Maria Cardenas

Selfish sufficiency

Flax...

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La Confédération Européenne du Lin et du Chanvre

: Maria Cárdenas sent us this picture. "My father in law talked about "pulling" flax by hand here in Northern Ireland-during the WW2. There was the blockade against cotton etc-so flax was grown and used a lot more in those years-even for airplane fuselages-the Mosquito. They used a simple knot with a length of flax to tie up the sheaves-he taught me the knot. » From the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum -photo from the '40s...

Videos of Irish Farming Life

A photo from the turn of the last century showing men at work in a flax dam. The flax was retted in water for a couple of weeks to rot the bark from the linen fiber .

Selvedge Magazine

Maria Cárdenas will be joining us this weekend, coming all the way from County Down with her beautiful Irish linens... http://bit.ly/2w9UYbV

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Mourne Creative

🌺We had a very stylish visitor to the cottages this morning.....
Maria Cárdenas arrived with this beautiful doll modelling a smaller version of Maria's bespoke design for her Cross Back Apron Workshop in May. 🌺Mmn what shall we call her?

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globalirish.irishdesign2015.ie To show and promote Irish Design and Irish Linen in 2016, contributing to the renaissance of a niche Irish product with a heritage and provenance that is almost unique. Despite the damage caused by many years of outsourcing and deskilling locally, and a shift to offshore production, there remains a…

The New Face of Colombia

Maria Cárdenas has just been commissioned by Belfast City Hall, at the heart of the original Linenopolis, to make and present a white Irish Linen Guayabera to President Santos of Colombia, at a Belfast event as part of the State visit here.

The New Face of Colombia

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Design Bites Talk: Fashion Design with Nora O’Murchú and Maria Cárdenas

irishdesign2015.ie Irish Design 2015 is a year-long programme exploring, promoting and celebrating Irish Design in just about every form.

Newry City Library

Some of the beautiful work on show in Newry City Library's Gallery.

Allan Preston on Twitter

twitter.com “Portraits from the 'Linen Characters' exhibition at Stormont this week. Hear my report on at 0750.”

Linen characters - A new series of portraits celebrating the modern Linen industry.

soundcloud.com For generations the linen industry was one of the thriving enterprises that put Belfast on the map. And while these days you won't see any textile factories on Linenhall street in Belfast, there are s

Tailored @Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre

craftni.org Craft Northern Ireland - As the regional champion for craft in Northern Ireland, Craft Northern Ireland (Craft NI) is building a vibrant and entrepreneurial craft, applied art and design sector with the support of its local and regional partners. Craft NI provides up-to-date information on craft and…

http://www.festivaldulin.org/fichiers/programme_du_festival_201_3.pdf
Next week my exhibition opens at the Festival du Lin in Normandy! In the beautiful village of Veules-les-Roses on the coast.

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Showcase Ireland

Taking part in Creative Island at Showcase Ireland in Dublin in January.

Showcase - Ireland’s Creative Expo® discover the best of Ireland’s creativity in one of Europe's most vibrant cities, 21–24 January 2018, Dublin, Ireland.

At the Europa Hotel during Belfast Fashion Week, October 2011

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/woman/fashion-beauty/stunning-studies-in-scarlet-for-fashionweek-f

An article about Belfast Fashion Week show last week-will get some photos soon as well

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Getting ready for Wedding Journal Show and Catwalk in the Kings Hall, Belfast-Feb 25-27th-Maria has a 2 page interview in current issue of the magazine.
http://www.weddingjournalonline.com/

Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (Official Music Video)

Mi Tierra-cantado por Gloria Estefan

gdata.youtube.com Gloria Estefan "Mi Tierra" (C)1993 Sony Music Entertainment. Buy now: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mi-tierra/id196407720

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APPLETISER STYLEFIX RETURNS WITH A FESTIVE TWIST The events in Northern Ireland will kick off at the Apartment on 19 November. A stylish brunch will be held at Horatio Todd’s on 20th November. The trio of events will be rounded off on Thursday 25th November at Bellini’s in Newry, where Northern Ireland’s leading style, beauty and make up experts will give beauty tips. Including looks from local designer Maria-yours

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Dispatches - Fashion's Dirty Secret

A look at the rag trade in Britain...

channel4.com A Dispatches investigation into the working conditions in clothing manufacturing units in the UK. Undercover filming reveals poor treatment of workers making clothes which end up being sold by large fashion retailers.

These Days It's Wise to Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes

Wooly Wooly-great image-can imagine the chaos in Saville Row

nytimes.com A push by Prince Charles to promote British-produced wool makes environmental and economic sense, and is reviving the fortunes of the biodegradable fabric.

The Leitrim Design House

http://www.facebook.com/TheLeitrimDesignHouse

The Leitrim Design House, shortlisted as one of the top ten gift & design shops in Ireland, is one of the leading craft and design outlets in the country.

BBC/OU Open2.net - Creative Climate - The fall of fashion

open2.net The potential demise of the fashion industry could pave the way for a spiritual dimension in good design: the fall of fashion

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Little video from the Linen Museum in Lisburn-showing some of my irish Linen clothes

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Have been selected to be part of these shows in October. Magners Light Fall for Fashion 2010 Designer
Showcase, Belfast Fri 8th October Art of Fashion -The Leitrim Design House,
Carrick-on-Shannon, Tues 12th October.
So am making some new dresses and jackets for the models.



Just got an invite for CraftBoston
in March 2011-have taken part a few times now.