MalĂș ColorĂ­n (she/her)

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🌈 Natural dyer at https://talu.earth 🐏 Co-founder of https://fibreshedireland.ie Systems thinker Regenerative textiles & eco-socialism 26+6=1 âœŠđŸœ Mexican in Ireland, Lobo’s human, coffee lover & curiousity fiend!✹ Loves to travel 🎒

The hand-drawn profiles of two men with closed eyes facing one another. The man on the left has dark skin and black hair, the man on the left has grey hair and light skin. They both have beards and moustaches.
A hand-drawn kitchen counter with a striped teapot, a potted plant sitting on top of 3 stacked books, and a window looking out to the low winter sun.
A hand-drawn woman blowing a colourful part horn. She has pink hair and a purple dress. There is multicoloured confetti around her.
The hand-drawn face of a reptile with bright yellow and green eyes covers the whole page.
A hand-drawn scene of a colourful fish swimming above a big rock and a patch of seaweed.
A hand-drawn image of a white bunny rabbit wearing oversized pijamas and a woolly hat. They are standing in front of a bed.
A hand-drawn fly with bright green eyes licks a spill of bright red jam.
A drawing of two young friends in black ushanka hats and mittens chatting animatedly on a snowy day. The one on the left has brown hair and two braids, a blue jumper with geometric colourwork on the chest and a red long skirt. The one on the right has short black hair, a green jumper with geometric colourwork in the yoke and cuffs and jeans.
The hand-drawn face of angry man covers the whole page. His nose is blue and his round cheeks pink and shiny. His angry forehead is the bottom part of a semi circle.
A hand-drawn illustration of a red-haired girl with freckles and green eyes. She’s wearing a ridiculous headdress that looks like an upside down red basket with golden details and an emerald stone. Her braided hair sticks out at either side. She’s wearing a purple long-sleeved dress with what looks like a dagger sticking out of her green pocket.
A hand-drawn illustration of a tall, curvy pink vase with a selection of flowers and leaves.
The final page of the concertina birthday card/recipe booklet shows how to assemble the “Tacos Habsburgos”, finishing off with “¡Disfruta mucho!” The front page of the birthday card/recipe booklet is also visible.
The sixth and seventh pages of the concertina birthday card/recipe booklet show the steps to correctly heat the blue corn tortillas.
The third and fourth pages of the concertina birthday card/recipe booklet. The steps of the recipe are broken down, starting with the salsa.
The first two pages of this concertina birthday card/recipe booklet. It has a birthday message and lists the ingredients to make “Tacos Habsburgos”. There is an illustration of two Poblano chilies with crùme fraüche, coriander seeds and ground nutmeg flecks.
A hand-drawn birthday card with colourful letters saying “¡Feliz Cumpleaños Eithne!”. The letters are drawn emulating the ubiquitous Mexican lettering that adorns shop fronts, street markets and taco stalls. There is a piñata next to the letters, as well as colourful confetti falling.
“The Flax Meitheal Harvest Celebration Join us in An Creagán, Co. Tyrone! 30 - 31 August Subsidised bus & on-site accommodation available. Organised by Fibreshed Ireland, Mallon Linen, Brink!, artpark Hoher Berg and the Linen Biennale Northern Ireland. Supported by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland and Cultural Bridge” Overlaid on top of a beautiful photo of two pairs of hands pulling flax on a field. The photo is by Yvette Monahan.
Two copies of issue 2 of Go Leor magazine. One is closed and shows the front page and the other one is open on a spread of the article about MalĂș ColorĂ­n.
An open spread of the Go Leor magazine, showing an article about MalĂș ColorĂ­n in the left side and the poster for the 2025 Archipelago Festival of Colour on the right side.
The courtyard at the Maristan of Sidi Frej. The central star-shaped platform has various clay pots, vases and tajines.
View from a window at Al-Attarine Madrasa out to a rooftop covered in green tiles. The dome of a Mosque is visible ahead.
A corner of the courtyard inside Al-Attarine Madrasa, ornately decorated with carved wood and plaster.
View of the courtyard inside the Mosque and University of al-Qarawiyyin from the street outside. The courtyard has colourful zellij tiles on the floor and a small round fountain in the middle. The entrance is a horshoe arch and there are others in the oposite wall, leading further inside.
The ornate entrance to the Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts & Crafts. The horseshoe arch door is wooden and the top part of the wall is made of carved plasterwork. The bottom part of the wall and the ornate beams above are made of wood.
The ornate entrance to the Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts & Crafts. The horseshoe arch door is wooden and the top part of the wall is made of carved plasterwork. The bottom part of the wall and the ornate beams above are made of wood.
The courtyard at Riad Laaroussa at night. There are plants all around, a fountain in the middle and an arched doorway accross the way.
A corner of the interior courtyard at Fondouk. The balconies are made of geometric wooden panels.
Master weaver Hyani Mohamed handweaving on a wooden-framed pedal loom.
A view if the (sadly, very polluted) river Bou Khrareb from Place Lalla Yedounna, with some of the buildings of the complex visible in the foreground. In the background, the terraces around Chouara Tannery are visible, with animal hides hanging to dry all around.
A view of the dyeing section at Chouara Tannery from a terrace above. There are many round stone vessels full of different-coloured liquids, which, sadly, I highly doubt are natural dyes. There are balconies and terraces all around, from which animal hides are hanging.
A corner of one of the rooms inside Bou Inania Madrasa. The walls are covered with intricately carved white plaster. A part of the carved wooden dome is visible above.
A corner of the courtyard of Bou Inania Madrasa
My hands making one of the knots for my pile woven mini rug. The rug design is blue and terracotta triangles. The rug is held by a small wooden-framed loom.
A page from the book ‘Pay no Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense’ by Marcello di Cintio. The following words by Mahmoud Darwish are highlighted in pink: ‘I am waiting for the moment when I shall be able to say, "to hell with Palestine." But this will not come before Palestine is free. I can't achieve my private freedom before the freedom of my country. When it's free, I can curse it.’
I’m in bed with a cold and have the book ‘Pay no Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense’ by Marcello di Cintio on my lap. A plastic cup full of lemon, ginger and honey juice is on my right hand. It has a bright green straw.
The Ziz valley, meandering through the arid landscape, full of thousands of palm threes. There is mist in the distance.
A group of tourists ride dromedaries in the sunset, guided by a man who walks ahead. The dromedaries are tired, exploited and clearly don’t want to be doing this.
The Erg Chebbi sand dunes with 4x4 tracks going everywhere. The sky is bright blue.
A reddish mountain in the background and a series of small fields at different levels of growth in the foreground. There are palm trees and other trees between the mountain and the fields.
The entrance of LE 18 seen from inside. The wooden door is open and there is a small wooden pushcart with bycicle wheels next to it. A wooden shelf above the pushcart holds additional stools to sit in. Some stairs to the second floor are visible to the left. The bottom part of the white wall is decorated with collourful zellij tiles.
A hole at the top of the tower in Le Jardin Secret serves to capture rainwater. The hole is lined by emerald green tiles at an incline to direct the water inward. There is a drain at the bottom floor, capturing the water and incorporating it to the irrigation system that feeds the whole garden.
An intricately decorated wooden door with carved floral morifs. There is door is painted teal and is located inside the tower of Le Jardin Secret.
A handsome Irish lad looks at his phone while carrying a LRNCE bag with his other hand. He’s standing at the entrance to a very boring-looking building, inside of which is the beautiful showroom of LRNCE studio.
Intricate floral motifs decorating the inside of an arched entrance in the Medersa Ben Youssef. The archway is made of carved plaster.
A pointed horseshoe arch above the street outside the Medersa Ben Youssef. It is terracotta coloured and the top is intricately decorated with floral motifs and mouqarnas, also known as “honeycomb vaults" or "stalactite vaults”.
A pointed horseshoe arch entrance in the Fondation Dar Bellarj building opening up to the courtyard behind. There is a fountain in the middle of the courtyard with small potted plants around. Three arches and a closed wooden door are visible on the other side of the courtyard.
An ornate wooden door framed by a decorative plaster frieze on top and geometric green and while zellige tiles on the sides and bottom.
A close-up view of the cacti in pots along the walls of the dar’s terrace.
A panoramic view of the courtyard outside our room in the dar (house). The walls are white, the floor has terracotta tiles and the window frames are yellow. There are trees and plants all around and birdsong can be heard.
The sun-kissed terrace of our dar (house). There are potted plants all around and a vine crawling above a bamboo markee, providing delicious shade.
Two birds peck at the leftovers of our breakfast in the terrace.
A handsome Irish lad sits in a table with emerald green tiles, surrounded by potted plants in terracotta pots. He is in the terrace of the most beautiful and peaceful dar (house) in Marrakech.
A poined horseshoe window with black frames. The window is divided into smaller red and orange panels at the border and two clear panels in the middle. A pink bouganvillea is visible through the window, creeping down the wall of the courtyard behind.
A busy night at Jemaa el-Fnaa square in Marrakech, seen from a terrace above. It is 11:54pm and there is still music playing and people coming and going in a rush.