Help the Climate Crisis! Join our Yarn Bombing. Make art in Textile. Help Textile Reclaim it’s place as a creation of wonder. And let’s build an installation to be reckoned with! All textile lovers are invited! Make a triangle 20 x 20 x 20 cm. Any textile medium – felting, knitting, crochet, embroidery, stitching, creative […]
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Make a product The Hat of Knowledge 300eu Materials: recycled silk saari, local luxury wool
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I am delighted to share that I was invited to steer a project with the School of Design and Mechanics of Fashion Industry in my birth town of Popovo. In a series of online and off line engagements myself and engineer Desislava Ignatova have developed classroom and teacher materials exploring the symbolism and heritage in
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I am so humbled to announce that I am one of the leaders of the Textile Journey groups participation in this years Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Festival of Inclusion. Come and join me at one of my workshops where you will make a triangle (20 x 20 x 20 cm). You can use any textile medium –
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Cruinníu na nÓg 2023 @ Richmond Barracks, St Michael’s Estate, Inchicore, Dublin, D08 YY05 This is a celebration of 6 months engagement with the Bulgarian Community exploring bird lore and craft. The boys and girls tried basketmaking, weaving, macrame, knitting and heard fairytales, songs and stories about Irish and Bulgarian Craft, birds and community. Got the chance
Sustainable Fashion Let’s teach our children to express themselves using what we already have. Let them learn about materials: what they are, where they come from, and how they are made. The future designers and innovators are made in Marlay in this summer camp. Want to know more? Reach out to Niki- she would show
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I was let in! I was just offered a Craft Artist in Residence at Richmond Barracks, Dublin.I cannot start to explain what that means to me.I never thought this would be possible for me – a carer for a special needs teen cannot do some of the daring stuff artists do. Travelling to a sexy venue
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Niki Collier and Olga Melnikova met at an IMMA event in support of Ukraine in April 2022. We clicked straight away and chatted long after the gathering finished. We went onto meeting each other on several social occasions at each other’s houses and at events. We chatted a bit about Olga’s travel from Kiev to
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Craft and Chats was a creative engagement in Richmond Barracks. It was one of the most valuable growths for me as an artist to date. I delivered a block of six Craft and Chat workshops that enabled people to share their love for creativity in different textile mediums. I was so grateful for the enormous and truly inspiring support
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This is a chance to get together, share ideas and explore a few textile crafts with like minded people. It will be a relaxed and comfortable space in time to chat over tea, coffee and biscuits, learn new craft techniques and show tell us about projects you are working on. You could get advice and
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