Malú Colorín is a Mexican natural dyer, designer, artist and community organiser living in West Wicklow, Ireland. She builds, nourishes and maps communities of place and of practice. She is the founder of Talú, a natural dye house and educational hub helping creatives use colour as catalyst to remember our relationship to the Land. Through Talú, she offers workshops, art, and events. Malú is also the co-founder of Fibreshed Ireland, a community-supported movement building networks to craft a regenerative Irish textile system based on local fibre, local dyes & local labour. She is a public speaker and a guest lecturer in the Circular by Design masters degree programme at NCAD. 

Her work draws inspiration from the traditional garments of her native Mexico, while embracing the rich heritage of Irish textiles. By working slowly and mindfully, she aims to build an intimate connection with each of her dye sources, as well as the Land where they grow.

Malú’s personal creative practice explores topics of identity, belonging and reciprocity. She is especially interested in mapping the ecosystems of relationships formed between humans, more-than-humans, and place. She utilises a diversity of media to map these relationships, including fibre, thread, cordage, wild clay, plants, rocks and natural pigments. A lot of her work is collaborative, either with other humans or with her more-than-human kin.

Thanks to her background in graphic design, she’s an avid systems thinker, constantly dreaming up ways to dismantle the interconnected systems of oppression behind climate change and social injustice.

Malú Colorín