Designing with Fabric, Fibre, and Embroidery - Textile Course in Kerry

Come Back to Education with BTEI FETAC 4 Textiles in conjunction with Kerry Education Services

Designing with Fabric, Fibre, and Embroidery

with Una Ní Shé

This course will run one morning per week for thirteen weeks from January 2010 in Dingle, Co Kerry.  Register now for a once-off taster workshop in January so you know what is involved before committing to the course.  Come away from our group with FETAC certification and beautiful, handmade items.

Registration closes on 18th December.

For more information contact:
Una (tutor) 087-9498969
Janette (Comhar Dhuibhne) 066-9152280

Priority is given to early school leavers.

SCIENCE GALLERY 'LOVE LAB': CALL FOR PROPOSALS

For the love of science and the science of love, the Science Gallery at Trinity College is calling for proposals for 'LoveLab', which will be held at the gallery from 5 February to 14 March 2010.

'LoveLab' is the second of the ‘LAB in the Gallery’ series at the Science Gallery, which carries out real, publishable, peer-reviewed research through open-ended experimentation involving large-scale public participation.

'LoveLab' will explore the phenomenon of love, attraction and desire, through a variety of participative scientific experiments and research projects. Research may be based in a number of disciplines including physiology, psychology, neurobiology, endocrinology, biochemistry and genetics. Artists working in the area of love and desire or a related field are now invited to submit ideas or proposals for 'LoveLab'.

More information is available from the Science Gallery on request. Further details of the previous LAB are available from the Science Gallery's  You Tube channel.

www.sciencegallery.com

E: maria.phelan@sciencegallery.com

Deadline for submissions: 5pm, 4 December 2009

Update on Irish Crocheted Coral Reef

Here are a few crochet coral workshops happening around the country. If you are interested in having a workshop in your area, please get in touch, and we will help in anyway we can.

More information and patterns, on the Irish Hyperbolic Crocheted Coral Reef here. 

POSTPONED 19th November 11.30am -12.30pm
An informal crocheting session with the Macroom Purlies, Macroom Library, Cork - Due to the terrible weather on the day, this workshop has been postponed until the 3rd of December 2009

24th November 10.30am

The Match Box, Market Street, Listowel, Co.Kerry.

26th November at 7.30 pm.
An introduction to the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef with instructions on how to crochet hyperbolic shapes in  The Yarn Room, Ashford, Co Wicklow

3rd December  11.30am -12.30pm
An informal crocheting session with the Macroom Purlies, Macroom Library, Cork

December 4th 10.00am - 5.30pm

Irish Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef day - all day at The Yarn Room in Ashford village, Co Wicklow. The Work Table at The Yarn Room will be cleared and used for Hyperbolic stuff only, all day. Everyone is invited to drop in and make a piece of coral which I will ensure to bring to The Science Gallery to be included in the exhibition in March.

6th December 2009, 11.00am - 5.00pm
Demonstration and information on crocheting the Irish Reef at the Tralee Christmas Craft Fair, Fels Point Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry


The workshops are free and all are welcome.

Boyne Valley Honey - Book of Kells Competition

Honey, I Created a Masterpiece!

The Boyne Valley Honey National Art Competition has been officially launched. It is aimed at encouraging primary, secondary and third level students, and Adults alike to get creative this winter. Entrants are invited to submit a work of art on the subject of their choice based on either the Book of Kells itself, the monks who wrote and painted it, the sources of the materials, or life in 9th century Ireland.

Entrants are urged to interpret their chosen theme with imagination and originality. Painting in oils or watercolours, drawings, tapestries, screen printing, embroidery, photography, will all qualify. Each entry must be accompanied by three Book of Kells 'tokens' from jars of BOYNE VALLEY HONEY.

Three Fine Art Facsimiles of The Book of Kells will be presented to the primary and secondary winning schools and to the individual from the third level and adult category, with runners up receiving cash prizes of €100, €250 and €500.  

Each month from October 2009 to February 2010, a finalist will be chosen from the various categories, with all finalists going head to head in the grand finale in March 2010.

More information on www.boynevalleyhoneyart.com

Christmas Decorations - 1 Day Felting workshop, Co.Monaghan

Christmas Decorations - 1 Day Felting workshop

When: Saturday, 21st November 2009
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: Swallow Studios, Annyalla, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Cost: 65 euro, including materials

Liz Christy
Swallow Studios
Annyalla
Castleblayney
Co. Monaghan
Ireland

T: +353 4297 46614
E: info@lizchristy.com
B: www.swallowstudios.wordpress.com
W: www.lizcristy.com

Weaving and Spinning Workshops, Co.Kildare

Craftspun are organising more Spinning and Weaving Workshops this Saturday, 14th November 2009 and again on Saturday 28th November with Muriel Beckett & Mary O'Rourke.

Where: Craftspun Yarns, The Mill, Johnstown, Naas, Co. Kildare.
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm

For more information on this and other classes, contact:

Craftspun Yarns
The Mill
Johnstown
Naas
Co. Kildare

T: 045 876881
M: 086 2530392
E: info@craftspun.ie
W:www.craftspun.ie

The Knitting and Stitching Show on Nationwide

Mary Kennedy and Michael Ryan of Nationwide traveled to the Knitting and Stitching Show 2009 at the RDS Dublin. They have a browse around the show, chat to the organiser and a few of the exhibitors.

They took take a trip to Craftspun in Naas, and to Barna to see a quilter, Bernadette Flavely.

If you missed it on TV, it is available to view on RTE Player until Monday 23rd November 2009.