Join in for a creative two-part ceramics workshop with Jakki Trainor of Figment Ceramics using your pet, real or dreamed of, as inspiration. In this two-part workshop you will create a relief clay panel of a chosen pet or favourite animal. Cats, dogs, guinea pigs, terrapins can be immortalised in your clay creation! You will … Continue reading Ceramic Pet Portrait Workshop
Join Adam Frew for a 4 day throwing workshop - classes will be small groups of 4-7 students, suitable for all levels, from beginners to improvers. The emphasis of the class will be on using the potter’s wheel to make a variety of thrown porcelain vessels. Students will be guided through the basics of throwing … Continue reading Throwing workshop with Adam Frew
Spend a day of fun in the workshop with tutor Diane Lyness and create a beautiful pair of sterling silver earrings or a necklace. Make it for yourself, or why not gift it to someone special! Each participant will be taught traditional jewellery making techniques by Goldsmith Diane Lyness, such as piercing, soldering, rolling, annealing … Continue reading Silver Necklace or Earrings Workshop
The highly anticipated month-long celebration of Irish craft has officially launched! This year’s August Craft Month brings together an array of talented makers hosting nearly 300 events with representation in almost every county on the island of Ireland. August Craft Month celebrates a rich craft heritage with artisans keeping ancient traditions alive and new talented … Continue reading August Craft Month 2024
You are warmly invited to join us for a talk from the two guest judges of our August Craft Month exhibition, at 3pm on Thursday 1st of August at Craft NI Gallery, Belfast. We're delighted that Juliana Cavaliero from renowned contemporary gallery Cavaliero Finn will speak about her career in contemporary craft, as well as more generally … Continue reading August Craft Month Exhibition Maker Talk with Juliana Cavaliero and Samantha Rhodes
Craft NI are delighted to announce the launch of ‘Reaction’, the August Craft Month 2024 exhibition. The opening reception will take place at Craft NI Gallery on Thursday, 1st August at 6pm. Featuring some of the best in contemporary craft, the annual August Craft Month Exhibition aims to celebrate and profile excellence in Northern Irish … Continue reading Opening Night: Reaction | 2024 August Craft Month Exhibition
Craft NI are delighted to announce the launch of ‘Reaction’, the August Craft Month 2024 exhibition. The opening reception will take place at Craft NI Gallery on Thursday, 1st August at 6pm. Featuring some of the best in contemporary craft, the annual August Craft Month Exhibition aims to celebrate and profile excellence in Northern Irish … Continue reading Reaction | 2024 August Craft Month Exhibition
CraftFest 2024 at Castle Ward will take place on 3-4 August - join in for an amazing weekend of creativity and fun! Visitors will have the opportunity to explore an array of handmade crafts from talented local artists, designers, and artisans. From glass and ceramics to woodworking and painting, there will be something for everyone … Continue reading CraftFest at Castle Ward
Join local Artist Penny Brewill at Seacourt Print Workshop for a summer evening of playful printing with plants, in the beautiful old bank building right in the centre of Bangor. On arrival, your inspiration will be a wide variety of plants and botanicals. You may choose the plants you wish to use, to create your … Continue reading Monoprinting with plants – Experience AND 2024
During this workshop, children will create and colour in their own birds for the opening event for the paper craft exhibition on Saturday 14th September. Participants will create a park with birds paying homage to Portadowns natural local ecology. The birds will be constructed out of paper using a template that will be customised and … Continue reading Portadown Bird Park – Kids Paper Craft Workshop
Create textile art inspired by your journeys with artist Anushiya Sundaralingam. Bring photos of your favourite places, and use your creativity and felt fabrics to transform your memories into a colourful textile picture you can take home. Materials will be supplied. Suitable for adults of all abilities.
Join Heather from Bluebell Stitches in one of her fun-filled creative classes: you will spend the afternoon making a beautiful textile hand-stitched ‘Home’ Wall Hanging using hand-quilting running, blanket and back stitches where Heather will guide you through these simple stitching techniques. Heather’s pieces are inspired by nature and this is illustrated in the fabrics … Continue reading Hand Stitched Wall Hanging
