by Carol Conway | Jun 8, 2026 | Data
This project took sixteen months to complete: an idea conceived on St Brigid’s Day 2025 and finished on 3 June 2026. Textiles are a form of storytelling. The words text and textile both derive from the Latin root texere, meaning “to weave”. In this piece, I weave...
by Carol Conway | Sep 5, 2025 | Personal
As the “back to school” week wraps up, I’ve been reflecting on what I learned over the summer. The steepest learning curve came from a project that arrived in my head one day in mid-June and came with a built-in deadline: a significant birthday in late July. The idea...
by Carol Conway | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
This has been an extraordinary week of firsts for me, and one I’m very proud of. The launch of the Wheway Yarns website, the arrival of freshly minted business cards with Textile Artist printed proudly beneath my name, and the presentation of a hugely successful...
by Carol Conway | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Like many of us, I’ve found aspects of the last 18 months hard. For me, a pinch point came at the start of this year when I was struggling with an echoey feeling in my head – an empty space with billowing tumbleweed where I was used to a hive of...
by Carol Conway | Aug 14, 2025 | Data
I developed a fascination with creative data representation during the lockdowns of 2020/21 and I wrote at length previously about how that brought me to present Gender in the Board rooms of Ireland as a hand-knitted scarf. Part of what I enjoyed was the opportunity...
