Jasmine Carroll
artist & educator
studio!
My studio work explores textiles as art and artefact through material experimentation and process-led making. As an NCAD student, I focus on the relationship between material, structure and meaning, allowing research and making to inform one another within my studio practice.
December 2024
Setting the foundations for final year, this studio research module explores my textile heritage as a fifth-generation practitioner, connecting Nottingham lace with Irish traditions rooted in County Louth. Drawing on family history, local mythology and community identity, the work reflects lace as both material and cultural language. Traditional lace-making techniques are reimagined using contemporary materials, scale and site-specific installation. The project acts as a homage to ancestry, place and collective memory, inviting active engagement beyond passive viewing.
Quick Response: Garmenting
October 2024
This project was a quick response, mock-up proposal to simulate the Percent for Art scheme. It presents a fictional project rooted in local heritage and storytelling, inspired by the 1974 shipwreck of the MV Irish Trader at Baltray Beach, Co Louth. The proposal outlines an interactive textiles-based workshop, with the imagined outcome being a large-scale woven artwork exhibited during Culture Week 2025, accompanied by shared ancestral stories.
Main Event: The Lace Chronicles
May 2024
The Lace Chronicles is a collective of Textile Art & Artefact students in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, exploring textile heritage through personal and family histories. Using handmaking techniques, we create sentimental artefacts that blend traditional craftsmanship with contemporary practices, connecting past and present on a digital platform.
With thanks to...
Aoibheann Quinn
Emily Foster
Holly Callan
Kate Lyons
Saoirse Ryan
NCAD Applied Materials
Kimono Blanket
January 2024
Inspired by the Botanic Gardens in Dublin, this project draws on natural forms, textures, and patterns found in plants and landscapes. These organic influences are used to explore elements of Japanese culture, particularly the structure and symbolism of the kimono and the folded geometry of origami. The work blends nature and tradition to create designs that feel both delicate and intentional.
