Georgia is a Textile artist from Dublin (B.A. NCAD Textile Design) who specialises in natural dyeing, creating and upcycling fabric in a way which minimises environmental impact. After spending time focusing on acquiring technical skills and exploring materials, she is now developing a body of fine art and wearable pieces for exhibition exploring these techniques and using entirely natural materials and dyes.
These include traditional craft skills as well as exploring more experimental areas, such as eco-printing. Using a bright, colourful, naturally derived palette, she hopes to instil a sense of joy in the viewer through her sustainably-striving practice.
She wishes to create a thought-provoking and engaging body of work which inspires the audience to make more conscious decisions around their consumption of textiles. Creating pieces which are aesthetically beautiful but which convey the message and value of slow craft is what drives her, as well as celebrating the inevitability of nature and its beauty.
Instagram: www.instagram.com/georgia_makes_shapes
Artist Residency
Icelandic Textiles Centre, Blonduos, Iceland; May 2018
Internships
Liberty Art Fabrics, London, 2014 - Print Design Intern - Photoshop, Illustrator and AVA
programmes at leading design team.
Damaris/Mimi Holliday, London, 2012 - Design/PR Intern
Textiles & Creative CDETB (starting Sep 2022) - Teaching a mixture of classes, including
Arts & Crafts, Upcycling, Darning & Mending as well as yoga, to adult learners.
Exhibitions
FLUX Members’ Exhibiton, The ‘Bank’, Digital Hub Dublin, May 2023
Culture Night, Block T 2021
Layers of Time, Icelandic Textiles Centre 2018
Whitney Stitch Black Box, Dublin 2013
NCAD Degree Show NCAD, Dublin 2013
Golden Hair Knit & Stitch Show, RDS, Dublin 2012
Sample, Twisted Pepper 2012
22, Powerscourt Town Centre, Dublin 2011
Piece, Little Green Street Gallery, Dublin 2011
Awards & Grants
Agility Award Awarding Body: Arts Council 2021
Leonardo da Vinci Grant Awarding Body: EU 2014
Erasmus Grant Awarding Body: EU 2012