National College of Art and Design’s Staff Research Exhibition, curated by Anne Kelly, includes weaving with naturally dyed Irish wool.
This showcase positions weaving as a form of research through a process-driven, materially led collaboration between weavers, Kathy Mooney, Rachel Tuffy, and Áine Byrne. The work approaches weaving as a site for tacit investigation and “thinking through making,” where knowledge emerges through material engagement and the embodied actions of the loom.
Situated within the historic context of the Liberties, an area with a rich legacy of industrial textile production and domestic weaving studios, the action-based weaving process reflects on both the material and cultural histories of weaving practice.
Kathy Mooney has prepared a Galway wool warp, partially naturally dyed using weld foraged in the NCAD field and the local River Dodder. The warp will be tied on and gradually woven throughout the exhibition by Áine Byrne and Rachel Tuffy.
Weaving Tour
The completed textile will be unveiled on Friday, the 17 th of April. This event will be accompanied by a “research weaving” tour of weaving-related sites on campus and within the Liberties area, concluding with a demonstration of the digital TC2 Loom in the NCAD weaving department.
The show runs from 20 March to 17 April 2026, Mon-Fri, 11 AM-6 PM.
For more information, visit the NCAD gallery’s website – https://www.ncad.ie/gallery-event/view/NCADResearchExhibitionProgramme2026
Instagram link: @ncad_dublin @ainekbyrne @tuffyrachel
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