Maestra, Magnifica .... as long as it is respectful, Oonagh O'Neill

Personal Information

Oonagh is an Irish woman who found herself living in C16 Venice with a passion for the beautiful dress and all the pretties.
Now Oonagh is having fun doing whatever she wants as the mood takes her (and time permits). This means Norse cultures are being extensively explored.

Deb is a textile conservator, wife, mother and faery.

Major fields: 

C16 Venetian women's dress and accessories, research and teaching of textiles and related areas. Historic dress in general really. For the past 16 or so years I've added glass working, brass work and a few other things. Most things Textile related.

Elevation: 

Recognised to the Order of the Laurel AS XXXVIII 11 April 2004 Rowany Festival by their Majesties Aedward and Yolande , King and Queen of Lochac

Current apprentices: 

Lady Agneta Loredan de Rovigo (Having a Life) Lady Inga Knutsdotter (Lady Mýrún Katla: student)

Current interests: 

While I am formally recognised for my research and recreation of patrician women's dress and accessories of mid to late C16 Venice, I have extended myself to earlier dress also. Roman, Norse, Baltic, and Rus cultures especially are my current focuses. I am looking at researching and recreating other earlier dress from the Proto-Celt era. I am enjoying recreating as much of the women's work of the Viking age as possible for me. That said I am relearning, spinning and have taught myself tablet weaving, nålbinding, felting, snodgafffel, and just about anything with fibre. Wire, that's a fibre, right? Some metalwork and that other fibre, wood. Yes, wood is a fibre, and I have been playing with wood too. Glass beads. Ok, not a fibre. Well, you can string beads. So still fibre-related. RIGHT ?!?! I research and teach what I have learned to those interested, whoever they may be. Motto: If it's not fun, don't do it.

Current group: 

Bordescros

If it's not fun, don't do it.

Current level of activity: 

Active

Website: 

Oonagh Historic - for my experimental archaeology persuits

Preferred pronouns: 

if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and sounds like a duck ...