Belfast Exposed, 23 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2FF
14 February 2025
10:00-16:00
Free event
We warmly welcome you to witness the linen-making process brought to life at this one-off event.
As part of the We Feed The UK exhibition, ‘The Clean Blue of Linen’ by Yvette Monahan, farmers and textile makers are gathering to process flax plants live, right through to the textile stage.
Helen Keys and Charlie Mallon have been reviving the Irish tradition of growing flax for fibre on their family farm. As part of a community of spinners, weavers, dyers, and processors, they are regrowing this historic industry with a new future-focused approach.
“We’re not interested in regrowing an industry that has one huge mill as a bottleneck where one person is making all the money.”
– Helen Keys
The event is divided into two sessions: 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00. Live Action Linen is one of hundreds of events happening across Northern Ireland between 12 and 23 February 2025 as part of the Northern Ireland Science Festival.
Join us as we unravel the art of crafting linen by hand.
