Maritime Festival 2026 – The Appliance of Science, First Steps Towards The Automated Flax Spindle
June 11, 2026
Location: The Branson, Rathlin Island
Times: 7pm
With the help of the latest breakthroughs in the science of spinning, Tiernan will outline how the automated flax spindle has become a real possibility in the 21st Century. Participants will make their own first steps towards building an automated flax spindle in the workshop.
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As part of Rathlin’s Maritime Festival
The workshops are for all ages – under 16 years accompanied by an adult.
About Tiernan Stuart
Engineer and Tiernan Stuart, has over 30 years of academic and industrial research experience in the field of flax.