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Tending to a Passion
From a young age, Irwin was captivated by crafts.
Artwine supplied colorful, hand-stitched pouches and trinkets to the biggest bookstore in the Philippines.
Artwine also became a successful social enterprise where Irwin would provide craft workshops to deprived communities in Manila.
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Students who showed exceptional craftsmanship during the classesusually mothers and their out-of-school childrenwould often be hired on as artisans.
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As luck would have it, her move coincided with the onset of the COVID pandemic in early 2020.
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Irwin recounts how those early days of isolation in a new home forced her to get resourceful.
With only paper and scissors, she started creating paper flowers, and Blooms by Beam was born.
Theyre supremely well-made and modestly hint at the talent of the person who made them."
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It’s the kind of craftsmanship Irwin hopes to emulate and show through her paper flowers.
Still, Irwins first business venture from the Philippines looms large in her mind.
Irwin hopes to continue the vision she had for Artwine with Blooms by Beam in the future.
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