Trailer for 'Makers', film by Adam Frew

'Makers' film by Adam Frew

Featuring:
Alison Fitzgerald  basketry
Steven Murphy    blacksmith
Lesley Frew        jewellery
Stephen Farnan    pottery


Trailer now on youtube 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7fRUFqJ5I4

'Thirty' Exhibition Private View

Exhibition images

Adam Frew 'Weather Pot'

Frances Lambe 'Undulating Perforated Form'

Gail Mahon 'Continuum' and 'Cluster'

Alison Lowry 'Set me as a seal on your heart'

Rachel McKnight 'Ruffle Bracelet'

Catherine Keenan 'Eye Candy, Turquoise and Orange Striped

Pia Raeymaekers 'Untitled'

Deirdre Hawthorne 'The Shadows'

Lotus de Wit 'Tea Bug Set'

penny Shipley Ramalho 'Man on an Island'

Steven Murphy 'Phoenix'

Derek Wilson 'Void'

Stephen Farnan 'Tory'

Michael McCrory 'Prickly Pear Teapot'

Claire McAlister 'Silver Triangles'

Cara Murphy 'Disperse'

Alison Fitzgerald 'Round Sciathog'

Sabrina Meyns 'Untitled Brooch'

Lesley Frew 'Lime Green and Pink Knotted Neckpiece'

John Piekaar 'Sycamore Low Table'

A maker a day: Catherine Keenan

-Catherine Keenan creates sculptural blown glass forms that explore the potential of colour and pattern to uplift.  She finds inspiration through the process of making:

‘Glass blowing is such an immediate process, it requires great dexterity and swift, confident gestures to create sublime forms. A major draw to the medium is the great breadth of different techniques, the high level of skill needed to refine these techniques and the seemingly endless possibility for new creations.’

Her work has recently become part of the permanent collections of the Ulster Museum, the National Museums of Ireland and the Crafts Council of Ireland.

http://www.catherinekeenanglass.com/

'Throw Off' outcome

Our private view evening was a great success thanks to all the exhibiting artists, a very engaging speech by Kim Mawhinney and a hugely entertaining 'Throw Off' between Adam Frew and Stephen Farnan!

The exhibition will continue until 31st August.  We will post images of the display to whet your appetite!

A maker a day: Deirdre Hawthorne

-Deirdre Hawthorne makes one-off sculptural vessels, made of paper-thin earthenware and porcelain.

“My imagery and voice are rooted in the Irish landscape, in specific places that hold a charge for me  - shores, townlands, houses and gardens and city streets.

The forms of the vessels are simple but the clay is deeply marked by rolling in plants or fabric, imprinting slip or by piercing with pins, sticks and staples.”

She has exhibited at Galerie Besson and Barrett Marsden London and in galleries throughout the UK. Her work has been shown at SOFA New York and Chicago and is owned by private collectors in the UK, US and Europe.

Deirdre, alongside Martin Donnelly, will be leading a discussion on the creative arts entitle 'Landscapes of the Interior' at Flowerfield Arts Centre on 18th August.

http://www.deirdrehawthorne.com/

A maker a day: Stephen Farnan

-Stephen Farnan makes slipware pots.  He finds the process “ As a way to decorate, to entertain, a way to mark an occasion, express thoughts and desires in ceramics it literally has all the ingredients.” The Benburb based potter exhibits regularly in the Uk, Ireland and the USA.

http://stephenfarnan.com/

A maker a day: Claire McAlister

-Claire McAlister In her distinctive design language Claire McAlister makes jewellery using a unique combination of silver and dramatically coloured wood veneers.  She is inspired by the material itself, particularly the inherent qualities of wood veneer produce inspiring and dynamic forms when manipulated from their flat state.  This year Claire has taken a huge leap forward in her career, curating the internationally touring exhibition Seoid 11, which is currently touring Australia.

http://www.clairemcalister.ie

A maker a day: Pia Raeymaekers

-Belgian glass sculptor, Pia Raeymaekers, draws inspiration from marine life.  Particularly the formation of anemones and the vulnerability they carry within themselves, protected, and at the same time threatened by the environment they find themselves in.  She likes to play with the limitation and boundaries glass poses as a material.  She is a resident artist at Flowerfield Arts Centre on Craft NI’s Making It programme.  She has been selected to exhibit at the 4th International Glass Festival, Luxembourg 2011.

http://www.piaraeymaekers.com/

A maker a day: Sabrina Meyns

-Sabrina Meyns is a jeweller based in Co. Waterford. She makes jewellery inspired directly by botanical forms and structure, working primarily in handmade paper and precious metals.  She is especially interested in the tiny, complex engineering that holds such structures together; seedpods, stamens, pistils and even the tiny seeds contained within all come under her scrutiny for inspiration.  Since then she has co-established Workhouse Studios, a new craft collective dedicated to promoting design-led craft in Co. Waterford, Ireland.

http://www.sabrinameyns.com/

A maker a day: Lotus de Wit

-Lotus De Witt makes jewellery and small objects using precious metals.  She draws inspiration from bugs and story telling to create a quirky, fantasy series of creatures. Her miniature sculptures range includes utensils in the form of tea strainers and infusers, ‘Tea Bugs’,  for which she is gaining growing recognition.  She has also completed Craft NI’s Making It scheme.

http://www.lotusdewitjewellery.com/

A maker a day: Penny Shipley Ramalho

-Penny Shipley Ramalho is a print maker.  She likes the bold simplicity of the printed image and the expressive range and spontaneity of the cut; also how it allows for the combination of other marks and textures from printable surfaces formed by nature or manufacture or from just use or abuse.  Born in Cardiff, Wales and brought up in South Africa, Penny has been living in Northern Ireland since 2000 and has been a tutor at Flowerfield Arts Centre since 2001.

A maker a day: Adam Frew

-Flowerfield’s resident potter Adam Frew enjoys the instantaneous response of throwing, physically pushing porcelain to it’s limits.  The surface is expressive: loose drawings, quirky seals, slip trail gestural marks. 

“A chance conversation or a fleeting image and an exploration of form are the inspiration for new works. I have ideas and act impulsively.”

The enhancement of the daily ritual eating is central to his functional range of pots. 

His larger pots, these are bold and expressive, a continual experimentation through form, mark making and the firing process.

http://www.adamfrew.com/

A maker a day: Michael McCrory

-Silverware for Michael McCrory has to be aesthetically pleasing, with a sculptured visual strength. Inspiration for his designs comes from observing natural and manmade objects, visiting museums and archaeological sites. He is particularly interested in the growth, surfaces and textures of plants and this has led to the development of his forms and surface decoration.  McCrory's ‘O’ water jug was presented to the queen as a gift during her dublin visit in may of this year.

http://www.michaelmccrory.com/