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Lucy Hyland, The Way to Self Care.
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About Lucy Hyland
Sacred Strands: Woven Art Shop
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Weaving Human Design
Creative Wellbeing Facilitator
Creative Supervision

About Lucy Hyland
Sacred Strands: Woven Art Shop
Resources: Videos and Blogs
Weaving Human Design
Creative Wellbeing Facilitator
Creative Supervision

lucyhylandart

MY INSPIRATION: Perhaps belonging is something we

MY INSPIRATION:
Perhaps belonging is something we remember.
In the sea.
In beauty.
In the feeling of being held by something older and deeper than ourselves.
My art begins in this place —
in the quiet remembering of what is already within us.
#coastalart #irishart #oceanart #artandnature #contemporaryart

Superb talk today with @monicajackmancounsellorcoa

Superb talk today with @monicajackmancounsellorcoach at the @healthywaterford - Coaching, counselling and the work of building resilience with my favourite slide: the cycle of self encouragement!
#creativityandwellbeing #creativityandwellness #waterford #networkingevent

The new piece emerges… Resonance begins to rise to

The new piece emerges…
Resonance begins to rise to the surface from the depths of the well…
Here wee all belong ❤️
#coastaldecor #coastalart #sustainableart #irishcraft #irishwool

MY ETHOS OF WEAVING My work is rooted in the anci

MY ETHOS OF WEAVING
My work is rooted in the ancient conversation between sea and stone — in the elemental, the imaginal and the mystery that never quite leaves us.
I believe making can bring us back into rhythm with the world, allowing what we encounter in the outer landscape to become something sustaining within.
I believe there is a deep imaginal capacity within all of us — an inner sanctuary that remains beyond the reach of time, space and the demands of the everyday.
I believe beauty creates a threshold. Even within landscapes of control, it can sweep us off our feet, open something within us and remind us of the infinity we carry.
My art is an invitation to cross that threshold.
To slow down. To wonder. To remember. To come home to the self.
All my weaving art is for sale on my online shop. Link in bio ❤️
#contemporaryweaving #sustainableart #irishwool #irishartist #wovenart

My latest woven piece is about the frequency of th

My latest woven piece is about the frequency of the ocean. The acoustic that draws us to the shoreline again and again. To fill us up, to empty us out.
These beauties from @eriu.ireland are all 100% Irish and naturally dyed and are going to help me among the way.
What draws you to the ocean?
#coastaldecor #sustainableart #irishcraft #coastalart #irishwool

There is something about being at the shoreline th

There is something about being at the shoreline that changes the pace of things.
The meeting of land and water invites a different kind of attention.
The eye travels.
The body settles.
The rhythm of the tide begins to interrupt the rhythm of the mind.
I find myself listening differently.
Landscape can become a way of turning inward — not by withdrawing from the world, but by becoming more deeply present to it. In the stillness, there is space to notice what is beneath the surface: sensations, memories, fragments, feelings, the things that have not yet found words.
Perhaps this is what O’Donohue means by receiving time.
My making practice grows from this place.
The shoreline, its textures, edges, erosion, rhythms and shifting forms become something I carry with me. Through making, I begin to translate that encounter — not as a literal representation of landscape, but as an embodied response to it.
What I experience out there finds another language in here.
Material becomes a way of listening.
Form becomes a way of holding.
Making becomes a way of bringing the inner and outer landscape into conversation.
And perhaps this is why I return again and again to the shore — to be reminded that there is another pace available to us. A space where we can become quiet enough to receive.
View my latest collections Of bespoke woven art at my online shop. Link in bio
#coastaldecor #irishcraft #sacredart #sustainableart #wovenart

There is nothing lovelier than a day in the studio

There is nothing lovelier than a day in the studio. ❤️
Yesterday I spent time laying out rows of traditional Aran wool, made by the wonderful @thegalwaywoolco_op , alongside the more commercial Aran wool that is so often imported.
As I worked, I found myself thinking about belonging.
What do we mean when we say something belongs to a place?
What happens when the story we have been given is not quite the whole story?
And how do we stay connected to what is true?
These questions sit quietly at the heart of my making. I’m interested in materials that carry memory — wool, linen, earth, colour — and in the stories held within them. The things that connect us to place, to one another, and to something older than ourselves.
Alongside the making, I listened to the marvellous talk recently given by @cath_dunne on the mythology and story of Lugh. It was fascinating to hear how much of his influence and significance has been diminished or forgotten over time, and to reconsider what Lughnasa might have meant within a much richer cultural landscape.
It left me wondering about the figures who have travelled through Irish history and story — Maeve, Brigid, Gobnait, Lugh — and where they belong in our world now.
Perhaps their stories still have something to teach us.
About courage.
About sovereignty.
About the land.
About community.
And perhaps most importantly, about remembering.
Because sometimes making is a way of remembering what we have forgotten.
#IrishWool #IrishCraft #Belonging #MaterialCulture #CreativePractice

I’ve been thinking about this a lot since I starte

I’ve been thinking about this a lot since I started facilitating the Artist Wellbeing Programme with @creativewaterford recently.
Working with 9 artists passionate about deeply engaging in their communities, yet not wanting to lose their own creative spirit in the process.
Whether it’s social change, environmental concerns, health or working alongside others, caring deeply can make it difficult to know where the work ends and your own emotional, creative and energetic resources begin.
Artists often give so much attention, imagination, empathy, presence, advocacy and emotional labour. And because the work matters, it can feel almost impossible to step back.
But perhaps the question isn’t how do I care less? It’s:
How do I care without becoming consumed?
How do I remain open without being endlessly available? How do I contribute without becoming responsible for everything? How do I stay connected to my community without losing connection with myself? How do I protect the creative life-force that allows me to keep contributing in the first place?
Perhaps boundaries aren’t the opposite of care.
Perhaps they are what make sustainable care possible.
To care deeply, without disappearing into what we care about.
#creativefacilitation #artsandhealth #artistwellbeing #sustainableartpractice #creativityandwellbeing

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About Lucy Hyland
Sacred Strands: Woven Art Shop
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Weaving Human Design
Creative Wellbeing Facilitator
Creative Supervision

About Lucy Hyland
Sacred Strands: Woven Art Shop
Resources: Videos and Blogs
Weaving Human Design
Creative Wellbeing Facilitator
Creative Supervision

lucyhylandart

MY INSPIRATION: Perhaps belonging is something we

MY INSPIRATION:
Perhaps belonging is something we remember.
In the sea.
In beauty.
In the feeling of being held by something older and deeper than ourselves.
My art begins in this place —
in the quiet remembering of what is already within us.
#coastalart #irishart #oceanart #artandnature #contemporaryart

Superb talk today with @monicajackmancounsellorcoa

Superb talk today with @monicajackmancounsellorcoach at the @healthywaterford - Coaching, counselling and the work of building resilience with my favourite slide: the cycle of self encouragement!
#creativityandwellbeing #creativityandwellness #waterford #networkingevent

The new piece emerges… Resonance begins to rise to

The new piece emerges…
Resonance begins to rise to the surface from the depths of the well…
Here wee all belong ❤️
#coastaldecor #coastalart #sustainableart #irishcraft #irishwool

MY ETHOS OF WEAVING My work is rooted in the anci

MY ETHOS OF WEAVING
My work is rooted in the ancient conversation between sea and stone — in the elemental, the imaginal and the mystery that never quite leaves us.
I believe making can bring us back into rhythm with the world, allowing what we encounter in the outer landscape to become something sustaining within.
I believe there is a deep imaginal capacity within all of us — an inner sanctuary that remains beyond the reach of time, space and the demands of the everyday.
I believe beauty creates a threshold. Even within landscapes of control, it can sweep us off our feet, open something within us and remind us of the infinity we carry.
My art is an invitation to cross that threshold.
To slow down. To wonder. To remember. To come home to the self.
All my weaving art is for sale on my online shop. Link in bio ❤️
#contemporaryweaving #sustainableart #irishwool #irishartist #wovenart

My latest woven piece is about the frequency of th

My latest woven piece is about the frequency of the ocean. The acoustic that draws us to the shoreline again and again. To fill us up, to empty us out.
These beauties from @eriu.ireland are all 100% Irish and naturally dyed and are going to help me among the way.
What draws you to the ocean?
#coastaldecor #sustainableart #irishcraft #coastalart #irishwool

There is something about being at the shoreline th

There is something about being at the shoreline that changes the pace of things.
The meeting of land and water invites a different kind of attention.
The eye travels.
The body settles.
The rhythm of the tide begins to interrupt the rhythm of the mind.
I find myself listening differently.
Landscape can become a way of turning inward — not by withdrawing from the world, but by becoming more deeply present to it. In the stillness, there is space to notice what is beneath the surface: sensations, memories, fragments, feelings, the things that have not yet found words.
Perhaps this is what O’Donohue means by receiving time.
My making practice grows from this place.
The shoreline, its textures, edges, erosion, rhythms and shifting forms become something I carry with me. Through making, I begin to translate that encounter — not as a literal representation of landscape, but as an embodied response to it.
What I experience out there finds another language in here.
Material becomes a way of listening.
Form becomes a way of holding.
Making becomes a way of bringing the inner and outer landscape into conversation.
And perhaps this is why I return again and again to the shore — to be reminded that there is another pace available to us. A space where we can become quiet enough to receive.
View my latest collections Of bespoke woven art at my online shop. Link in bio
#coastaldecor #irishcraft #sacredart #sustainableart #wovenart

There is nothing lovelier than a day in the studio

There is nothing lovelier than a day in the studio. ❤️
Yesterday I spent time laying out rows of traditional Aran wool, made by the wonderful @thegalwaywoolco_op , alongside the more commercial Aran wool that is so often imported.
As I worked, I found myself thinking about belonging.
What do we mean when we say something belongs to a place?
What happens when the story we have been given is not quite the whole story?
And how do we stay connected to what is true?
These questions sit quietly at the heart of my making. I’m interested in materials that carry memory — wool, linen, earth, colour — and in the stories held within them. The things that connect us to place, to one another, and to something older than ourselves.
Alongside the making, I listened to the marvellous talk recently given by @cath_dunne on the mythology and story of Lugh. It was fascinating to hear how much of his influence and significance has been diminished or forgotten over time, and to reconsider what Lughnasa might have meant within a much richer cultural landscape.
It left me wondering about the figures who have travelled through Irish history and story — Maeve, Brigid, Gobnait, Lugh — and where they belong in our world now.
Perhaps their stories still have something to teach us.
About courage.
About sovereignty.
About the land.
About community.
And perhaps most importantly, about remembering.
Because sometimes making is a way of remembering what we have forgotten.
#IrishWool #IrishCraft #Belonging #MaterialCulture #CreativePractice

I’ve been thinking about this a lot since I starte

I’ve been thinking about this a lot since I started facilitating the Artist Wellbeing Programme with @creativewaterford recently.
Working with 9 artists passionate about deeply engaging in their communities, yet not wanting to lose their own creative spirit in the process.
Whether it’s social change, environmental concerns, health or working alongside others, caring deeply can make it difficult to know where the work ends and your own emotional, creative and energetic resources begin.
Artists often give so much attention, imagination, empathy, presence, advocacy and emotional labour. And because the work matters, it can feel almost impossible to step back.
But perhaps the question isn’t how do I care less? It’s:
How do I care without becoming consumed?
How do I remain open without being endlessly available? How do I contribute without becoming responsible for everything? How do I stay connected to my community without losing connection with myself? How do I protect the creative life-force that allows me to keep contributing in the first place?
Perhaps boundaries aren’t the opposite of care.
Perhaps they are what make sustainable care possible.
To care deeply, without disappearing into what we care about.
#creativefacilitation #artsandhealth #artistwellbeing #sustainableartpractice #creativityandwellbeing

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