Emily O’Reilly is a textiles activist that is designing for social change. Using knit as a platform for sometimes shocking and disruptive text and graphics highlights the powerfully subversive nature of the medium. Whilst working now in London it's impossible to miss the influence her background in Wales has had and still shows on her work especially the radical nature of traditional craft methods and the play on language.
She is the proud founding member of an initiative funded with the help of Cynal Y Cardi, Ceredigion County Council, and The Welsh Government, to create cooperative textile based links between Wales and Shetland. This was done with the intention of re-invigorating the Welsh Wool Industry, Welsh tourism, and creating beneficial links for up and coming designers.
