Double Retted Flax on Mallon Farm

A spinner has been testing some of last year’s fibre for us. The tests showed that there were still some pieces of th...

Biodiversity on Mallon Farm

We’re applying to join the “Fair to Nature Scheme” backed by the RSPB and are currently doing an audit of biodiversit...

Tradition Restarted: Sowing Flax

Three acres have now been sown by hand. Once again this year we used a traditional tool for broadcasting seeds ...

River Friendly Retting at Mallon Farm

Retting was the one part of the process that we knew we needed to change if we wanted to restart linen growing here. ...

The Wee Blue Blossom

The beautiful flowers that appear for 12 hours on the flax plants are affectionately known here as the "wee blue blos...

World Poetry Day

March 21st was adopted as World Poetry Day by Unesco in 1999 to celebrate the enduring power of poetry to inspire a...

Northern Ireland Science Festival 2021

We were delighted to be part of the brilliant Northern Ireland Science Festival this year. In a three part documentar...

Tradition Restarted: The Process of Growing Flax at Mallon Farm

Charlie Mallon has reintroduced flax to his farm in County Tyrone. He is committed to growing and processing flax usi...

Bronze Patination

A material of war and art, bronze has been used for thousands of years to depict life, spirit and worship. Patination...

Tradition Restarted: The Reintroduction of Flax to Mallon Farm

All the flax grown at the Mallon farm in Northern Ireland has been harvested by hand, picked and processed using trad...

The Art of Printmaking

In this post we take a closer look at the processes used to create our range of limited edition collagraphs and hand ...

The Celtic Roots of Our Christmas Traditions

It is easy to trace our Yuletide traditions back to the pre-Christian, Celtic celebrations of Winter solstice that ca...
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