Support your local artists and makers and be inspired to purchase a wonderful handcrafted Christmas gift, made in the borough of Ards and North Down! For a unique shopping experience, join the makers and artists of the Creative Peninsula as the popular Christmas Fayre makes a welcome return to Ards Arts Centre for 2 days … Continue reading Creative Peninsula Christmas Fayre
Building on the success of the previous three events which showed a great variety of work from both established and emerging potters, Belfast Potter's Market returns this Christmas at 2 Royal Avenue in Belfast! The event will take place on Friday 1st December 5pm- 9pm and Saturday 2nd December, 10am – 5pm. 25 of Ireland’s … Continue reading Belfast Christmas Potter’s Market
Castle Ward will host its Christmas Artisan Market from 1-3 December. In the theatre space and Stable yard you will find a handpicked selection of local designer/makers and food vendors showcasing their work and locally produced products– a great day out and opportunity to pick up locally handcrafted Christmas products. The Stable yard will be … Continue reading Christmas Artisan Market
Participants will make a beautiful hand stitched book during this one day course; under the careful supervision of tutor Karen Dye-Hutchinson, they will learn the essentials of this craft with step-by-step instructions on how to make their own journal or artist book. This is a great foundation in traditional bookmaking and how it can be … Continue reading Book Binding
A one-day workshop with Ceramic Artist Fiona Shannon who will guide you through designing and making festive decorations for your Christmas Tree. Designed for beginners and improvers this class will be a fun creative environment to get crafty using a range of clay techniques. Please bring a box with you as children will get to … Continue reading Air Dry Christmas Decoration Children’s Workshop
In this one-off workshop, professional ceramicist Fiona Shannon will guide you through designing and making festive Christmas decorations and tea lights perfect for your tree and table. Designed for beginners this class will be a fun creative environment to get crafty using a range of clay techniques. Fiona will fire and glaze your decorations to … Continue reading Ceramic Christmas Tree Decoration Workshop
‘Connection: Disconnection’ presents the work and research of multi-disciplinary artist Heather Dornan Wilson. The exhibition explores elements of a shared human experience: loss. Dornan navigates the journey of loss, through personal experience. Works manifest in sound, stitch, object, and imagery, collating together to narrate poetic stories touching on, grief, loss, gratitude, and the healing process. … Continue reading ‘Connection: Disconnection’
Participants will use a jeweller's pierce saw to create a brass bookmark in one of four designs (Please advise which design you'd like to do in the notes upon checkout - Fox, Bee, Feather, Monstera). If time allows, they'll be able to add additional texture and personalised stamping to their bookmark and their choice of … Continue reading Pierce sawn brass bookmark workshop
Learn the art of needle felting with Claire McDowel, Bad Bird Irish Artist and create your own textile sculpture of your faithful friend. Using photos of your canine or feline companion, you will learn how to make a wire frame, blend wool to create the exact coat colour and add individual features like their favourite … Continue reading Needle Felted Pet Keepsake Sculpture Workshop
Tutor Ruth Osborne will be teaching a six-week printmaking course with a nature theme. Participants will be introduced to and experiment with a series of printmaking processes with a focus on working with and/or representing nature. Sessions are suitable for beginners and all materials are supplied. This class is suitable for age 16+
Craft NI have partnered with QEST to bring to you the QEST Northern Ireland Showcase Exhibition in February 2024. The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) supports the training and education of talented and aspiring craftspeople through Scholarships, Emerging Maker Grants and Apprenticeships. We are delighted that by means of this joint exhibition, craft audiences in … Continue reading QEST Northern Ireland Showcase Exhibition
Quilling dates back to the 15th and 16th centuries and is the coiling and pinching of paper strips into different shapes, which can then be used to decorate a variety of items. During this 3 hour workshop participants will learn how to make simple shapes and curls with paper strips, creating a colourfully decorated initial set in … Continue reading Quill-lumination Workshop
