Bevan O’Daly
She/HerMaker
Bawn Textiles
My name is Bevan, Irish girl in Glasgow, and founder of Bawn Textiles, a new-ish online and bricks and mortar store specialising in sustainable fashion fabrics and haberdashery. My background is in Fine Art and Textile Conservation. I have a minimalist aesthetic, which includes what I like to sew and wear – block colours, and loose-fitting boxy shapes. My favourite days are cold, dry, bright days, so I can wrap up in lots of lovely layers but still wear sunglasses. I don’t leave the house without a scarf regardless of the weather.
What influence does music have in your life as a creative?:
While music is not my first love, it‘s something that is always there, adding another dimension to daily life. I tend to listen to music on my own while sewing, making and baking or while out for a walk. My taste in music, like most people, stems from my childhood, what my parents and older brother listened to. Anything from Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong, and the Gipsy Kings, to Enya and Christy Moore. I gravitate most towards traditional music. I like the focus on individual instruments, the rhythms and the different energy they provoke alongside the story being told – they seem to suck me right in to the point of stopping everything I am doing just to listen and experience it. I’m not sure that music ‘inspires’ me in the traditional sense but it does help to set an atmosphere that matches or lifts my mood.
Tell us about your playlist:
I have chosen to compile a playlist made up of Irish artists. Being unable to travel home since December 2019, listening to familiar voices, language and sounds brings me endless comfort and a feeling of closeness while physically apart. I feel I can relate to the stories of some, many were played on repeat on car journeys, while others mention places that are close to my heart, transporting me back to fond memories with loved ones. I return to these songs time and time again to bring a smile to my face and feel the green run through my veins.
- Barefoot – Eoin Duignan
- Sparrow and the Wolf – James Vincent McMorrow
- The Auld Triangle – Damien Dempsey, Glen Hansard
- Real Real Gone – Van Morrison
- St. Brendan’s Voyage – Christy Moore
- Summer in Dublin – Bagatelle
- What’ll I Do – Lisa Hannigan
- Star Of The County Down – The High Kings
- Vanities – Mary Black
- Burn the Black Suit – Juliet Turner
- Samhradh Samhradh – The Gloaming
- Cherry Wine – Live – Hozier
- Dreams – The Cranberries
- Safe Travels (Don’t Die) – Lisa Hannigan
- A Change Is Gonna Come – Sharon Shannon, Declan O’Rourke
- Dancing In The Moonlight (It’s Caught Me In It’s Spotlight) – Thin Lizzy
- Freedom – The Gloaming
- If I Had a Boat – James Vincent McMorrow
- Days Like This – Van Morrison
- Mo Ghile Mear (“Our Hero”) (with Sting) – The Chieftains, Sting
- From Eden – Hozier
- The Town I Loved So Well – Luke Kelly
- Dunmore Lassies (with Ry Cooder) – The Chieftains, Ry Cooder
- Norwegian Wood – Sharon Shannon, Damien Dempsey
- And If My Heart Should Somehow Stop – James Vincent McMorrow
- A Rainy Night in Soho – The Pogues
- Weekend Mornings – Niamh Lowe
- Power Over Me – Dermot Kennedy
- Anywhere Is – 2009 Remaster – Enya
- Two Kids – David Keenan, Laura Quirke
- Be Good or Be Gone – Fionn Regan
- Bright Blue Rose – Mary Black
- Higher Love – James Vincent McMorrow
- Snow – Lisa Hannigan
- Down In The Willow Garden – The Chieftains, Bon Iver
- Hold Me – Dolores Keane
- Post Tropical – James Vincent McMorrow
- The Sailor’s Bonnet – The Gloaming
- Evidence of Living – David Keenan
- Work Song – Hozier
- Second Violin – Bagatelle
- I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
- July – Mundy
- A Darkness – Brian Deady
- May It Be – Enya