behind the craft

LIVING

Meet the Co Armagh woman creating incredible charred cladding

In a warehouse in Co Armagh, Toasted Wood creates gorgeously charred cladding sparked by careful experimentation, and a…

By Megan Burns

LIVING

This couple’s Carlow workshops sit side-by-side

Both turning raw natural materials into pieces that juxtapose delicacy and solidity, Stephen O’Briain and Michelle Byrne work…

By Sarah Gill

LIVING

Meet the Dublin man meticulously restoring vintage typewriters

We’ve already seen the growing resurgence of celluloid film photography, vinyl records, and (dare we say it) print.…

By Lizzie Gore-Grimes

LIVING

At Killyon Manor in Co Meath, foraged flowers showcase the beauty of native blooms

If tradition gives us anything, it’s carte blanche to rewrite the rules. A transplant from Oxfordshire, via Tanzania,…

By Sarah Macken

Bean and Goose

LIVING

Step inside the Wexford kitchen where Bean and Goose chocolate is lovingly made by hand

Natalie and Karen Keane of Bean and Goose atelier in Enniscorthy reveal the precise science behind their silky…

By Lauren Heskin

Alison Ospina Greenwood Chairs Kate Bean

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In a treehouse workshop in West Cork, Alison Ospina turns sticks into greenwood chairs

From her eco-friendly workshop in a corner of West Cork, Alison Ospina creates chairs from Irish greenwood that…

By IMAGE Interiors & Living

two wooden horses

EDITORIAL

Meet Greystones woodworker Two Wooden Horses, whose work is inspired by music

From his Co Wicklow workshop, Two Wooden Horses woodworker Terry Cullen shares his eclectic inspirations and musical influences. Prior…

By Lauren Heskin

irish design

EDITORIAL

Here are 6 women to watch in Irish design and craft

Following a season of graduate exhibitions and with the Design Awards nearing, we shine a light on the…

By Penny Warnock

ceadogán

EDITORIAL

Ceadogán collaborates with Irish artists James Earley and Deirdre Breen for new rug collection

In their latest rug collaboration, Wexford rugmakers Ceadogán have teamed up with Irish street artist James Earley and…

By Lauren Heskin