tom Flanagan Bunting for a garden and Sandbags for a garden 2019 cotton, plant and vegetable dyes, mordants dimensions variable installed at Galway Arts Centre, 2019.... - [The combined works of man and nature](https://mariellemacleman.com/combined-works-of-man-and-nature/): The Combined Works of Man and Nature wool-rich machine-made carpet, Irish wool, Irish plant dye (various), mordants, plinths, plaster, wood, ink, paint dimensions variable 2015 – 2016 - [Dangan for Gropius](https://mariellemacleman.com/dangan-for-gropius/): Dangan for Gropius Irish wool, plant dyes, mordants, rug canvas, hessian, latex, plinth 550mm x 550mm x 550mm 2015 – 2016 Dangan for Gropius watercolour and pencil on paper 580mm x 450mm 2015 – 2016 - [Machines](https://mariellemacleman.com/machines/): [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] Landscape Machine wool, Irish woollen blanket, plant dyes, thread, wood, wood stain, paint, brass fixings 2100mm x 1220mm 2014 Machine III – V archival pigment print 800mm x 600mm each 2016 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] - [In the course of reconfiguration](https://mariellemacleman.com/reconfiguration/): In the course of reconfiguration grass, gold leaf, wood, watercolour, digital print, pigmented cement, plinth dimensions variable 2014 – 2016 - [Dwell Time + Plants of Ireland](https://mariellemacleman.com/dwell-time/): Dwell Time campfire charcoal and gum arabic on paper 1500mm x 1850mm Claddagh beach glass terrazzo, bench 340mm x 1548mm x 50mm 2014 – 2016 Plants of Omey (Bird’s-Foot Trefoil and Milkwort) campfire charcoal on paper 305mm x 355mm each 2014 - [Sun, moon, bens](https://mariellemacleman.com/sun-moon-bens/): Landscape Machine Gallery II, The Dock 2016 Twelve Bens wool, fabric stiffener, embroidery hoop, Irish linen, ink, shelf dimensions variable 2016 Sun wool, Irish woollen blanket, plant dyes (various), mordants, embroidery hoop 470mm x 470mm 2016 Fugitive under fallen moon Wood, plaster, mdf, paint, wood stain, ink, wool, woollen blanket, plant dyes, starch, wire, thread, plastic jetsam, campfire charcoal, wood shavings, handmade grass paper 2014 - [The fall then rise of sleeping Finch](https://mariellemacleman.com/sleeping-finch/): Hortus Conclusus Colossus (detail) vintage wallpaper, paper, acrylic paint, steel pins 1950mm x 2500mm 2012 Jessie Mirror, papier-mâché, wood, salt cellar, bowl, pencil shavings, cocktail sticks, skewers, copper leaf, spray paint, wood stain, varnish, gesso, oil 650mm x 150mm x 200mm 2012 Hortus Conclusus Colossus (detail) vintage wallpaper, paper, acrylic paint, steel pins 1950mm x 2500mm 2012 Big Beastie on Class Mammalia (design for a wallpaper) papier-mâché, cardboard, paper, paint, graphite, ribbon dimensions variable 2012 Class Mammalia (design for a wallpaper) ornamental fly-posting, digital print on paper 210mm x 297mm (each) 2012 Nest plywood, found object, cocktail sticks, plaster, ink,... - [Poggio Reale](https://mariellemacleman.com/poggio-reale/): Poggio Reale ink on paper (rubber stamp) 2200mm x 1480mm 2010 The lost garden of Poggio Reale is recreated in 3mm text using a rubber stamp. Once a revered Renaissance garden and now the site of a cemetery and prison, no comprehensive description or illustration of the original layout exists. Historic accounts were used to first propose an original plan then build the image through the repetitious stamping of these texts. - [Final Reductions](https://mariellemacleman.com/final-reductions/): Installed in a vacant commercial unit ‘Final Reductions’ reconfigured the text and graphics of merchandising materials collected from nearby stores. Using till-side stationery and retail tagging devices these were cut, folded, woven and reassembled to echo the changing occupancy of shopping centres. Anagrams of ‘Final Reductions’ reflected consumer expectations or attitudes and warned of financial turmoil. Final Reductions 2011 Dimensions variable Reclaimed merchandising, paper, marker pen, highlighter, correction fluid, plastic, packaging tape. - [Immediate Extract Passive Resistance](https://mariellemacleman.com/immediate-extract-passive-resistance/): Immediate Extract Passive Resistance digital print on paper Govanhill baths installation 2009 Immediate Extract/Passive Resistance played on the contrast between applied embellishment suggestive of period splendour and the disrepair of an abandoned building. Architectural ornamentation and ‘Pay up for Glasgow’ Council Tax branding was reconfigured as an intricate backdrops for campaign commentary. Press reports, protesters’ accounts and the lyrics of campaign songs interwove to narrate the convictions and eccentricities of a campaign that united a community. ## Pages - [Marielle MacLeman](https://mariellemacleman.com/): [vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”5%” bottom_padding=”5%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Marielle MacLeman charges traditional craft based processes with critical precision and conceptual rigour. 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