Isobel May Lambe

Design - Illustration & Animation Design

Cuimhne Fuála (stitched memory) begins from a longing for places and feelings that no longer exist in the same way. It approaches memory not as something fixed, but as something felt, partial, and constantly changing. Through patchwork and appliqué, fragments of experience are translated into textile works.
Structured around the seasons, the pieces unfold as quiet landscapes shaped by memory. Animals, land, and familiar spaces appear as recurring images, not as direct representations, but as part of an emotional language built from personal experience and Irish visual culture.

Fabric becomes both image and material. Cut, layered, and stitched together, it reflects the way memory is formed: selective, reworked, and sometimes unstable. The slow, repetitive process of stitching becomes a way of spending time with these memories, where making is closely tied to care and attention.

Situated within contemporary textile practice, the work explores nostalgia, comfort, and intimacy, treating memory not as something to preserve, but as something to return to and hold.

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