The Designerie in Bushmills have resumed their workshops and they're booking up fast! Click here to see a list of their upcoming events. In this workshop you will create a tall ceramic vase for your sunshine cut flowers by using clay slabs / slips and glazes. All ceramics will be taken away to be fired and available … Continue reading Ceramic Tall Vase Workshop
This workshop is designed with both the beginner and the more experienced ceramics student in mind. Those with no experience of clay will be taught the basics of clay working to include the main hand building methods such as coiling, slab-building and press-moulding. Those students returning to ceramics will be given individual attention as required, … Continue reading Ceramics Summer Class at Befast Met
Design & Crafts Council Ireland’s PORTFOLIO programme is a select group of Ireland’s most talented designers and craftspeople. Inclusion is recognition of practitioners creating work to a standard to be considered worthy by museums, renowned galleries, and discerning collectors. DCCI’s PORTFOLIO programme has been instrumental in building the international reputations and commercial potential of Ireland's … Continue reading Conjuring Form Portfolio Critical Selection 2021-22
We are pleased to share the August Craft Month Calendar of events with you! Northern Ireland’s unique celebration of the craft sector provides opportunities to make, see, learn about and buy craft. For the full listing visit: HERE and stay tuned to our social media for a selection of all things craft this August. This year … Continue reading August Craft Month 2021
Selected jewellery exhibition by 21 ACJSNI members (and invited guest makers) featuring variations on the idea of a brooch. ACJSNI (Association for Contemporary Jewellery and Silversmiths NI) is a regional branch of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery, whose members include those who make jewellery, associated designers and craftspeople, educators, students, galleries, museum curators, retailers, critics, … Continue reading Pinned on Linen
1845: Memento Mori is a famine memorial and glass installation of 1,845 blown glass potatoes dedicated to the 19th-century Great Irish Famine, created by Seattle-based Irish artist Paula Stokes. 1845 is significant as it references the year that the potato blight came to Ireland, marking the beginning of a period of mass starvation, disease, and … Continue reading 1845: Memento Mori
SPINNING YARNS is a one-day Festival celebrating the wonderful world of all things associated with wool & linen where we will showcase the colour, creativity and craft associated with these homespun yarns in all their forms. Highlights include: Market Place with a wide range of traders, both local and from further afield Craft and Gift … Continue reading Spinning Yarns 2021
From 15 - 19 September, Handmade Oxford Online will feature some of the UK’s most talented contemporary craft makers. Visitors will be able to browse and shop through an extensive catalogue of handmade products from a wide range of disciplines, including fashion and jewellery, glass and ceramics, prints and textiles, and sculpture and wood. In … Continue reading Handmade Oxford Online
Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir celebrates culture, creativity and the arts and seeks to actively promote the belief that this rich and varied culture is alive, treasured and nurtured in people’s lives, today and every day. For 2021 Culture Night Belfast is centred on Writer’s Square, which will be transformed into a monumental, immersive cultural … Continue reading Culture Night 2021
5 Day course with Green Woodwork Ireland Sat 25th & Sun 26th Sept, Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd Oct, Sat 9th Oct Stephen Ryan will teach you the skills needed to produce your own Hedge Chair, by using an ancient form of woodcraft that was once widespread across the country. Traditional tools and equipment such … Continue reading Make a Hedge Chair
Bounce Arts Festival is presented annually by University of Atypical to celebrate and showcase art created by d/Deaf, disabled and Neurodiverse creatives across the region. On 1 to 3 October 2021, the programme brings together a dynamic mix of performance, workshops, music, dance, visual arts and lots of fun. Now in its ninth year, it … Continue reading Bounce Arts Festival
Learn how to make your own beautiful Macramé Wall Hanging with Claire from NodoKnots. This class is perfect for beginners. If you have never tried Macramé before it will help you master the basic knots, and create a stylish wall hanging. The class includes all the materials you will need to complete the project, and … Continue reading Macramé Wall Hanging Workshop