ColleCted
PresenCe
Award-winning designer Gráinne Maher
joined local artist and jewellery designer
Elin Johnston and artist and designer
Rachel Fitzpatrick for a unique exhibition
of work at the Island Arts Centre
Lisburn. Collected Presence was inspired
by Northern Ireland’s heritage with linen
and the linen industry. Gráinne has been
creating bespoke headwear for the past
10 years. Her most recent leather florals
collection combined the finest metallic and
nappa lambs skin, Swarovski wirework and
eye-catching shapes, to create her new
signature style. For this exhibition Gráinne
combined her leatherwork with linen for the
very first time, drawing on the local legacy
of this material to create a series of couture
millinery pieces. Local artist and jewellery
designer Elin Johnston, who specialises in
creating one–off and limited edition pieces
in precious metals, created a collection
interpreting and honouring the associations
and ties between the linen industry and
the people who committed their lives to
it. Rachel Fitzpatrick works at the interface
of art and design using a variety of tactile
materials. In keeping with the deep–rooted
crafts and linen heritage of a rural society,
the artist and designer transformed heavy–
duty industrial textiles and fabrics into
beautiful works of art.
GIRL ABOUT TOWN
Nuala Meenehan works in the media and is a leading model.EDITED BY
Nuala meeNehaNStuart Drennan, Tara Millar and Christopher
Whiteside.Exhibiting artists Rachel Fitzpatrick,
Gráinne Maher and Elin Johnston.Artist Elin Johnston. Suzanne Doran, Sharon Curran and Gráinne Maher.
Prof. Karen Fleming
and Robert Martin.Sisters Deirdre Scott and Maureen Hanna.Imelda and Gerry O’Neill.Amelia, Maria, Adrian and Adrian McColgan.24