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The Biscuit Factory is a home for creatives who want to earn well, stay well and keep Irish culture alive in a changing world. Inside our free community you get practical workshops, honest money conversations and support from other makers, artists and creative business owners. Ready to find your people and build a braver, more profitable creative life? Join our free community today.

05/08/2026

Just remember something gang… don’t forget to tell people they are fu***ng amazing.
Send this to someone who needs to hear it today!
acupuncture this one is for you! 🧡🧡🧡

23/07/2026

Can artists do both? Be accepted into the art world whilst selling commercially?

It comes up in conversation regularly with clients. I know there are two worlds with two very different rule books. Sadly the ‘ art world’ looks down / dismisses the commerciality of art - let’s look at that shall we.

Degas and Pissarro painted fans to survive - Gaugin did too. They commercialised their art - does that make them less of an artist?

Toulouse-Lautrec took a nightclub ad commission every other artist refused so he could survive.

Those sniffed at ‘commercial’ fan pieces are in the right now.

Why are artists punished or told they ‘cannot’ do well in the ‘art world’ if they commercialise their work?

Can they not do both?
The real question is : why does the artworld decide and use language like
‘Sell out’ ‘hobbyist’ to degrade practising artists for wanting to create revenue from their work?

It is pretty obvious to me it is a pricing strategy - the art world needs poor artists because your poverty is what makes the work look priceless. As French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu called this “ the economic world reversed “.

I understand that art cannot be informed by just marketability and what pleases the audience - but isn’t there space for the artist to be accepted as running a practice and also as a business owner in parallel.

Isn’t it time we updated this narrative and support the Degas / Toulouse-Lautrec’s of today’s art world rather than the shame around commercialising work.

Am I delusional?

I would love to hear your thoughts!

22/07/2026

AI and musicians.
The recent news - here are my thoughts.

To see politicians in the Dáil actually discussing the importance of human made creative work is not only welcomed but essential.

Great work by .osnodaigh - thank you!

The real underlining issue isn’t whether AI can use music, it’s that musicians can’t make a living from music in the first place.

Copyright and “ban AI” rhetoric treats the symptom. It doesn’t touch the disease: streaming pays fractions of a cent, and the system was broken long before AI showed up.

This isn’t a new fight either. has been running its Fix Streaming campaign for years, pushing for fairer royalty splits and real transparency to where the money goes.

The person now leading their policy work in Ireland is the former Arts Minister who championed Basic Income for the Arts and made it permanent government policy.

Same instinct, new front: artists deserve to earn a living, whether the threat is a broken streaming model or an ungoverned AI one.

So here’s the reframe.
What if the fight isn’t AI vs artists, it’s infrastructure to support the creative sector.

That’s the opportunity. Not “keep AI out.” Build the scaffolding and the team to make sure independent Irish artists aren’t the ones left behind.

Creative humans are the gold remember - how are we ensuring they are 1. Listened to 2. Respected 3. Paid!!

I’d love your thoughts

How to make money at markets this summer! It is not as simple as putting gorgeous work on a table and watching the sales...
11/07/2026

How to make money at markets this summer! It is not as simple as putting gorgeous work on a table and watching the sales come in! ( I know you know that!)

In one hour I will teach you how to set up your stand, what to say at the stand and how to sell after the market ends!

Grab the workshop : go to
https://www.thebiscuitfactory.ie/sell-more-at-markets

30/06/2026

POV: When reality bites!

To the family, friends and community that constantly support our makers and artists.

Thank you!!
Tag your best supporter and let’s get real about what it takes to run a creative business in Ireland!

26/06/2026

POV: When reality bites!

To the family, friends and community that constantly support our makers and artists.

Thank you!!
Tag your best supporter and let’s get real about what it takes to run a creative business in Ireland!

23/06/2026

It’s getting hot 🔥 in here!
It is very important to me to ensure we are paying attention to the organisations who are funded to support Irelands creative sector.

I hope I have missed something in relation to the numbers just released by in their 2025 financial report.

Please email, DM or comment below me to put me straight. I will happily come back on here and apologise for making an error in my assumptions.

Direct supports of €46,764 for a member capacity of over 3900 makers? Eh….

Am I missing something ?
PLEASE someone prove me wrong.

I understand that PR and marketing costs money but can we see the impact of that investment for the makers ?

I would much prefer to see that budget fund FREE stands at showcase, gifted and Bloom …. What do you think?

Off to find a cone and sit on a wall.

11/06/2026

Are you getting pulled from your to-do list because of your never ending idea list?
You are not alone…but hey it’s our super power. Creative neuro-spicy minds have endless ideas, aspirations and new projects to think about.

Here is what I want you to know - holding space for that idea time is important but it can also be exhausting and it can take you away from the project in hand.

Want to know how Irish creatives stay on track whilst honouring this? - they join The Biscuit Factory.

An online community and business incubator that brings tactics to creative minds so they can make money , feel supported and build a network of like minded people.

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