Aiveen discovered her love for textiles as a teenager growing up in
Cork, Ireland. She was given a sewing machine for her 14th birthday,
but initially chose an academic line of study. A degree in business
and Russian at Trinity College in Dublin was followed by a career in
marketing, which took her to live in St Petersburg and Sydney
before she moved to London to work at Newsweek magazine and
then a dotcom startup. While Aiveen loved the entrepreneurial buzz
of this job, she sought a creative outlet. She devoured evening
classes at Central St Martins and the London College of Fashion in
sewing, embroidery, drawing and painting, but it was a professional
upholstery course that sparked a light-bulb moment; she had found
her métier. Upholstery was the perfect foundation on which to build
on her passion for textile artistry. Aiveen founded her studio in
2006. She employs a talented, multi disciplinary team and has a
devoted clientele across the globe.


TEXTILE ARTISTRY
Aiveen approaches each commission with the same level of artistry as a haute couture fashion house. Her hand-crafted work is both exquisitely tactile and highly technical, ranging from sculptural leatherwork to intricate embroidery. Her own-design furniture collection showcases meticulous pin-tucked silk pleats, while cushions are cinched with panels of fine beadwork, belts of ruffles or bands of hand-dyed feathers.
Aiveen approaches each commission with the same level of artistry as a haute couture fashion house. Her hand-crafted work is both exquisitely tactile and highly technical, ranging from sculptural leatherwork to intricate embroidery. Her own-design furniture collection showcases meticulous pin-tucked silk pleats, while cushions are cinched with panels of fine beadwork, belts of ruffles or bands of hand-dyed feathers.

Sculptural wall murals are a studio signature – and a blank canvas for Aiveen’s rich palette of
techniques. Circular patterns are hewn in silk and leather with mathematical precision;
hundreds of delicate, hand-punched petals are scattered in suede; and panels of brassframed silk display floral scenes of metallic tubes, microbeads and traditional goldwork
threads.
Contact the studio here
Contact the studio here