Pathways for Positive Change in the Textile Industry with Nuala Browne Treacy January 30th at 3.15pm Location: WCQ Place: Community and Cultural Hub, 17 O’Connell Street, Waterford. This FREE workshop will explore the principles of the Circular Economy of textiles, highlighting projects focused on recycling, renewal, resharing, and regeneration. It will also delve into commercially […]

Launching as part of Late Night Art Belfast, there will be new live poetry from renowned Irish writer, Abby Oliveira The Clean Blue of Linen is a new photography project by Yvette Monahan, documenting the role of chemical-free flax from Mallon Farm in County Tyrone in local supply chains. Commissioned by We Feed The UK and exhibited at Belfast Exposed […]

As part of We Feed The UK’s collaboration with Belfast Exposed, farmers Helen Keys and Charlie Mallon of Mallon Farm are joined by Kerry Melville from Nourish NI in a panel facilitated by Co-chair of Belfast Sustainable Food Partnership, Gawain Morrison. Helen and Charlie are reviving the tradition of growing Irish flax for fibre as […]

We warmly welcome you to witness the linen making process brought to life at this one-off event. As part of the We Feed The UK exhibition, ‘The Clean Blue of Linen’ by Yvette Monahan, farmers and textile makers are gathering to process flax plants live, right through to the textile stage. Helen Keys and Charlie […]

In an effort to build a fairer, more sustainable textile industry, teams from both Scotland and Northern Ireland have been working to reinvent processing equipment for natural fibres. Their work will be installed in Belfast Exposed as part of the ‘The Clean Blue of Linen’ exhibition by Yvette Monahan, in collaboration with The Gaia Foundation’s […]