The Trossachs Collection is a personal exploration into the notion of home. Home involves an interaction between nature, community and warm human contact. To achieve this, the Trossachs Collection creates a conversation between Scotland's traditional past, and the landscape's contemporary present. Through an exploration and personal connection to her home environment, Orla aims to translate the environmental experience into textile designs. With a focus on colour, texture and tactility, this collection encourages similar experiences of emotions and connections for the user. Inspired by local folklore, history, music and landscape of the Trossachs National Park, these influences intertwine and result in this collection of printed and embroidered double sided blankets.
Trossachs blankets represent metaphorical nomadic homes: Encasing the user in their very own transportable textile home, which may be taken anywhere. When wrapped in a Trossachs blanket, you are immersed in your own sense of place, of home, wherever you may go.
EVENTS 2021
FRIDAY 6 AUGUST 2021, 9:00 - 10:00AM
CREATIVE BREAKFASTS - ARTIST TALK, MACROBERT ARTS CENTRE
Held via zoom. Book your ticket here:
https://macrobertartscentre.org/event/creative-breakfasts/
WEEKLY 18 AUGUST - 8 SEPTEMBER 6 - 8PM PAINTING LANDSCAPES ART WORKSHOPS
In person classes held at Made In Stirling. 4 individual classes, that guide you through mark making & experimental drawing (class 1) colour (class 2) composition (class 3) and painting a landscape, start to finish from research process to final piece (class 4). Can be booked individually or as a block.
21 MARCH 2020 - 12:00- 4:00 AURAL TEXTILES - MARK-MAKING WORKSHOP - NEW LANARK - POSTPONED
Come join us for our ‘touching sounds’ public engagement as part of our third gathering @newlanark world heritage centre. Come learn a little more about our work, collaborate with our practitioners and create some patterns from sounds.
Bustling market full of Scottish makers. Come along to this wonderful art venue for a great weekend! The market runs both sat & sun, but I'll be attending Sunday only.
17 APRIL - 10 JUNE 2020 SIGHT & SOUND - SOLO EXHIBITION - MACROBERT ARTS CENTRE STIRLING - POSTPONED
University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
Solo Exhibition of my latest body of work Sight & Sound - exploring landscape & soundscape of Scotland's West Coast.
31 MAY 2020 TEA GREEN MARKET - KIBBLE PALACE - GLASGOW - NOW ONLINE
Come along for Tea Green's summer market, set in the beautiful Botanical Gardens, Glasgow's west end.
JULY 2020 - DATES TBC DRAWING & MARK MAKING WORKSHOP - CALLANDER SUMMERFEST - CANCELLED
I'll be hosting an experimental drawing and mark making workshop in Callander, exploring how we can respond to landscape in a loose and expressive way. Deconstructing processes from colour mixing, to line, to sketching, to texture and composition.
Please contact to display interest.
AUGUST 8-9 BOWHOUSE TEA GREEN MARKET - POSTPONED
Exhibiting as part of Tea Green's market. Come along to:
Bowhouse, St Monans, East Neuk, Anstruther KY10 2DB
