Some of you may already know me already from the many different paths I have travelled up to now !  Perhaps it was from Art College in IADT in Dun Laoghaire, or from the Temple Bar Designer Market ?  For years I loved that spot I had on the top steps of Cows Lane – selling my hats and handwoven shawls – chatting to everyone and enjoying hearing all the stories that people choose to tell me. I called them 'flakes of people’s lives' - sometimes they just needed to share with someone, to a stranger and then they moved on.  

Or maybe it was at my studio at Russborough House ?   A stunning house and place that will always be close to my heart www.russborough.ie . Or perhaps you bought a hat from one of the 22 shops I stocked at one point !! including Kilkenny Design www.killkennydesign.com , the GPO or Foxford Mills www.foxford.com ? ! It all was a really bohemian special time back then !   

Since then, some may also know me from my work with the Travelling Community in the craft based social enterprise www.shuttleknit.ie in Wicklow Town ?  That was certainly one of the most rewarding and challenging jobs I have ever done.   I made so many friends there, learnt so much about what is valuable to
me.   

Or finally,  you may know me now through my work as a LEADER Rural
Development officer at County Wicklow Partnership, www.countywicklowpartnership.ie, a job I love and am blessed to do. It takes me into the heart of Wicklow and its community, where I get to work with creatives and change makers ! doing project that make a difference.

My path I hope will still take many more twists and turns,
as my gypsy spirit, while gentle will always need to wander.  

Evelyn x

A note on creativity and the  courage to Believe !!

I always remember the turning point.   It was a Tuesday in
February 2016.   It was one simple sentence, one moment and after that, everything changed in and for me.    They were four simple words – ‘ I believe in you ‘ .

In many ways it was not the words,  but it was the way he
looked at me when he said it.   He was an elderly man,  a wise man, a leader and belief setter.   Mostly, for me, it was really because, I heard them.   Really heard them.   His name is Blaise Brosnan, a man
who changed the course of my life.  Thank you kind SIR !   

Often the past, the knocks and sometimes even the everyday steals us of our expression, our true soul cry.   We can lose the courage and connection to our talents - until there comes a point when their voice needs to rise again.  To be heard.  It can take one person, one step, one change of mind to embrace a new way forward.   For me, my intuition and the creative process has always part of me and that day I found the courage to
believe again.    Evelyn x  

' If you are always trying to be normal,

Your will never know just how amazing you are '