ABOUT
Born from 300 years of Irish textile history and experience at William Clark and Sons established in 1736, now here in New Zealand
Earthed is our latest spark of innovation established in 2016
Fusing traditional with modern to forge a different path, our designs are created using the latest digital print technology and are inspired by our planet. We strive to be considerate to our environment and we exist to bring evocative colours and patterns to your home.
Background
William Clark & Sons is the oldest surviving linen factory in Ireland. Our business grew from the enterprising ideas of Jackson Clark, who saw the potential our natural landscape had to produce and finish linen.
From the fertile soils used to grow flax, the humble river Clady supplying water for processing and later hydro power to drive our beetling engines and the expansive greens along the river ideal for laying out linen to bleach in the gentle Irish sun. Jackson established the first operation on this site in 1736 and to this day we still finish linen and cotton on-site servicing the fashion and interior markets.
William Clark and Sons are still probably the largest commercial “beetlers” of linen in the world.
A modern twist
Earthed began its life as Duncan Neil’s dream of creating a furnishing brand fully utilizing the colour possibilities digital print allows, while helping to keep UK textile manufacturing alive.
Duncan has been working in the UK textile industry for 12 years since graduating in 2004 from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design with a degree in Printed Textile Design.
Duncan joined William Clark in 2016 allowing this vision to grow combined with generations of skill built up here in Upperlands.
All the designs in this collection are personal to us and our work over the centuries here at William Clark.
The New Zealand Connection
Like so many of their contemporaries in Ireland and Scotland there was always some branch of the family that immigrated to greener pastures.
One branch of the Clark family centuries later has reconnected to bring you “Earthed” here in New Zealand.
