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Of Interest: Restyle Cork – Sustainable Fashion Expo – Sunday, the 30th

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Restyle Cork will be the city’s first sustainable fashion expo, featuring Workshops, Panels, Fashion Show, Exhibitions, Demonstrations, Swap Shop, and Pop-ups.

ReStyle will be an all-day event that will incorporate the following:

  • Workshops
  • Demonstrations
  • Exhibitions
  • Clothes Swapping
  • Stalls/Vendors/Pop-Ups
  • Repair Cafe
  • Panel Discussions
  • A Fashion Show
  • Giving people the skills and inspiration they need to start being more conscious about sustainable fashion.

Bring clothes with you to repair, swap & upcycle.

When: Sunday, the 30th of November, 12 – 5 PM

Where: Cork College of FET Douglas Street Campus, Sawmill St, Ballintemple, Cork, T12 DW32

For more information and to book a place on the workshops, visit their Eventbrite page – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/restyle-cork-tickets-1932675667949?

Their Instagram @restyle.cork

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Of Interest: Upcoming ReStyle Cork Event

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Via our textile friends, Fibreshed Ireland: ReStyle Cork is looking for designers, craftspeople, traditional skills instructors, social entrepreneurs, and artists based in Cork who would like to be part of animating their flagship awareness-raising event for European Waste Reduction Week.

The event will include the following:

  • Workshops
  • Demonstrations
  • Exhibitions
  • Clothes Swapping
  • Stalls/Vendors
  • Repair Cafe
  • Panel Discussions
  • Fashion Show

For more information about getting involved, please contact Theo: 0838110769, theo@environmentalforum.ie


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Of Interest: Crinniú na Ceirde – Meeting about Craft- This Sunday – West Cork

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From Róisín de Buitléar’s Instagram @CEIRD_ The Irish word for craft is Crinniú na Ceirde – Gathering craft. These are words used to tie our cultural identity to our craft, as seen at an event at the RDS earlier in the year, when over 200 craftspeople gathered for Crinniú na Ceirde to begin unravelling an Identity for Irish Craft.

It highlights that craftspeople form a vibrant community, creating a unique micro-industry comprised of skilled and passionate individuals who are eager to connect. We make significant contributions to education and tourism, and are an integral part of Ireland’s cultural identity. Yet, many traditional crafts practised today are not financially viable and therefore fall outside the scope of government enterprise-based craft schemes, leaving them without adequate support. This lack of recognition poses a threat to their sustainability, with many crafts at risk of disappearing altogether. Despite this, their cultural and social contributions to the economy are substantial—though currently unmeasured and undervalued.

On Sunday, August 31st, the group will hold a follow-up session at Kilcoe Studios, Main Street, Ballydehob, Co. Cork, P81 A218, from 12:00 to 4:00 PM.

Free, but booking is essential.

Direct message via Instagram to @CEIRD_ or email at rdebuitlear@yahoo.com



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Of Interest: Turning Flax into Linen – Textile Event – Co Cork

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Join Fibreshed Ireland in West Cork this August Craft Month 2025 for a hands-on, drop-in workshop exploring the ancient craft of transforming flax into linen!

Discover the fascinating journey of this humble plant—from seed to fabric—and the traditional tools and techniques used along the way: rippling, scutching, hackling, spinning and weaving.

Join Kathy Kirwan, who has spent years studying and reviving traditional flax-processing methods, for a hands-on workshop. You’ll see the stages of flax processing and learn about flax’s role in regenerative farming, crop rotation, and its many uses—from sustainable textiles to ropes, composites, and more.

Sonia from Kilcoe Studios will be making paper and rope from flax and organising games and activities with children outside, inspired by traditional games. All ages are welcome to share their memories of games they played.

  • Flax to Linen demonstrations – all day
  • Paper making and rope making – 12:00 – 3 PM
  • Heritage Games for children outdoors – 3 – 6 PM

Drop in anytime throughout the day! No booking or experience needed.
FREE! Supported by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland.

When: Sunday, the 24th of August.

Where: Main St, Ballydehob, Co. Cork, P81 A218.


Flax illustration © Kilcoe Studios.

For more information, visit their website – https://fibreshedireland.ie/events/flax-linen-inne-agus-inniu-and-heritage-games/


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Of Interest: Demonstrators Needed for Bandon Walled Festival – National Heritage Week

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The Bandon Walled Town Festival holds its annual Family Heritage Fun Day on Sunday, the 24th of August, and is seeking makers to demonstrate the heritage skill of felting. This event is part of National Heritage Week.

Where: Bandon Town Hall, Co Cork

When: Sunday, the 24th of August, from 1 – 5 PM.

If interested, please email – bandonhistory@gmail.com

For more information about the town and its festival, visit their website – https://www.bandonhistory.com/

Instagram: @bandonhistory @nationalheritageweek


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Of Interest: Fashion and Farming Weekend – Kinsale 10th and 11th of May, 2025

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  • Fashion and Farming Conference in Kinsale

The inaugural Fashion & Farming Weekend unites the two worlds of fashion and farming to explore what we farm, wear and the earth we share.

Clothing is part of the fabric of life, and fashion is one of our primary sources of self-expression. Once inextricably linked, the farm-to-food-and-fabric cycle has been broken. The Fashion & Farming weekend will bring together creative minds, change makers and entrepreneurs where fresh ideas take root.

Galway Wool Co-op member Blátnaid Gallagher will speak on the 10th of May.

When: the 10th and 11th of May, 2025.

Where: Kinsale, Co Cork.

For more information and tickets, visit the Fashion and Farming website – https://www.fashionandfarming.com/

Their Instagram: @fashion.and.farming

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Exhibition: Rebecca Powell – Cork Airport

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Textile Exhibition - Rebecca Powell until the 10th of May - Cork Airport

If you’re passing through Cork Airport this month, don’t miss ‘As Without So Within’, a solo exhibition by textile artist Rebecca Powell. Known for her intricate stitched pieces, Powell draws inspiration from the wild and untamed landscapes of Ireland. She creates her work with hand-stitching, using silk, wool, and linen.

Powell is also the founder of the newly formed West Cork Collective in Ballinspittle, Co Cork. The group’s motto is, “Alone we can, however, together feels better”

The exhibition runs until the 10th of May.

Where: The Cork Airport

To learn more about the artist, visit her website – https://karimarebeccapowellartist.com/

Her Instagram: @karima.rebecca.powell.artist


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Of Interest: West Cork Collective Opening This Sunday

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West Cork Collective Opening - Sunday, the 2nd of March - 1 PM

On Sunday, the 2nd of March, the West Cork Collective will open its doors. Over 30 members have already come together to create this cooperative group. Currently, a dozen retail members are in the shop, and 22 associate members are in the gallery space.

There will be classes and workshops in the space – including wet felting!

Where: Main Street, Ballinspittle, Kinsale, P17 FF62 – located at the start of the Wild Atlantic Way in Cork.

For more information, contact the email included in the image or visit their Instagram @west.cork.collective

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Open Call: Tiny Acorns – a Journal Exhibition – Cork

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Open Call - Tiny Acorns - a journal/sketchbook exhibition for creatives based in Ireland. Part of the In the Making Festival, in Cork.

‘In the Making Festival‘ has an open call for submissions to ‘Tiny Acorns’, a multidisciplinary journal exhibition showcasing a curated selection of physical sketchbooks and journals by artists, creators, and makers across Ireland.

Sketchbooks/journals (landscape or portrait) must not exceed A4 dimensions (8.3 x 11.7 inches). 

The exhibition will be at the Cork Opera House – the 2nd of April, 2025.

Deadline: the 22nd of February.

Presented under Cork Opera House’s Creating Together partnership with UCC.

For more information, visit their website: https://www.inthemakingfest.com/open-calls

@inthemakingfestival

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Exhibition: Cork Textiles Network – Botanica – Co Cork

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Poster of Botanica, the Cork Textiles Network current member exhibition in Bishoptown Library Co Cork
Poster of ‘Botanica’ the current members’ exhibition of the Cork Textiles Network.

The Cork Textiles Network (CTN) has launched its annual member exhibition, ‘Botanica’. Each year, members come together to start their year with an exhibition of works that showcase the vast array of textile mediums used to create extraordinary works of inspiring art.

The Design Crafts Council of Ireland and Cork City Libraries kindly supported the exhibition, which will run in the Bishopstown Library, Wilson, Cork City.

When: The show runs until February 28th, 2025, and can be viewed for free during library opening times (10 AM—5:30 PM, Monday through Saturday).

To learn more about the CTN, visit their website – https://corktextilesnetwork.com/

Intagram: @corktextiles


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