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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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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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Event: DCCI’s Irish Design Week – in November

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This year’s Irish Design Week programme is available on the DCCI website. The event runs from the 11th through the 15th of November.

“From panel discussions and talks with some of the most influential global leaders in design, to workshops and exhibitions that will inspire and create, there is something for everyone in this year’s exciting programme.”

For more information or to book events, visit the website – https://www.dcci.ie/whats-on/irish-design-week-2024/irish-design-week-programme-of-events-2024/

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Open Call: Applications for Irish Design Week 2024 – DCCI

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The Design and Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) is delighted to announce that applications are now open for Irish Design Week 2024.

From workshops to panel discussions, your event can play a key role in making this year’s Irish Design Week truly aspirational. This year’s theme is ‘Imagination for Opportunity’.

Funding is available for selected events that are looking to be part of the story.

Application deadline: 1st of September, 2024.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.dcci.ie/whats-on/irish-design-week/about-dcci-design-week/

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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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Open Call: Irish Design Week

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Applications are now open to be part of this year’s Irish Design Week programme!

Taking place from 13th – 17th November, this year’s theme will explore the rich Irish heritage of storytelling and folklore.

Deadline: The 10th of September.

Be part of the story!

For further information and to submit applications, visit the DCCI’s website – https://www.dcci.ie/whats-on/irish-design-week/