On Thursday 17th November, I took part in the Circular by Design Innovation Festival, displaying my project, Crafted to Continue, alongside the ten other Irish businesses in this new program’s pilot cohort.
Read MoreSaturn Cottage Industries is so proud to join this campaign, alongside the many talented craftspeople across Ireland who make such beautiful objects.
Read MoreISSEY MIYAKE 22.04.1938 - 05.08.2022
In 2016, while I was living in Japan, the @thenationalartcentertokyo mounted “The Work of Miyake Issey” (#三宅一生の仕事), a monumental exhibition of pieces from across the length and breadth of his design work.
Read MoreAt the end of May, iconic Irish band, The Frames, finally held their two-year-delayed 30th anniversary (32nd?) gig in the lush surrounds of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. On keys for this special show was multi-instrumentalist and vocalist ROMY…
Read MoreWhat is the Circular Economy and how can it apply to fashion and textiles?
Read MoreIt’s a day to consider our planet and the impact we have on it. Earth Day is associated with the rise of the modern environmental movement, founded in 1970, as industries began to acknowledge their negative impacts on the planet.
Read MoreSaturn Cottage Industries was born from my disillusionment with the fashion industry and the wasteful and exploitative practices rampant within it. The Rana Plaza disaster happened the year after I graduated from college with my honours degree in fashion design.
Read MoreWith a Ukrainian crochet pattern and Irish wool, I set my hands to make a small symbol, a gesture of solidarity, and raised over five hundred euro for the UNICEF and Red Cross Ukrainian crisis appeals.
Read MoreI dream of the day when designing circularity into materials and garments will make this work obsolete, but for now, I want to innovate in how we recover and reuse textile waste in Ireland.
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