Arts Office Kilkenny Residency

Caroline Schofield is currently in her last 2 weeks of residency in Kilkenny Arts Office. There will be an exhibition opening on the 14th March. The exhibition looks at process. The image shown is a stitched drawing from her life drawings.

Source, an Exhibition of Contemporary Craft

Building Blocks, work in progress for Source

Tara Ní Nualláin is currently preparing work for an upcoming exhibition of contemporary craft. “Building Blocks” (above) features 36 stitched fabric boxes illustrating maps of the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area. Her work will be shown along side other local craft makers.

“Source” is an exhibition of contemporary craft in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County. It highlights inovative work by new and established craft makers who live, work in or are origionally from Dún Laoghaire Rathdown and has been curated by jewellery designer Angela O’Kelly.

The exhibition opens to the public on the 10th of February running until the 27th of February and is acompanied by a programme of events. Tara will give a demonstration of her work on saturday the 18th from 1:30 pm. For more information see

http://www.dlrcoco.ie/arts/source_craft.htm

http://www.form.ie/dlrsource/flyer/

Seascapes goes to the Craft Garnary

Filament artists Sheila Jordan, Caroline Schofield and Tara Ní Nualláin are delighted that the CCOI Seascapes exhibition will soon be on show at the Craft Granary in Cahir Co. Tipperary.

For further details see the Craft Granery website: http://www.craftgranary.com/

Caroline Schofield, "Scavengers"

 

 

Filament Drawing in Kilkenny

Mary, Hilary, Sheila, Lucinda and Sarah spent the day drawing today.

Kniting and Stitching Show opens today

The Kniting and Stitching Show opened its doors today at the Simmonscourt pavillion at the RDS in Dublin and Filament Fibre Artists are showing new work.  If you are there drop by the stand and say hello we are located beside the Festival of Quilts stand and the CCOI Seascapes exhibition so there is lots of great work to see.

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Filament Fibre Artists Selected for the CCOI Seascapes Exhibition 2011

Three of the filament artists have had work selected for the Crafts Council of Irelands Seascapes exhibition. The work will be on show at this year’s Knitting and Stitching Fair at the RDS in Dublin from the 10th to the 13th of November.

Caroline Schofield’s felt and mixed media “Seagulls”

Caroline Schofield

 

Sheila Jordan’s Felted bowls called “Cois Fairraige”

Sheila Jordan

Tara Ní Nualláin’s mixed media map “Leaving Dublin Bay”

Tara Ní Nualláin

Check out photos of the full exhibition here:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.280777708608860.78729.176954548991177&type=3

Further details of the Seascapes Exhibition:

http://www.ccoi.ie/directory/listing.php?listing_ID=2248

Filament Artists get ready for the Knitting and Stitching Fair at the RDS

Filament artists are preparing for their annual exhibition at the Knitting and Stitching Fair at the RDS. The group will be showing a selection of work including these beautiful “Seaforms” by Lucinda Jacob.

Seaforms 2 by Lucinda Jacob

 

This year’s Knitting and Stitching Fair is set to be the most impressive yet and will form part of the celebration for the Year of Craft 2011.  Filament artists will be available
on the exhibition stand throughout the Fair to answer questions about our work.

Members of the group will also exhibit work with the CCOI’s Seascapes exhibition, further information and photos will be posted shortly.

 

For further information about the Knitting and Stitching Fair follow this link:

http://www.twistedthread.com/pages/exhibitions/viewExhibition.aspx?id=32