‘by Katie Larmour Linen’- decorations

Description

Katie Larmour Linen

Dimensions: approximately 8-10 cm in the round.

Katie Larmour Linen is based in Belfast and specialises in creating luxury home accessories from Irish Linen. Her brand has been established since 2014 and produces a range of bejewelled Irish Linen hanging decorations.

The studio

The studio has had some recent success and recognition. In 2015, Katie exhibited her luxe cycled cushions in ‘A Year of Irish Design’ during Belfast’s first Design Week. She won a place with the British European Design Group (BEDG) to exhibit with them in New York as part of New York Design Week in 2016, where her entire sample collection of contemporary patchwork cushions and handcrafted quilts were purchased by an interior design boutique in the Hamptons, Long Island. In 2017 Katie collaborated with the prestigious Heals of London designing and producing a range of Irish Linen homewares for their Tottenham Court Road flagship store.

Maker

Katie has been selected and profiled as ‘maker of the week’ by the Crafts Council of England and was featured as a celebrated maker at the first ever Linen Biennale taking place in Northern Ireland. After joining the local Irish Linen community selling her wares in the pop-up Linenopolis store, in the newly developed Linen Quarter, she was the campaign face of the Linen Quarter’s launch itself. She exhibited in Conway Mill’s ‘Fragments of Time’ group exhibition on Irish Linen and also the ‘Island Art Centre’s ‘Lost in Linen’ exhibition later that year.

Incorporating the natural and undyed oatmeal linen that has become a hallmark signature of the brand. Katie Larmour Design is listed on the official website of the Irish Linen Guild as a certified “trusted and recommended” purveyor of Irish Linen goods. There is also an attractive element of sustainability as off-cuts and deadstock fabric from local mills is used and often a portion of the beading is reclaimed.

The aim of the studio is to contribute to, and promote, high craftsmanship, with designs that are timeless and classic, but with a contemporary freshness. Each piece has a precious and individual beauty, complemented by the rawness of the pure Irish Linen texture.

“I am very passionate about celebrating Irish Linen and its unique qualities. The aim of my studio is to contribute to, and promote, high craftsmanship, with designs that are timeless and classic, but with a contemporary freshness. Each piece has a precious and individual beauty, complemented by the rawness of the pure Irish Linen texture” adds Katie.

Katie Larmour is a member of: Craft NI (since 2005), the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (2015), the Crafts Council of England (2017), the Ulster Society of Women Artists (2012), the British European Design Group (2015), the Irish Linen Guild (2014) .