Eileen Herlihy works under the name “Entwined Florals”, representing her interest and ease in exploring different professional and creative opportunities that working with floral and natural material presents.  
  

Having originally studied Fine Art and Community Art, after which and via a circuitous route, Eileen worked in television and events for nearly 30 years.  Looking to find a way back to a more hands-on and physical making practice, Eileen re-trained in floristry from 2019 realising its potential for multi-disciplinary working and exploration of ideas. 

 Eileen utilises the skills, traditions and artistry of floristry and is inspired by stories, histories and ideas generated by plants and flowers.  These, combined with Eileen’s background in fine art, her experience and interest in events, festivals, collaborative working and the possibilities of interactive-art all led to “Filamentous (our kind multiplies)” a new living-art installation being created especially for the 2024 Pittenweem Art Festival.