Drea Dickson (she/her, they/them)
@retroagate.bsky.social
Textile Artist specialising in traditional skills with a love for sustainable nature fibres.
Common Threads Exhibition at the Island Arts Centre with the Linen Biennale huge thanks to R-Space gallery.
September 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Common Threads Exhibition at the Island Arts Centre with the Linen Biennale huge thanks to R-Space gallery.
On the way back to the cabin we were staying at after seeing Alanis Morrisstte at Malahide Castle in Dublin I was awestruck by the amazing beauty of the night sky. It's called Noctilucent clouds
July 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On the way back to the cabin we were staying at after seeing Alanis Morrisstte at Malahide Castle in Dublin I was awestruck by the amazing beauty of the night sky. It's called Noctilucent clouds
Spinning demonstration at the Belfast School Of Art Graduate Showcase
June 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Spinning demonstration at the Belfast School Of Art Graduate Showcase
My graduate in residence woven textiles collection currently on exhibition -
ground floor of the Belfast School of Art Graduate showcase.
Open Monday - Saturday
9-5pm till 21st June 2025
ground floor of the Belfast School of Art Graduate showcase.
Open Monday - Saturday
9-5pm till 21st June 2025
June 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
My graduate in residence woven textiles collection currently on exhibition -
ground floor of the Belfast School of Art Graduate showcase.
Open Monday - Saturday
9-5pm till 21st June 2025
ground floor of the Belfast School of Art Graduate showcase.
Open Monday - Saturday
9-5pm till 21st June 2025
My woven collection at the Belfast School of Art Fashion Show
June 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My woven collection at the Belfast School of Art Fashion Show
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Westminster is failing disabled people in Northern Ireland.
Cuts. Injustice. No voice.
Learn our key concerns: bit.ly/4jz6UJ4
#DisabilityRights #DPAC #CutsKill #WelfareNotWarfare
Cuts. Injustice. No voice.
Learn our key concerns: bit.ly/4jz6UJ4
#DisabilityRights #DPAC #CutsKill #WelfareNotWarfare
May 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Westminster is failing disabled people in Northern Ireland.
Cuts. Injustice. No voice.
Learn our key concerns: bit.ly/4jz6UJ4
#DisabilityRights #DPAC #CutsKill #WelfareNotWarfare
Cuts. Injustice. No voice.
Learn our key concerns: bit.ly/4jz6UJ4
#DisabilityRights #DPAC #CutsKill #WelfareNotWarfare
Looking at my chronic pain as inspiration for my art. Art has helped me process and cope.
February 11, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Looking at my chronic pain as inspiration for my art. Art has helped me process and cope.
Carding wool and spinning. County Antrim. early 1900s. (National Museums of Northern Ireland)
November 1, 2023 at 5:12 PM
Carding wool and spinning. County Antrim. early 1900s. (National Museums of Northern Ireland)
Hemp fibre ready to be spun into yarn then woven.
During my research for my Uni assignment I found a vast array of health benefits I didn't know about this amazing and versatile plant and its fibres.
During my research for my Uni assignment I found a vast array of health benefits I didn't know about this amazing and versatile plant and its fibres.
October 20, 2023 at 6:49 AM
Hemp fibre ready to be spun into yarn then woven.
During my research for my Uni assignment I found a vast array of health benefits I didn't know about this amazing and versatile plant and its fibres.
During my research for my Uni assignment I found a vast array of health benefits I didn't know about this amazing and versatile plant and its fibres.
Reposted by Drea Dickson (she/her, they/them)
Some evergreen advice about honoring the autistic people in your life. Now in thread form!
1) Honor communication. Everyone communicates. That includes autistic people of all speaking abilities. If they need AAC, get them a functional AAC system.
Via: www.squidalicious.com/2018/04/how-... 1/
1) Honor communication. Everyone communicates. That includes autistic people of all speaking abilities. If they need AAC, get them a functional AAC system.
Via: www.squidalicious.com/2018/04/how-... 1/
How You Can Honor World Autism Acceptance Day
[image: Me and my three kids sitting on a bench in a San Francisco park in 2015, eating ice cream and enjoying each other's company.] ...
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October 4, 2023 at 6:35 PM
Some evergreen advice about honoring the autistic people in your life. Now in thread form!
1) Honor communication. Everyone communicates. That includes autistic people of all speaking abilities. If they need AAC, get them a functional AAC system.
Via: www.squidalicious.com/2018/04/how-... 1/
1) Honor communication. Everyone communicates. That includes autistic people of all speaking abilities. If they need AAC, get them a functional AAC system.
Via: www.squidalicious.com/2018/04/how-... 1/