Tag: Lacemaking

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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