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I am so excited to let you know that my cushions have been nominated for the Irish Country Magazine Irish Made Awards 2019!  I wanted to create a product which would be 100% made in Ireland for a long time but I wanted to create something different. As I make art dolls from clay I just thought that transferring this idea into huggable doll shaped cushions with personalities could have worked. I found fantastic people in Donegal and after painting the initial designs I sent them the scan. When I create something my main priority is always the high quality...

I had the pleasure to be asked to illustrate an article for Image magazine about mother and daughter relationship. Fiona Hyde writes about how the relationship with our mothers changes and how it is perceived through the time.  I loved working on it and I think I was able to achieve the feeling of time passing.   Available here as a giclee print:  https://jokamin.com/collections/love/products/in-my-heart

I am very excited to see my scarves and my bag in the National Gallery of Ireland. As an artist it is an honor to have my designs in a beautiful gallery space. If you are in Dublin or visiting, make sure to stop by for inspiration & to source interesting Irish design. 

The last day of 2018! The time between Christmas and New Year feels like it is in a stand still. A perfect time to reflect and slow down, at least for me. It is an ideal time to get back to painting and just be. To smell the paint, doodle and be free. An ideal time to create without thinking about the result. This painting, which I still haven't named yet, is all about being in the moment. 2018 was full of moments and some of them lead to exciting things, like creating a scarf collection which got a nice press coverage or...

https://designireland.ie/stories/christmas-gifts-for-sisters Lovely curation of Christmas gifts for sister by Design Council of Ireland. My "Dancers" silk scarf on it too ;) and other beautiful items.