During this workshop you will have the opportunity to work with porcelain to design and make your own wall hanging clock. You will be shown various techniques for applying texture and text onto the porcelain surface and have opportunity to try them out before starting on your clock. All tools and materials will be provided … Continue reading Porcelain Clocks Workshop
Gaia Heritage Crafts will be holding an Open Day on Saturday, 13th May 2023 featuring woodturning, woodcarving and green woodworking demonstrations. There will be quality wood turned items and woodturning supplies for sale in their craft shop on the day, and visitors will have to opportunity to try some activities throughout the day. There will be demonstrations … Continue reading Woodturning Open Day with Gaia Heritage Crafts
Join Andrea Hayes to learn a new skill of felt making in this new kids class! Using a colourful array of merino wool and specialist effect fibres, kids will be taken through the wet felting process to create their own bespoke art work using wet felting and needle felting process. Kids are asked to bring … Continue reading Kids Felt Making Workshop
In this short session with Alison Lowry, participants will create a unique glass vessel/shallow bowl using the ancient art of pate de verre (crushed glass paste) Every step will be demonstrated, from creating a plaster/silica mould to mixing and packing the glass paste. The pieces will then be fired (twice) and will be ready to … Continue reading Pate de Verre vessels – taster session with Alison Lowry
Craft NI Gallery are delighted to launch our ‘Spring Collectors’ Showcase’, a unique exhibition of one-of-a-kind pieces made by some of the most established designer-makers in Northern Ireland. Following a visit from international collectors, the gallery’s current selection shines a light on new work from some of Northern Ireland’s best contemporary craft makers. The exhibition … Continue reading Spring Collectors’ Showcase
Following the continued success of the Re:New Wallace Collection exhibitions since 2018, R-Space delivers the sixth in a series of collaborative cultural projects involving a Northern Irish artist/maker and the Wallace Collection in London with selected artist, Emma Whitehead. Inspired by the journey and time spent passing through the hands of of people over time, … Continue reading Re:New Wallace #6 – Time Frame
ForM Sculpture Exhibition takes place annually each June and is one of the highlights of Ards and North Down Borough Council’s annual Arts exhibition programme, giving visitors the unique opportunity to experience art in a different context, outside the traditional gallery setting. The exhibition will showcase selected works from artists from across the island of … Continue reading ForM Sculpture Exhibition
The Sunburst Gallery at Ards Arts Centre will host a solo exhibition of ceramic sculpture by Fang Zhao. Her practice as a ceramicist seeks to communicate international ideals through sculpture and functional pottery. The organic form of mountain shapes, inspired by Chinese Mountain Paintings, serves as a metaphor with which to examine her personal life … Continue reading ‘The Form is Emptiness’
The Georgian Gallery in Ards Arts Centre will host a joint exhibition by Karen Daye-Hutchinson and Enda Kenny starting June 2nd. This ambitious exhibition, by Karen Daye-Hutchinson and Enda Kenny, explores the relationships between human and animal evolution, extinction and change; exploring the interaction of human beings and the natural world. Connecting with instincts … Continue reading Merciful, Savage
In this one day workshop participants will learn how to cut glass, about the many different types of glass and about the effects of heat on glass. In the morning they will create a range of tiles exploring some glass fusing techniques, such as inclusions, ceramic decals, powder effects. In the afternoon participants will start … Continue reading Introduction to Glass Fusing with Alison Lowry
Initials have long been popular jewellery pieces, and there is a particularly big trend for them at the moment. participants will make their own initial pendant under the supervision of tutor Ruth Gilmour of Lure Silver. If new to silversmithing, participants will begin with a silver nugget that they will hammer flat, polish and then … Continue reading Silver Initial Pendant Making
Younger children will getting stuck into the wonderful tactile nature of clay and experiment with shapes and forms. Slap, tap and roll a personalised pot for dad or grandad. Participants will choose their own style, perhaps with a zany tie or design to make your handmade creation really stand out. Suitable for ages 1-4 years … Continue reading Pots for tots