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Associated with the 'Wool Works' exhibition (now open at Craft NI Gallery until August 5th), this workshop with textile artist and weaver Cecilia Stephens will be a unique opportunity to learn about and try your hand at weaving.  In this full day workshop, using a range of fibres, yarns, paper and other natural materials, you … Continue reading ‘Wool Works’ Workshop: Experimental weaving with Cecilia Stephens

Associated with the 'Wool Works' exhibition (now open at Craft NI Gallery until August 5th), this workshop will be lead by Jane McCann together with visiting practitioner Sirpa Mörsky from Finland. The focus of this workshop will be on shirts – to produce garment shapes from a basic shirt block for on-going development that may … Continue reading ‘Wool Works’ Workshop: Crafting shirts with Jane McCann and Sirpa Mörsky

Associated with the 'Wool Works' exhibition (now open at Craft NI Gallery until August 5th) and also part of the Creative Peninsula programme, this full day workshop will focus on crafting shirts. The event will be lead by maker/practitioner Jane McCann with visiting practitioners Sirpa Mörsky (Finland) & Elspeth Thomas (Wales). Participants will learn to produce … Continue reading ‘Wool Works’ Workshop: Crafting shirts with prof. Jane McCann, Sirpa Mörsky and Elspeth Thomas

Associated with the 'Wool Works' exhibition (now open at Craft NI Gallery until August 5th), this workshop will be lead by practitioner Sue Shields. In this full day workshop, using black wool felt as a base, participants will create a fabric collage brooch, with appliquéd additions, finished with hand embroidery. All materials will be supplied, including … Continue reading ‘Wool Works’ Workshop: Fabric Collage Brooches with Sue Shields

During this 3 week workshop participants will use their own collected driftwood to make a beautiful Macramé Wall Hanging. In Week 1 (5th August) you will earn how to tie a larks head knot, a clove hitch and a square knot and create the start of the natural portion of the hanging. Participants will them … Continue reading Driftwood Wall Hanging Workshop

Associated with the 'Wool Works' exhibition (now open at Craft NI Gallery until August 5th) and also part of the Creative Peninsula programme, this full day workshop will explore eco print pattern and colour achieved from a variety of garden foraged flowers and leaves.  Creating designs on fabric and paper making a small book for … Continue reading ‘Wool Works’ workshop: Eco-Print Natural Dye with textile fibre artist Claire Cawte

Associated with the 'Wool Works' exhibition (now open at Craft NI Gallery until August 5th) and also part of the Creative Peninsula programme, this full day workshop will focus on how to make a unique felt vessel in Irish wool with optional yarn decoration. Students will learn the basics of feltmaking using multi resists using … Continue reading ‘Wool Works’ Workshop: Felting with Irish wool and yarn with jewellery and textile designer maker Mandy Nash