Amanda R Kelly Artist

I made Roman blinds with my mam — measuring, cutting, stitching, trusting the process as much as the pattern.

When I brought them home, they were an inch too small.
An inch… but enough to feel like a failure.

So I listened to the mistake.
I added strips of blue velvet down each side, echoing the soft rhythm of the bobble trim at the bottom — and somehow, the flaw became the feature.

A happy accident.
A perfect mistake.

I’ve learned to see failure differently:
FAIL = First Attempt In Life.

In art, we get to respond, to reshape, to reimagine.
Even when precision matters, there’s still space for intuition to step in and say, *what if this is better?*

This time, it was.
Better than the plan.

I also made a matching pelmet built from an old election poster, wrapped and transformed, layer by layer into something new.

There’s something powerful in that
taking what was,
and making it into something beautiful.

Swipe to see some of the process.

Vision board for 2026 ✨

🧘‍♀️ Yoga on a beach somewhere exotic yes plz.. retreats
🎨 Finishing my Art Therapy Practitioner course
💛 Bringing together my fine art degree, holistic therapy, angel meditations & yoga into one heart-led offering.

Workshops coming soon… but first, heal me.

After months of recovering another operation, this year is about healing my mind, body, and spirit ❤️

Art has become my medicine.
No pressure. No perfection.
I'm just letting my busy ADHD brain slow down my soul breathe And my body heals.

More time with my beautiful neurospicy family making memories ❤️

This year I’m choosing:
Peace. Joy. Light. Boundaries.

Ask. Believe. Receive ✨

Surrounding myself with positive fun ppl.

And maybe… cartwheels and handstands again one day. A girl can dream.

In a world full of roses 🌹
Be a sunflower 🌻

No masking. Just the real, joyful, slightly crazy, fun me again.

There are a few other bits and bobs I hope for this year to travel to be healthy, eating healthy exercise and yoga

Thank you, for all your wonderful healing and meditations and for doing the vision board. So grateful 🙏 😇

Soft structures for living.

Learning these quiet, practical skills from my ma — making pieces slowly, by hand — creating cushions and blinds that belong together, echoing and completing the space

A large cotton cushion finished, edged in blue velvet piping, alongside the fabrics shaping six cushions so far. Roman blinds made (I’ll share them once they’re hanging and placed. )

Next: kitchen door and window, chairs, and a bench… the room growing, textile by textile.

Healing through art.

✨ After finishing my Fine Art degree, I found it hard to be creative again— it felt like the joy had been drained from making art. But lately, through yoga, sound healing, and art therapy, I’ve been reconnecting with creativity as a form of healing.

Been creative helps me express emotions that words can’t — it calms my ADHD mind, eases anxiety, and helps me process trauma through colour and movement.

These two pieces, Buddha and Mandala, represent my healing journey.
🪷 Buddha — symbolises inner peace, mindfulness, and awakening.
🌸 Mandala — represents letting go of the old and welcoming joy and balance.

The colours — pink, yellow, blue, green, and orange — flow between both, reflecting compassion, growth, calm, healing, and creativity. 🌈