Head of Design & Textile Development

This unique and patented product, developed by Trish Belford and Ruth Morrow, allows textile to combine with concrete so that it is integrated but not consumed, exposing an intricacy and texture that reinvents the experience of concrete.
www.tactilityfactory.com

Design & Development for Catalytic Clothing by Helen Storey & Tony Ryan

Catalytic Clothing seeks to explore how clothing and textiles can be used as a catalytic surface to purify air, employing existing technology in a new way.

I worked on design and development of the world's first air purifying dress with Trish Belford, Helen Storey and Tactility Factory. Worn by Erin O'Connor in a short film to introduce the project and in continual use as an educational tool to explore the concept of Catalytic Clothing on a wider scale.

Film by Adam Mufti, with Erin O'Connor and music by Radiohead. Full credits and further information at
http://www.catalytic-clothing.org

Artist & Exhibition Design

Northern Ireland has a unique textile heritage which has played a central part in the psyche of the people of the region. ‘Re-inventing Linen’ examined new definitions of our notions of the fabric. A collaboration with textile specialists from INTERFACE Centre for Research at the University of Ulster and experts in textile design, retail and manufacture, it resulted in a number of exhibitions in Ireland and the U.S.

The exhibition combined text and textiles to pay homage to local poet Michael Longley and the images of linen workers invoked in verses of his poem, ‘The Linen Industry’. I designed a number of large scale digital ikat works which were further embellished with laser engraving, hand printing and embroidery.