The Craft & Design Collective's July 2012 Exhibition

HOME - The Craft Design Collective's July 2012 Exhibition at Space CRAFT

The Craft & Design Collective presents HOME, an exhibition by Donegal Designer Makers, at Space CRAFT,the group's Shop, Gallery and Exhibition Area, up the escalator at The Fountain Centre, College Street, Belfast,from Friday 6 to Saturday 28 July 2012, Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 5.30pm.

The Preview takes place on Thursday 5 July 2012, 6pm to 8pm - Everyone Welcome!

HOME reflects the work of Artist/Designer/Makers from Donegal and their connection with their home place (Donegal).  For some it is their birth place, while others have made it their home.  The exhibition explores the different elements of what home is to each maker.

Hannah McGuiness, Creative Director, Donegal Designer Makers says, "Our main connection to each other is our home place Donegal.  Whether born here or settled here we have the great fortune of being owned by it and thus feeling part of what is Donegal.  Our county has great dramatic beauty, is subject to erratic weather patterns, has a language of its own, is steeped in culture and tradition.  All these aspects of our life in Donegal are carried through our lifetime, influencing and inspiring our work and us as people".

For more information about Donegal Designer Makers go to www.donegaldesignermakers.com

Space CRAFT will close for a week on Monday 9 July 2012 and will re-open on Monday 16 July 2012

About Space CRAFT

Space CRAFT Shop, Gallery and Exhibition Area is a non-profit taking social economy enterprise managed by the Craft & Design Collective designed to enable the sale of work made by emerging and established Artist/Designer/Makers

About the Craft & Design Collective

The Craft & Design Collective is an independent membership organisation formed in 1997 by Artist/Designer/Makers for Artist/Designer/Makers.
We are dedicated to the promotion, representation, understanding and development of Craft, Applied Art and Design in Northern Ireland and beyond.
Visit our website for further information about us, our members, and the events that we organisewww.craftanddesigncollective.com
The Craft & Design Collective is supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Opening Hours

Monday to Saturday, 10.30am to 5.30pm

Further Information

T: +44 (0)28 9032 9342

M: +44 (0)779 327 9161

E: info@craftanddesigncollective.com

W: www.craftanddesigncollective.com

Crafty News Desk

Greetings from the Crafty News Desk. 
This weeks picture was taken near my house this morning, watching some crows building a nest.  Its amazing how instinctive they are with putting it together....the craftsmanship.....

Not a lot of news this week of upcoming events from our members so I only have a few items that might be of interest to some of you. 

Have you heard about Simon the Travelling Gecko?????  You must "READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE.... SIMON

News in from Brigitte from  purlsofcolour of a a big Craft Fair in Belfast this week.  Details here  --  www.sccshows.co.uk/belf_apr11_1702.html   She is going on Thursday with Maura from  IrishBounty  so if anybody from the team is going up there on Thursday as well, let her know for a meet up.  You can contact the girls though their shops.   Sounds like a good day out.

I came across this notice today that some of you might be interested in   . . . . "I am looking for one sculptor, one print maker, and one painter (all experienced, teaching experience a distinct advantage,) to design and run two consecutive Saturday morning practical (2 x 2.5 hour) workshops each in Dublin 2, from September. Total of 5 hours work per tutor. Fee 250 euro. Please send workshop outline for the 5 hours, samples of your work, CV and cover letter to adriennegeoghegan@gmail.com"

Stag & Deer are looking for photographers whose work has an interest in the home/domestic setting. "We are looking for work that is a meditation on home life and what that may be. The work will be included in a group show entitled “Home” which will be part of the PhotoIreland Festival happening in Dublin during July 2011.  The theme for “Home” is built around the domestic and the structure of life within a home; the physical nature of the interior and exterior, human interactions and relations, memories, possessions, etc. Home is many things, banal and everyday but always of the utmost importance. We all experience moments within our individual contexts of home or family, but do not necessarily share them beyond the physical construct of our own household setting.  If you are interested in submitting for “Home” then please send 6 examples of work (No larger than 450k), a brief description of the work and a small biography to staganddeer@gmail.com.   Please note that the deadline for submissions is Wednesday 20 April 2011. "    www.staganddeer.com

New Farmers Market in Athboy, Co Meath - Sundays 11 -2pm   
"We have established a new farmers market in Athboy, Co. Meath.   This follows on from the tv show, Dirty Old Towns with Diarmuid Gavin, which was filmed last sunday, and is due for screening towards end of April.   We have the capacity for approx 50 stalls.  For more information, Contact: Brian Andrews  Email: athboystables@gmail.com or call: 087 8173325"
 
If you have any late news for this week please add the details to the comments at the end.
 
Thats about it for now.  Hope you all have a good week.  Dont forget to get your info for next weeks report out on Monday
 
Cheers
Mo
HUGGLEKNITS

Eyes Open Ireland

Hi everyone. I'm rather excited to tell you this week I'm posting from Abu Dhabi. I'm staying with a friend. It's very hot outside with tall buildings and expensive big cars with tinted windows!

In contrast, this weeks photos are from Brigitte from Purls Of Colour in Belfast. She says...

"I'm lucky to live only ten minutes away from a beautiful hideaway in the middle of 'the big smoke' (Belfast) - the Lagan Towpath. Nestled behind South Belfast's Stranmillis and Malone Roads and streching out far beyond, this is the place exhausted BT9ers (our postcode) go when they want to get away from it all, or just walk their pooches."

"After the big floods of a few weeks ago I jumped on my bike and decided to show the Etsy Ireland Team where stressed city folk go. I haven't been on the Towpath for months (or as I call it 'toepath' due to a misunderstanding when I heard the name for the first time) and as soon as I was encountering the beautiful colours of fresh green and yellow gorse I realised how much I had missed it."

"On the towpath you get a strong sense of being away from it all and I felt like I was on a mini holiday after a crazy and stressful week. So I cycled rather dreamlike along the Lagan, listening to the tweets of the birds rather than looking at the tweets on the computer, avoiding joggers and walkers and dogs as I rode along, looking at the water, the clouds and interestingly shaped trees. Total bliss."

"I had never seen the water so high as that day, but then we had had exstream weather (rain , snow, flash flooding, hail, sleet) no wonder the swans which are usually gliding maestically on the water were absent. However the ducks were out and had fun in the water as usual."

" I took plenty of pictures, but as you will see, the light was constantly changing from sunny to cloudy and back to sunny. I kept thinking there would be another downpour, but for once, I was lucky.."

"When it is warmer I'm taking my knitting to the Towpath! Having a rather nice garden I got a bit lazy and just sit on our verandah to knit. But since I found plenty of 'knitting spots' to sit, knit and let the world go by I shall venture out again! And I felt inspired by the gorse - thre is a green and yellow 'gorse coloured and patterned' scarf in the making!"

Purls of Colour

Experimental Knitwear
www.purlsofcolour.etsy.com

www.en.dawanda.com/shop/purlsofcolour

Publicity and promo for some team members

Stephanie from Pandacubcafe has featured a load of the Crafty Ireland team on her blog! Yay! She has done a Shop Local in Dublin and also a round up of her Belfast finds, all found via our blog.




What a great start to the Paddy's Day festivities. You can find Stephanie at her Etsy shop too, so go say hi and have a peek at her gorgeous jewellery & accessories.

And Bridget from Bridget Farmer Books is the featured artisan in the UK edition of Etsy's This Handmande Life!


Go and check it out and congratulations Bridget. Pictured below is her Crow Story Hand made artist book.

Have a great St Patrick's Day everyone!