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Event date: May 5, 2026

Belfast Design Week – Designed to Learn: Creating Environmental Board Games with Children

By: Jenny Jackson-Smyth & Dr Susann Power
Time: 12:00noon - 14:00pm Location: HALT (Weaver's Cross)
This fascinating talk and workshop gives an overview of the Future Island-Island project where two academics will explain and deliver hands-on creative, design-led workshops...
Event date: May 26, 2026

Maritime Festival 2026 – From Tow to Sea-Twine

Time: 7pm Location: The Yurt Behind the Manor House, Rathlin Island
Flax was once a staple crop across the island of Ireland, as part of its thriving linen industry. Historically, the coarser "tow" fibre from...
From Tow to Sea-Twine Gillian Steel
Event date: May 29, 2026

Maritime Festival 2026 – Botanical Printing

Time: 11am until 3pm (drop-in) Location: The Yurt Behind the Manor House, Rathlin Island
Also known as eco-printing is an environmentally friendly art form where natural pigments and tannins from leaves and plants are transferred directly onto fabric...
Botanical printing by Gillian Steel
Event date: June 10, 2026

Maritime Festival 2026 – Reconnecting to Flax, The Artisan’s Approach

Time: 7pm Location: The Branson, Rathlin Island
Tiernan will take us in search of the 'lost feeling' that guided medieval spinners to produce some of the finest linen ever known. Through...
Event date: June 11, 2026

Maritime Festival 2026 – The Appliance of Science, First Steps Towards The Automated Flax Spindle

Time: 7pm Location: The Branson, Rathlin Island
With the help of the latest breakthroughs in the science of spinning, Tiernan will outline how the automated flax spindle has become a real...