Creative Skills Podcast with Creative Spark
Listen to our first episode in our Creative Skills Mini Series with Artists, Etaoin O’Reilly and Bláthnaid McClean. On this episode we hear about the experiences and challenges, of artists as the balance their growing businesses alongside various projects and commissions.
Etaoin O’Reilly is a ceramic artist based in Dundalk, Co.Louth, who graduated from NCAD in 2014 with a first-class honors in Craft Design. Her work includes carefully handmade tableware made on the pottery wheel. She also creates ceramic sculptures through different techniques, including hand-building.
Bláthnaid studied at NCAD receiving a BA in Fashion Design. Started up her own label selling out of the Design Centre in Powerscourt Townhouse in Dublin. She was awarded a scholarship to study Bespoke Menswear Tailoring (CPD Diploma) with the National Tailoring Academy (in association with Louis Copeland). In 2018 she started up her own hand screen printed T-shirt business called BEEZTI, selling her unique designs online.
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