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Image Magazine
"Ellie’s work is known for its use of colour, and she has collaborated with other Irish brands, designing blankets with Cushendale"
The Gloss
Future Makers Awards is a Design & Crafts Council Ireland initiative that recognises new talent and creativity. It’s regarded as one of the largest prize-funded design and craft award programmes in Europe with a €25,000 award.
The Sunday Times
"There’s no doubt that choosing bright colours that translate seamlessly from canvas to yarn is Dunne’s forte..."
Galway Now
"At just 26, Ellie has an impressive portfolio of projects and exhibitions under her belt, including a solo show at the Dower House Gallery at Emo Court"
The Gloss
A collaboration that was a year in the making, the Blocks blanket combines a bold graphic pattern with a gentle moss stitch. “I love colour, and I love the work of artists like Sean Scully, Bridget Riley and Keith Haring.
The Journal
The 40 Shades of Green blanket, named after the Johnny Cash song of the same name, calls to mind the palette of the Irish landscape and blends Ellie’s artistic vision with the skill of the spinners and weavers of the Galway Wool Co-Op
Irish Independant
"Her acrylics on paper and her Irish wool blanket designs are the work of a true colourist."
The Office of Public Works
The Office of Public Works are delighted to announce the presentation of the first solo exhibition of abstract artworks by the young artist Ellie Dunne.
The Times
‘We did a blanket for Ukraine. It raised €15,000 for the Irish Red Cross’. Ellie Dunne’s paintings inspire her blanket collaboration with Cushendale Woollen Mills in Co Kilkenny. Three of her works are part of the National Collection. She lives in Dublin