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Ceannbhán Móna: The Bog Cotton Fairy - Limited Edition Archival Giclée Art Print

from €30.00

Where golden threads of magic dance amongst the bog cotton.

In summer, the delicate white tufts of bog cotton dance above the dark peat of the Irish boglands. As the evening light fades, they appear almost luminous, shimmering against the darkening landscape.

Hidden amongst the wild, windswept rushes lives Ceannbhán Móna, the Bog Cotton Fairy.

She gathers the soft white fibres of bog cotton and spins them into thread upon her tiny spinning wheel. Around her, golden ribbons of magical energy radiate outwards, curling into intricate Celtic-inspired knotwork.

Few have ever seen Ceannbhán Móna at work. But when the evening breeze sets the white cotton dancing, you might catch a glimpse of her golden threads drifting between the windswept rushes.

Ireland's boglands can seem eerily bleak and desolate at first glance, yet they're home to extraordinary native plants and wildlife. Bog cotton is particularly beautiful at twilight, when the last sunlight catches its white tufts and makes them shimmer against the darkening, peaty ground.

Ceannbhán Móna is part of MyfanwyNia's growing family of Bog Fairies, each inspired by a different native plant, with a character and story of her own.

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✦ About the Print

Ceannbhán Móna: The Bog Cotton Fairy was originally painted in 2026 for LORE: Mexican & Irish Folklore, an exhibition by the Minaw Collective at the Embassy of Mexico in Dublin.

The original artwork, measuring 71 × 71 cm, was created using acrylic and spray paint on canvas stretched over board.

This limited edition of 50 archival giclée prints reproduces the original painting, capturing its rich colours, delicate details and intricate golden Celtic-inspired knotwork.

Each print is produced in MyfanwyNia's off-grid studio in County Leitrim using Epson UltraChrome pigment inks on premium 300 gsm cold-pressed watercolour paper.

This beautiful mould-made, acid-free, archival-quality paper has a natural white finish and a softly textured surface that complements the painterly character of the original artwork.

Each print is individually signed and numbered by the artist and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

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✦ Details

✦ Print Technique: Fine art giclée printing using an Epson SureColor SC-P900 with 10-colour UltraChrome PRO10 pigment inks, on premium 300 gsm acid-free, cold-pressed watercolour paper.

Limited Edition: 50 prints.

Signed & Numbered: Each print is individually signed and numbered and includes a Certificate of Authenticity.

Available Size:

Square: 9 × 9 inches (22.9 × 22.9 cm), mounted to 12 × 12 inches (30.5 × 30.5 cm).

Framing Options: Each fine art print is beautifully presented within a carefully selected white mount, ready for framing or available in a classic white wooden frame with real glass glazing.

Mounted Print - €30: Supplied in a white mount with a protective sleeve, ready to frame.

Framed Print - €50: Presented in a white wooden frame with real glass. Framed prints arrive ready to hang, complete with secure D-ring fittings and ribbon.

Made in Ireland: Printed, mounted and carefully prepared in MyfanwyNia's off-grid studio in County Leitrim.

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Framed:

Where golden threads of magic dance amongst the bog cotton.

In summer, the delicate white tufts of bog cotton dance above the dark peat of the Irish boglands. As the evening light fades, they appear almost luminous, shimmering against the darkening landscape.

Hidden amongst the wild, windswept rushes lives Ceannbhán Móna, the Bog Cotton Fairy.

She gathers the soft white fibres of bog cotton and spins them into thread upon her tiny spinning wheel. Around her, golden ribbons of magical energy radiate outwards, curling into intricate Celtic-inspired knotwork.

Few have ever seen Ceannbhán Móna at work. But when the evening breeze sets the white cotton dancing, you might catch a glimpse of her golden threads drifting between the windswept rushes.

Ireland's boglands can seem eerily bleak and desolate at first glance, yet they're home to extraordinary native plants and wildlife. Bog cotton is particularly beautiful at twilight, when the last sunlight catches its white tufts and makes them shimmer against the darkening, peaty ground.

Ceannbhán Móna is part of MyfanwyNia's growing family of Bog Fairies, each inspired by a different native plant, with a character and story of her own.

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✦ About the Print

Ceannbhán Móna: The Bog Cotton Fairy was originally painted in 2026 for LORE: Mexican & Irish Folklore, an exhibition by the Minaw Collective at the Embassy of Mexico in Dublin.

The original artwork, measuring 71 × 71 cm, was created using acrylic and spray paint on canvas stretched over board.

This limited edition of 50 archival giclée prints reproduces the original painting, capturing its rich colours, delicate details and intricate golden Celtic-inspired knotwork.

Each print is produced in MyfanwyNia's off-grid studio in County Leitrim using Epson UltraChrome pigment inks on premium 300 gsm cold-pressed watercolour paper.

This beautiful mould-made, acid-free, archival-quality paper has a natural white finish and a softly textured surface that complements the painterly character of the original artwork.

Each print is individually signed and numbered by the artist and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

⋯ ✦ ✧ ✦ ⋯ ✦ ✧ ✦ ⋯ ✦ ✧ ✦ ⋯ ✦ ✧ ✦ ⋯

✦ Details

✦ Print Technique: Fine art giclée printing using an Epson SureColor SC-P900 with 10-colour UltraChrome PRO10 pigment inks, on premium 300 gsm acid-free, cold-pressed watercolour paper.

Limited Edition: 50 prints.

Signed & Numbered: Each print is individually signed and numbered and includes a Certificate of Authenticity.

Available Size:

Square: 9 × 9 inches (22.9 × 22.9 cm), mounted to 12 × 12 inches (30.5 × 30.5 cm).

Framing Options: Each fine art print is beautifully presented within a carefully selected white mount, ready for framing or available in a classic white wooden frame with real glass glazing.

Mounted Print - €30: Supplied in a white mount with a protective sleeve, ready to frame.

Framed Print - €50: Presented in a white wooden frame with real glass. Framed prints arrive ready to hang, complete with secure D-ring fittings and ribbon.

Made in Ireland: Printed, mounted and carefully prepared in MyfanwyNia's off-grid studio in County Leitrim.

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✦ Print Dimensions

Presentation mm cm inches
Artwork 228.6 × 228.6 22.86 × 22.86 9 × 9
Mounted 304.8 × 304.8 30.48 × 30.48 12 × 12
Framed (approx.) 345 × 345 34.5 × 34.5 13.6 × 13.6

Framed measurements are approximate and refer to the outside dimensions of the frame.

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✦ Artist's Note

I created Ceannbhán Móna in 2026 for LORE: Mexican & Irish Folklore, a Minaw Collective exhibition at the Embassy of Mexico in Dublin.

The original painting measures 71 × 71 cm and was created using acrylic and spray paint on canvas stretched over board.

I've always been fascinated by the mysterious beauty of Ireland's vast, eerily bleak boglands. They can seem desolate at first glance, yet they're home to extraordinary native plants, each with a character of its own.

I particularly love bog cotton at twilight, when the last sunlight catches its white tufts and makes them shimmer against the darkening, peaty ground. There's something wonderfully otherworldly about them!

I imagined a little fairy who lives among the bog cotton, gathering its soft white fibres and spinning them into thread on her tiny spinning wheel. Around her, golden ribbons of light radiate outwards, curling into intricate Celtic-inspired knotwork, a visible expression of her magical energy.

Bog cotton (Eriophorum angustifolium) is a native sedge, not a true grass. There's a lovely old botanical rhyme:

Sedges have edges,
rushes are round,
grasses have knees
that bend to the ground.

It describes sedges' often triangular stems, rushes' round stems and grasses' little joints or 'knees'.

I wanted to capture the mysterious beauty of the boglands and the extraordinary life hidden within them. Each plant has its own character and I love imagining the magical beings that might be born of them, little guardians of these wild places, existing somewhere between our world and another. The plants themselves become gateways into this hidden realm, where fairy and plant share a mysterious, symbiotic existence.

Ceannbhán Móna is one of my growing family of Bogland Fairies, each inspired by a different native plant. I'm developing this collection further, creating new paintings and exploring the individual characters and stories of these little bogland inhabitants.

Few have seen Ceannbhán Móna at work. But when the evening breeze sets the white cotton dancing, perhaps you'll catch a glimpse of her golden threads between the wild, windswept rushes and the delicate stems of her cotton grass.

I hope Ceannbhán Móna inspires a little curiosity about the magic hidden in the natural world. After all, somewhere between the roots, the rushes and the drifting bog cotton, another realm might be just a wet, boggy step away.