Ernie and Irene was founded in September 2013 by Holly Guertin and is named by her husband’s and her middle names. She graduated in 2011 from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Fibers, where her love for textiles, wool, and the handmade grew.

Since then, her pieces have been commissioned for SCAD's Permanent Collection, interior design clients, and custom gifts. These works have had been showcased in Savannah, GA, Atlanta, GA, Hong Kong, and Lacoste, France. She is passionate about time-tested processes for crafting meaningful objects and has made that the basis for Ernie and Irene.

Ernie and Irene celebrates many of the various aspects of fiber arts and textile design. From sculptural fiber art to textile designs, E&I exemplifies the wide breadth of the definition of "fibers." Holly crochets, felts, paints, and designs all of the Ernie and Irene pieces and patterns from her home near Philadelphia. 

ABOUT HOLLY

Holly is a fiber artist who studied Fibers at the Savannah College of Art and Design and now lives and works outside of Philadelphia, PA, with her husband and their four sweet boys. She loves tickle fights and rolling laughter with the boys, anything that lets her work with her hands, and all things wool.

Holly creates sculptural, textural art pieces. She explores the qualities of wool by mixing different textile processes to create one of a kind pieces. By investing great time into these laborious processes to develop such unique surfaces, the art pieces become treasures to behold.

Holly has designed for companies like Lilly Pulitzer, Marie Oliver, Lilies and Loaves, HIHO, and Sail to Sable, has written for Verily Magazine and Style Me Pretty, and assisted in photo styling for Martha Stewart Weddings and BHLDN. She is available for artwork commission, as well as freelance in surface design, consultation, and creative direction.

You can contact her at hifriend@ernieandirene.com.