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.

Made Local, Made To Last

Saturn Cottage Industries is so proud to join this campaign, alongside the many talented craftspeople across Ireland who make such beautiful objects.

Lisa Wynne13 October 2022circular, circular fashion, emotional durability, craft, DCCI, Made In Ireland, Made Local, Irish craftComment

Issey Miyake, Rest in Peace

ISSEY 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.

TextilesLisa Wynne12 August 2022Japanese design, Miyake Issey, obituary, bookshelf, shelfie, design booksComment

Shacket #1 On Stage!

At 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…

Lisa Wynne22 June 2022shacket, on stage, creativityComment

Circular Textiles

What is the Circular Economy and how can it apply to fashion and textiles?

TextilesLisa Wynne7 June 2022circular economy, sustainable fashion, sustainability, textile reuse, reuseComment

Earth (Overshoot) Day 2022

It’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.

Lisa Wynne22 April 2022Earth Day, Earth Overshoot Day, environmentalismComment

Saturn Cottage Industries and the (Fashion) Revolution

Saturn 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.

TextilesLisa Wynne18 April 2022fashion revolution, transparency, circular economy, ethical consumption, valuesComment

Shamrocks for Ukraine: A Fundraiser

With 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.

Lisa Wynne16 March 2022fundraiser, crochet, shamrocks for ukraineComment

Where do clothes go when they die?

I 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.

TextilesLisa Wynne23 February 2022sustainable fashion, sustainability, textile waste, textile reuse, reuse, circular economy, waste, materials, creativity, research, studyComment

This is my yellow jacket.

A brief introduction to a long-lived and well-loved item of clothing.

MemoirLisa Wynne23 October 2020clothes, wornwear, outdoors, japan, mountains, reuse, second hand, storied objectsComment

What is Sustainable Fashion?

Do you ever think about how, before we had fashion, we just had clothes?

TextilesLisa Wynne11 March 2019fashion, ethical fashion, sustainability, sustainable fashion, lecture, speeches, presentationsComment

Fashion and the Sustainable Development Goals

Let’s look at the fashion industry through the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals. I picked the three goals which I see as the biggest challenges for the fashion industry.

More Than A Recovery, in three parts

Here is the output of my week in Ishinomaki in March 2018, with the first Sosei Partners Writers Program. I had a brilliant week meeting the diverse people making the present and future of Ishinomaki such an interesting place.

TravelLisa Wynne5 October 2018disaster, recovery, tsunami, Tohoku, Miyagi, IshinomakiComment

A letter to Ireland, May 2018

It has been inspiring and difficult and exciting and infuriating, and sometimes overwhelming, to be watching the campaign to repeal the 8th and the referendum campaign unfold from overseas.

MemoirLisa Wynne5 May 2018Ireland, repeal, abortion rights, democracy, referendumComment

世界一周 with Peace Boat

Now I'm back from the voyage of a lifetime, I can explain why this page has been quiet for some months.

Travel, MemoirLisa Wynne29 November 2017Peace Boat, travel, voyage, sailing, ocean dream, ocean, cruise, global voyage, PB95, teaching, work, volunteerComment

(Mount) Fuji on Fuji (Film)

I came to climb Mount Fuji relatively early in my hiking-life. Although it commands the throne of the highest peak in Japan, its broad conical shape, which has been venerated for centuries, allows for some relatively straightforward trails.

Travel, MemoirLisa Wynne9 May 2017hiking, Mount Fuji, Fuji-san, mountains, climbing, outdoors, peak, trails, adventure, summitComment

Tōhoku roadtrip: summer excursion off the beaten path

We set off on the 112, that graceful route through the mountainous heart of Yamagata prefecture, on a sunny day in August.

Yamagata and Me (2016)

Imagine a place lush and green with nature, where – beyond the big city - small villages and farming communities dot the landscape.

Travel, MemoirLisa Wynne16 March 2017writing, Yamagata, Japan, Ireland, English, EFL, teachingComment

On Irish Rugby

The 24th February marks ten years since that most monumental rugby match between England and Ireland.

Lisa Wynne23 February 2017 Comment

Imbolc, or, The End of Winter

At Imbolc, halfway between the dark winter solstice and the bright promise of spring equinox, I'm trying to stay philosophical.

MemoirLisa Wynne2 February 2017injury, recover, recovery, snow, winter, spring, imbolc, physiotherapy, rehabilitationComment

Writing by Lisa Wynne