ASTRL Fibres
ASTRL Fibres
Shop the Collection
Rooted in craft and shaped by curiosity, the ASTRL Fibres collection explores the heritage skills of macramé, passementerie, braids and cords. Browse original objects and artworks, make-your-own kits and upcoming workshops ~ an invitation to bring slow and intentional craft into your everyday.
Craft your story
Bespoke Designs
Every bespoke design begins with a conversation ~ a chance to explore how the language of fibre, colour and texture can be shaped entirely around your vision. Collaborating with designers, makers and collectors on private and commercial projects, ASTRL Fibres offers a bespoke design service drawing on the specialist craft skills of macramé, passementerie, cane & cord weaving, and couture braids & cords. Each commission embodies a slow, intentional practice and a contemporary approach ~ handcrafted by Alison Pascoe. Get in touch to discuss your project and begin crafting a unique story.
Think with your hands
Studio Workshops
Take a moment out of your busy everyday and into the meditative rhythm of craft ~ with in person workshops designed around the quiet connection between maker, material and thinking with your hands. Nestled on the Woodstock Road in East Belfast, the ASTRL Fibres studio is a lovingly curated and inclusive space dedicated to slow and intentional craft, offering small group sizes and plenty of time and attention for every maker. Browse upcoming workshops and book your place.
develop your skills
Macramé Tuition
A nurturing and inspiring space on the Woodstock Road in East Belfast to learn macramé. Whether you are taking your first steps into the craft, deepening an existing practice or working through a challenging project, Alison will help you develop your skills. Alison offers personalised 1:1 sessions, tailored around you and guided by her full attention and over 10 years of expertise in traditional knotting techniques and a deep love of passing these skills on to others. Get in touch to discuss your goals and begin your journey.
Connect with craft
Community Workshops
Craft has a quiet power to bring people together. ASTRL Fibres offers experienced community arts facilitation rooted in handcrafted storytelling, heritage skills and creative curiosity ~ drawing on the materials and methods of macramé, cane & cord weaving, kumihimo, ply-split braiding and the endangered craft of passementerie. With experience delivering inclusive, wellbeing-centred sessions for the National Trust, Queen's University Belfast, national museums and regional councils, every session is tailored to the group and the space. Let's make something meaningful together
Creative Crafting
Making Things Art Club
A space for curious hands and creative minds ~ the Making Things Art Club invites children aged 8 to 12 into a week of hands-on exploration, from weaving and macramé to fibre craft, paper craft and printmaking. Rooted in heritage craft and everyday materials, sessions run daily for 1 week each summer in the ASTRL Fibres studio. Group sizes are small so every maker gets the time, space and individual attention to truly flourish. Summer 2026 is already taking shape, click to find out more.
Follow my story
