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Separate: It's never going to stop.
Sustainability is the great challenge of our time. It is at the centre of political, economic and social debate. Sustainable development is defined as development that ‘meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’. Even though recycling became law in 2003, a large percentage of Irish people are still not recycling correctly.
Working with ; digital media, typography and combining our skills of research, our project is enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. Through this body of work we hope to inspire this generation to question the way we blindly use and dispose of objects with little to no regard for recycling and help them develop an integrated approach to the protection of the Earth and its inhabitants.
Aisling Barnwall is a Dublin based artist who is completing the Professional Masters of Education in NCAD. She has previously completed a BA of Science, Health and Society in DCU and a BA in Fine Art and Critical Culture specialising in Glass in NCAD. Aisling has spent time abroad to continue expanding her skills with glass and spent three months in Seville, Spain working with other glass artists in Estudiociento2 (2019). Aisling was also recipient of two student scholarships, Pilchuck, Washington (2018) and Corning Museum of Glass, New York (2018). Her work has previously focused on mental health issues, and she is now working on creating a line of glass jewellery.
Alisha May is a textiles artist and educator originally from Co. Dublin but currently based in Co. Laois. She is currently undergoing her final year in the Professional Masters of Education in NCAD. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Textiles Art and Artefact Design in 2016 in NCAD, Alisha went on to intern with Irish designer Emma Manley and then travelled and resided in Amsterdam for a few years undertaking several more internships along the way. Alisha’s work has a strong focus on natural, organic forms and materials and embraces the imperfections in the everyday.
Lorna Sullivan is a graphic designer and educator based in Co. Kildare and is currently completing a Professional Masters of Education in NCAD. Before undertaking the Professional Masters of Education she graduated from the Limerick School of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Visual Communication. Lorna has worked in both London and Paris developing creative communication for use within the worlds of fashion, beauty, interiors and lifestyle.
The art of applying design, aesthetics, garment construction, and the natural beauty of clothes and their accessories is known as fashion design. Culture and different trends have influenced it, and it has changed over time and place. As a fashion designer, I not only reflect on the era of culture, but I help to shape it too. As a designer, I have the freedom to express myself through clothing and accessories by telling my client’s stories. My passion is creating beautiful wedding dresses, which is always a happy occasion. I am an innovative, creative, curious, artistic, intelligent, stylish, and demanding individual who observes fashion trends to develop the latest fashion statements.
To me, fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, and what is happening. Fashion is all about the play on proportions and unexpected pairing of textures and patterns. Fashion is more than what you wear. It’s an expression of personal taste, cultural norms, and social history. I have run my own business for many years producing fashion collections and working only with private clients. I have worked in theatre costume design at the Gate Theatre, on film sets, and with a burlesque dance company in Sydney.
I became a teacher by accident, substituting for a teacher who was on sick leave, but this changed my life path as I fell in love with teaching visual arts. I worked as a Visual Arts teacher for six years in Switzerland and trained at the Rudolf Steiner school in Basel. After some life changes, I ended up back in Ireland, and even though I still designed clothes, I set about getting a Professional Master’s in Art and Design Education. This meant that I had to get a bachelor’s first, so I spent three wonderful years at Maynooth University to earn my Early Childhood Education bachelor’s. I then stepped to NCAD and started a PME.