Mourne Textiles Journal

Edinburgh-based furniture-maker Namon Gaston and upholsterer Peter Holmes have collaborated on a new furniture piece, The Oxbow Lounge Chair, using Mourne Textiles’s Mourne Mist Furnishing Fabric.   The chair combines...

One of the highlights of our year so far is this exciting collaboration with Margaret Howell for Paris Design Week. We were delighted when she approached us about this collaboration, particularly as it uses our fabric in a new range of scarfs so we are branching into the fashion world. We will be transporting a traditional handloom from our workshop in the Mourne Mountains to this exhibition at Paris Design Week. Visitors will be able to see first-hand the remarkable process of hand-weaving. Karen, Gerd’s daughter and Master W­­­eaver will be giving the live weaving demonstrations.

We know in ourselves what it means to us to be an Irish brand. In everything we make there are a number of interwoven stories stemming from where and how...

We’re delighted to have been working with design and furniture brand PINCH on a collaboration for London Craft Week 19. The result is LUACHANNA, a collection of limited edition cushions and wall hangings that celebrate artistic making, symbolizing the shared values that both brands bring to creating elegant and dimensional products.

An exhibition, Under Your Feet: The Contemporary Rug is putting the spotlight on the often-overlooked form of the rug. We’re delighted that our iconic Milano Rug is on show alongside the work of a stunning range of designers and weavers.

Material Matters is a podcast series, devised and presented by British design writer and critic Grant Gibson. In an interesting side-step from print media, Grant has produced a series of audio interviews with a range of artists, designers and makers. Using their relationship to a particular material or technique as a starting point, each conversation in Material Matters offers fantastic insight into each artists’ motivations and into creative processes more broadly. We had our own conversation with Grant to find out more.

In these final weeks leading up to Christmas we’re opening the Mourne Textiles Workshop to visitors so you can browse our products and find the perfect presents for family and...

Our Raw Fleece Wall Hangings and Rugs are based on an original 1970s rug design by Karen Hay-Edie, master weaver and daughter of Mourne Textiles’s founder Gerd Hay-Edie. Combining hand-selected fleece from local rare-breed sheep and traditional handweaving techniques, each of our pieces is individually hand-woven and celebrates the natural tones and textures found in each unique fleece. Varying thicknesses within the hand-twisted fleece combined with speckly berber yarns and linen to create great textural interest.

We were delighted to receive a special visitor to our workshop on Wednesday 5 September - Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal - President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) and a keen supporter of fashion and textile products made in the United Kingdom.

Weaving has a long connection to music, particularly in Ireland. We talked to Tommy Sands - singer, songwriter, broadcaster, and member of touring group The Sands Family - about how the rhythm of the loom is deeply engrained into folk music. 

The Prime Minister, Theresa May, welcomed Mourne Textiles to No.10 for a reception to celebrate the success of the United Kingdom’s Creative Industries from all parts of the UK. Mourne...

Renowned British designer Margaret Howell is the latest guest curator of the Tate Edit shop for Spring/Summer 2018. The Tate Edit is a bright and beautiful retail space, designed by...