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Event: Fibreshed Ireland Syposium & Textile Market – This Friday & Saturday

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On Friday, the 21st of November, Fibreshed Ireland will gather at The Richmond Education and Event Centre, Smithfield, for their annual Symposium to hear from growers and practitioners who work in line with Soil-to-Soil principles of circularity, compostability, and agroecology.

Speakers

● Jennifer & Tristan Lienhard of @appleoakfibreworks
● Katarina Hruskova of @woolstoreireland (Katarina is a member of Feltmakers Ireland!)
● @kathykirwan_theartofnature of the Flax 405 project
● Mary Ann Williams, editor of the book @textilesofireland
● Michelle McCabe, researcher exploring the connections between textile craft and wellbeing with ATU Sligo
● @ryankoenigstudio — 16th-century experimental textile archaeology about the knitted Ballybunion wool cap
● Sarah Babiker — Threads of Story: Woolcraft a Language & Memory between Ireland and the Arab World

Textile Market

Saturday will be an Open Day of craft demonstrations, workshops, shopping opportunities, and community building at Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, from 10 AM to 3:30 PM. Admission to the demonstrations and shopping is free, but each workshop requires a ticket.

Feltmakers Ireland will demonstrate felting with Irish-raised wool!

Local fibres and textiles from a selection of Fibreshed Ireland members will be available: Included are two Feltmakers Ireland members –

  • Juliane Gorman of FeltHappiness will vend her Cyanotype-printed, Irish wool hats
  • Katarina Hruskova of WoolStore Ireland will vend locally raised wool that she has processed.

Workshops

● Upcycling workshop with Eimear Greaney (@upsew.ie), from 10 AM to 12:00 PM
● Aran knitting with @ryankoenigstudio, from 10 AM to 12:00 PM
● Weaving Circle with Lucy Hyland (@ourselfcarerevolution), from 1 to 3 PM
● Movement session for crafters with @aideen.macken, from 3:30 – 4:10 (FREE, with optional donations to support Fibreshed Ireland’s work)

Where: Dublin (different venues each day)

Optional social dinner in @fidelitydublin on Friday, the 22nd of November (book at checkout)

Discounts for students and Fibreshed Ireland members!

For more information and to reserve tickets, visit their website – https://fibreshedireland.ie/symposium-2025/

This event is part of Irish Design Week, & partly funded by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland. https://www.dcci.ie/whats-on/irish-design-week-2025/

Event: Fibreshed Ireland Symposium 2025

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland

On Friday, 21st November, Fibreshed Ireland will gather at The Richmond Education and Event Centre, Smithfield, from 10 AM to 4:30 PM to hear from a diverse range of growers and practitioners who work in line with Soil-to-Soil principles of circularity, compostability, and agroecology.

They are the following:

  • Jennifer & Tristan Lienhard of @appleoakfibreworks
  • Katarina Hruskova of @woolstoreireland (Katarina is a member of Feltmakers Ireland)
  • @kathykirwan_theartofnature of the Flax 405 project
  • Mary Ann Williams, editor of @textilesofireland
  • Michelle McCabe, researcher exploring the connections between textile craft and wellbeing with ATU Sligo
  • @ryankoenigstudio — 16th-century textile archaeology
  • Sarah Babiker — Threads of Story: Woolcraft a Language & Memory between Ireland and the Arab World

On Saturday, there will be an open day of craft demonstrations, workshops, shopping opportunities, and community building at Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, from 10 AM to 3:30 PM. Admission to the demonstrations and shopping is free, but each workshop will be ticketed.

  • Upcycling workshop with Eimear Greaney (@upsew.ie), from 10 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Aran knitting with @ryankoenigstudio, from 10 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Weaving Circle with Lucy Hyland (@ourselfcarerevolution), from 1 to 3 PM
  • Movement session for crafters with @aideen.macken, from 3:30 – 4:10 (FREE, with optional donations to support Fibreshed Ireland’s work)


Dublin (different venues each day)
Optional social dinner in @fidelitydublin on Friday, the 22nd of November (book at checkout)

Discounts for students and Fibreshed Ireland members!

For more information and to reserve tickets, visit their website – https://fibreshedireland.ie/symposium-2025/

This event is part of Irish Design Week, partly funded by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland. https://www.dcci.ie/whats-on/irish-design-week-2025/

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Of Interest: The Leitrim Design House Creative Conference

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The Leitrim Design House Creative Conference with Eddie Shanahan - Friday the 4th of April, 10:30-3:30

The Leitrim Design House Creative Conference: A day of inspiration, industry insights, and creative connection.

This event, chaired by Eddie Shanahan, promises a full day of engaging activities, including motivational presentations, breakout workshops led by industry experts, and thought-provoking discussions with guest panellists:

  • Karena Ryan – Textile Artist & Member of Feltmakers Ireland 🎉
  • Richard West – Woodturner & Sculptor
  • Aileen Stein – Trainer in Mindful Self-Awareness

Plus, the launch of this year’s The Leitrim Design House National Awards.

Date: Friday, 4th of April
Location: The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon

Light lunch provided (please specify dietary requirements when booking).

Plus, the launch of this year’s The Leitrim Design House National Awards!


Book your place now through our website – https://leitrimdesignhouse.ie/blogs/news/the-leitrim-design-house-creative-conference

Or visit www.thedock.ie

Their Instagram – @theleitrimdesignhouse


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Of Interest: Creative Conference with Eddie Shanahan – Leitrim Design House

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On Friday, the 4th of April, Eddie Shanahan will facilitate the Leitrim Design House Creative Conference. The day will include a motivational presentation for artists, crafters, and designers, a breakout clinic with guest speakers, a panel discussion, the Leitrim Design House National Awards launch, and a light lunch.

Where: The Dock Arts Centre – St. George’s Terrace in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, N41T2X2.

For more information and to book tickets, visit the website – https://thedock.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873669806

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Of Interest: Annual International Wool Textile Organisation Congress – Lille, France 2025

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The International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO) will hold its 94th annual Congress in Lille, France, this May. This historic city, steeped in a rich textile history, will provide a fitting backdrop for wool industry leaders and enthusiasts to gather.

The congress runs from the 19th – 23rd of May. Working group and committee meetings will take place on the 19th May. On Friday, the 23rd, an optional Paris industry visit will occur.

Each year, the IWTO brings the global wool textile industry together at its Congress. This event highlights the work of local wool industries and opens the stage for knowledge sharing and networking.

Every year, IWTO welcomes young wool professionals to its Congress in the Young Professionals Programme. Since 2012, more than 160 Young Professionals have joined the Congress through this programme.

IWTO has a Young Professionals Program, which matches each professional (aged 35 and under) with a senior member of the wool textile trade for the duration of the event. The programme offers bespoke networking and social opportunities, along with a designated Young Professionals session. For more information about this, visit here – https://iwto.org/young-professionals/

For more information about the Congress, visit their website – https://iwto.org/congress-2025/

Their Instagram – @international_wool

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Event: Fibershed Ireland’s 3rd Annual Symposium – in Tullamore

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As part of Irish Design Week, Fibreshed Ireland is hosting its third annual symposium, inviting participants to imagine how Soil-to-Soil textiles could help improve the future—not only of the textile industry, but beyond.

It will be a day of interactive presentations, craft demonstrations, breakout sessions, and engaging networking opportunities, open to both Fibreshed Ireland members and non-members.

When: Saturday, the 16th of November, 9:30 AM to 5 PM.

Where: The Bridge House Hotel, Bridge St, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

For more information and to book your ticket, visit Fibreshed Ireland’s website – https://fibreshedireland.ie/symposium-2024/

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News: Second Annual Fibreshed Ireland Symposium – Resilient, Regional and Reciprocal: How Tradition Can Inform the Future of Irish Textiles

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Join Fibreshed Ireland’s second annual symposium, which will look at the past to inform the future of soil-to-soil textiles.

Through a programme of presentations, craft demonstrations, breakout sessions and informal networking opportunities, members and friends of Fibreshed Ireland are invited to explore the history and tradition of Irish textiles.

The presentations – which will be accompanied by handspinning demonstrations – include The tradition of Irish lacemaking; The history, importance and future of the Cladóir sheep; Flax and folklore; among others. We will finish with an interactive session looking ahead at the future.

When: The 17th of November, 2023. The event is part of Design Week Ireland.

For more information, visit their Fibershed Ireland’s website – https://fibreshedireland.ie/projects/symposium-2023/

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Event: 2nd International Day of Celtic Art

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Where: St Patrick Centre, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.

When: 8-11 June 2023 (Thursday to Sunday).

Who: Celtic artists, craftspeople and scholars from the USA, Canada, Scotland, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland speaking about their work, displaying artworks and doing demonstrations.

For more information, visit their website.

Happening Friday: Connected Threads

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Connected Threads is happening at the Limerick School of Art & Design this Friday 12th of May, from 8:45am – 4:30pm.

Connected Threads is an industry seminar themed around the opportunities that Sustainability, Smart Manufacturing, Design for Circular Economy, Onshoring Production & Digital Transitions bring to the Irish garment and textiles manufacturing industries.

There will be Irish and international speakers from the Fashion and Textiles sector, as well as industry and enterprise experts, who will contribute to panel discussions on the day.

Attendance is free, but booking is mandatory. Refreshments & lunch will be provided.

For more information and to register, visit their website.