Ailish Henderson

Portfolio May 2026

Falmouth MA ILLUSTRATION (Online)

I have selected twenty key images alongside a film made on my life as an artist. They have been chosen to visually illustrate my life in the arts and my collection to the narrative line.

The film was created with Katie Vandyke.

Image Credits: Sean Elliot Photography, Katie Vandyke Photography and Websites, The Bigger Picture. Any other images have been taken by myself.

Image Identification List (Left to Right, Top to Bottom:

1. Finding the self (vision board for works) (2024)

2. Narrative Napkins (IKEA napkins and other media, inks, stitch) (partial) (2024)

3. Narrative Napkins (IKEA napkins and other media, inks, stitch) (2024)

4. Stories my Grandmother told me (sketchbook page) (2021)

5. Red Aunt Hood Paris (vision board mixed media) (2024)

6. Red Aunt Hood Paris (antique cloth, mixed paints, dye, drawing medium, treasure gold, stitch)

7. Twitch (stitched drawing on cloth) (partial) (2021)

8. Lovelock Bridge Crossing (original) (partial) (2021)

9. RA Lockdown (I can’t get in) (watercolour page) (2024)

10. The Torn Umbrella (drypoint etching) (2021)

11. Sunday Morning Flowers (Digitally printed silk scarf) (2022)

12. Sunday Morning Flowers (original) (2022)

13. Collection of stitched portraits which have been digitally printed onto silk cushions (2022)

14. Pistachio Smiles (after the rain) (original) (2021)

15. Fishing it out (mixed media stitched portrait) (collection) (2021)

16. Collective shot of narrative portrait works (2022)

17. Red Ties (Sketchbook) (2023)

18. Selfie Scarf (original work printed digitally onto silk, hand rolled) (2022)

19. Selfie wallpaper with RA at Summer Exhibition 19 print lampshade (both original works digitally printed onto media) (2022)

20. Narrative Textiles: Tell your story in Mixed Media and Stitch (Batsford) (2024) (own book cover)