A4 silk paper print with silver foil detail. 
This is a small part of a larger project but when I finished this I loved it so much I had to send it to print. This drawing is inspired by The United Irishmen insignia, which alongside the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival (held around the corner from here in the Assembly Rooms to celebrate & revive the dying tradition of Irish harping) combines cultural preservation with political radicalism. 
With the Éadach shop on Skipper Street in Belfast, in the heart of the United Irishmen’s stomping ground, I’m more obsessed than ever with this class part of our history. ‘New strung & shall be heard’, (which was their slogan) feels relevant right now as more people, especially the younger generation, are embracing & taking ownership of  Irish identity, culture, music, arts, language more than I remember in my lifetime, in a confident, contemporary & inspiring way. The silver strings of the harp have been foil printed, the first time I’ve used this technique and it’s come out beautifully. 
The right hand side of the harp is based on Brian Boru’s harp, which is in Trinity College, Dublin. For the left hand side I added Celtic feminine symbols, inspired by the strong women and female characters of this island which I hope will inspire us towards a more matriarchal society & increasingly progressive, equal society and away from the patriarchal & controlling structures that defined this island for so long.. be that colonisation or church. 
I popped across High Street to photograph this at Crown Entry, where the Society of the United Irishmen was first founded in 1791.