Taking place as part of Belfast International Arts Festival, come along to see Threads of Empowerment: Conflict Textiles’ International Journey. People across the world have communicated their experiences of violence and conflict, human rights violations, poverty, oppression and environmental issues through the form of textile narrative. The result is a visual record and a form … Continue reading Threads of Empowerment: Conflict Textiles’ International Journey
Experiment with the many different techniques of printmaking with nature, with Ruth Osborne. In this 8-week printmaking course with a nature theme, participants will be introduced to, and experiment, with a series of printmaking processes and will create artworks on both textiles and paper. Processes covered will include Monoprint, Gel Plate Printing, Lino and Cyanotype. … Continue reading Impressions of nature
'Surface matters' is group exhibition by the Loft Artists, a professional collective of artists based at The Mill, in Bishop Mills, Portaferry. The exhibition will feature works by Sara Brown, Owen Crawford, Sally Houston, Kate Rebbeck, and Cecilia Stephens responding to the title of Surface Matters. The work showcased will be an outcome from developing the … Continue reading ‘Surface matters’
During this 5-week course with Fiona Shannon, participants (18+) will master hand-building techniques like slab building, coiling, pinch pots and press moulds to craft pots like vases and bowls before adding colour with vibrant slips. Items will be fired and clear-glazed before collection. Please bring an apron. It is advisable to cut your nails short … Continue reading Hand-building course for beginners and improvers
Spend a day of fun in the workshop with Diane Lyness and create a beautiful sterling silver bracelet. 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 and polishing. Diane will work … Continue reading Silver bracelets workshop
In this workshop, textile designer Debbie McCann will give a short introduction to the history of Dorset Button making including new insights she has gained since on her recent trip to Dorset. Debbie will demonstrate how to make a simple cartwheel button and then guide the participants in the creation of their own piece of … Continue reading Dorset Button Making with Debbie McCann