Creative Island Catalogue 2010, CCoI

Crafts Council of Ireland

Creative Island

Creative Island

Retail Programme Executive: Emma McGrath Text: Alanna Gallagher, Journalist Design: CO/DE Design Studio Product Photography: Trevor Hart Eve Ella Jewellery – Photography: Andrew Neilson Additional Photography: Crafts Council of Ireland Supported by: Fáilte Ireland

© Crafts Council of Ireland 2010

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IMAGINED DESIGNED MADE

The Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) is responsible for fostering the growth and commercial strength of the crafts industry in Ireland, communicating its unique identity and stimulating quality, design, innovation and competitiveness.

Based in Kilkenny, the Crafts Council of Ireland has 53 member organisations and over 1,900 registered craft enterprises. Its activities are funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment via Enterprise Ireland.

with passion in Ireland.

Cover Image: Lynda Gault Ceramics Teapot

Crafts Council of Ireland Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)56 776 1804 Fax: +353 (0)56 776 3754 info@ccoi.ie www.ccoi.ie

Crafts Council of Ireland Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)56 776 1804 Fax: +353 (0)56 776 3754 info@ccoi.ie www.ccoi.ie

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Crafts Council of Ireland

Creative Island

Creative Island

Retail Programme Executive: Emma McGrath Text: Alanna Gallagher, Journalist Design: CO/DE Design Studio Product Photography: Trevor Hart Eve Ella Jewellery – Photography: Andrew Neilson Additional Photography: Crafts Council of Ireland Supported by: Fáilte Ireland

© Crafts Council of Ireland 2010

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IMAGINED DESIGNED MADE

The Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) is responsible for fostering the growth and commercial strength of the crafts industry in Ireland, communicating its unique identity and stimulating quality, design, innovation and competitiveness.

Based in Kilkenny, the Crafts Council of Ireland has 53 member organisations and over 1,900 registered craft enterprises. Its activities are funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment via Enterprise Ireland.

with passion in Ireland.

Cover Image: Lynda Gault Ceramics Teapot

Crafts Council of Ireland Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)56 776 1804 Fax: +353 (0)56 776 3754 info@ccoi.ie www.ccoi.ie

Crafts Council of Ireland Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)56 776 1804 Fax: +353 (0)56 776 3754 info@ccoi.ie www.ccoi.ie

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Welcome

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Ireland Craft Trail

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Engaging with the work of artisans offers an authentic way to explore Ireland.

Irish Craft Today

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Alanna Gallagher, journalist, reflects on the importance and relevance of Irish Craft today.

Jewellery

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Pottery & Ceramics

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Home

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Fashion & Accessories

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Index

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Welcome

Welcome

Creative Island is a new initiative at Showcase 2010 which has been developed to provide a platform for promoting the work of Irish craftspeople to retail buyers in a single contemporary and buyer-friendly area.

‘Creative Island’ will frame much of the consumer activity of the Crafts Council of Ireland and be the centerpiece of our presentation at Showcase–Ireland’s Creative Expo.

The craftspeople featured were selected from a wide field for their creativity, craftsmanship and product quality, by an independent panel of retailer buyers. All of the work has been imagined, designed and made with passion in Ireland.

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In this brochure we have highlighted the location of the maker’s studio to emphasise that this beautiful work was created by ‘someone’, living and working ‘somewhere’ in Ireland. We encourage you to interact with the makers at their stands in Showcase but also perhaps where they make their work. To this end, in this edition you can read an article written by Alanna Gallagher and supported by Fáilte Ireland, describing the wonderful experiences awaiting the savvy traveller who wishes to experience first hand Irish craft being made. She has also written an article on the importance and relevance of Irish craft today.

Ensuring the accessibility of Irish craft to consumers is a key strategic goal for the Crafts Council of Ireland and our Market Development team is eager to work with retailers around the world who wish to build commercial opportunities for Irish craftspeople.

This is the first year of Creative Island and we believe that it represents just the tip of the iceberg for promoting the wealth of talented craft makers in Ireland today. Through our active support for makers and their craft enterprises, along with supporting retailers who sell Irish craft, we look forward to seeing participation in this group expanding in the years to come.

Laura Magahy Chairman, Crafts Council of Ireland Úna Parsons Chief Executive, Crafts Council of Ireland

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Welcome

Welcome

Creative Island is a new initiative at Showcase 2010 which has been developed to provide a platform for promoting the work of Irish craftspeople to retail buyers in a single contemporary and buyer-friendly area.

‘Creative Island’ will frame much of the consumer activity of the Crafts Council of Ireland and be the centerpiece of our presentation at Showcase–Ireland’s Creative Expo.

The craftspeople featured were selected from a wide field for their creativity, craftsmanship and product quality, by an independent panel of retailer buyers. All of the work has been imagined, designed and made with passion in Ireland.

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In this brochure we have highlighted the location of the maker’s studio to emphasise that this beautiful work was created by ‘someone’, living and working ‘somewhere’ in Ireland. We encourage you to interact with the makers at their stands in Showcase but also perhaps where they make their work. To this end, in this edition you can read an article written by Alanna Gallagher and supported by Fáilte Ireland, describing the wonderful experiences awaiting the savvy traveller who wishes to experience first hand Irish craft being made. She has also written an article on the importance and relevance of Irish craft today.

Ensuring the accessibility of Irish craft to consumers is a key strategic goal for the Crafts Council of Ireland and our Market Development team is eager to work with retailers around the world who wish to build commercial opportunities for Irish craftspeople.

This is the first year of Creative Island and we believe that it represents just the tip of the iceberg for promoting the wealth of talented craft makers in Ireland today. Through our active support for makers and their craft enterprises, along with supporting retailers who sell Irish craft, we look forward to seeing participation in this group expanding in the years to come.

Laura Magahy Chairman, Crafts Council of Ireland Úna Parsons Chief Executive, Crafts Council of Ireland

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Ireland Craft Trail

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Chart new territories with craft

Engaging with the work of artisans offers an authentic way to explore Ireland.

Left: Ceramic making, at Bloom 2009 Below: Jerpoint Glass Studio, Co. Kilkenny

Instead of GPS why not follow the directions offered by county craft trails. MADE in Kilkenny offers a craft trail, charting the workroom locations of numerous makers. It’s a county rich in heritage and rife with off-the-beaten track places to stay.

Visit Bennettsbridge where the studios of Nicholas Mosse Pottery and Moth To A Flame Candles are within walking distance of each other. In the city of Kilkenny in the workshop of Castle Arch Pottery you can watch the workmanship as each piece is made. And by way of a souvenir nothing beats knowing you saw the object you now own being created.

As a spectator sport glassblowing is possibly one of the most theatrical of all the crafts.

Jerpoint Glass in Stoneyford in southern County Kilkenny has a viewing gallery in its workshop where you can observe the magical way the glass is blown and formed.

As well as blazing new craft trails there is a rise in the numbers taking craft holidays. Surrounded by spellbinding scenery you get to spend time with a loved one whilst honing a skill.

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West Cork’s Art and Crafts week invites visitors to participate in ancient skills, some handed down from generation to generation, on this Clonakilty-based course.

Kinsale Pottery and Arts Centre provide arts and crafts courses for adults and children.

As well as pottery there’s art, drawing and painting, glass fusing and stained glass, jewellery-making and mosaic-making, creative book making and binding and film animation workshops to choose from.

Marcus O’Mahony’s Waterford-based studio offers weekend, week-long and 10-day pottery courses in Lismore with some accommodation on site. Neighbouring B&Bs and hotels also accommodate these potters-in-training. Creatives who are also foodies will love the Glencairn Inn. Its Pastis Bistro celebrates local produce cooked simply. This makes after-course eating and drinking as much a part of the experience as the clay work.

As well as blazing new craft trails there is a rise in the numbers taking craft holidays. Surrounded by spellbinding scenery you get to spend time with a loved one whilst honing a skill.

A daytrip round Dublin will also yield a wealth of craftwork. Meet makers Heather Finn and Rebeka Kahn at the Loft in Powerscourt. Weir and Son Jewellers on Grafton Street is one of the city’s oldest jewellers and stocks rising new stars Button and Co., the County Waterford-based jewellery studio as well as Fadó, a fine Irish jewellery brand that specialises in both contemporary and Celtic creations.

DesignYard on Nassau Street is a precious metal emporium and nearby The Kilkenny Shop offers a wealth of talent from pottery to fashion and jewellery. The Design Tower, on Pearse Street is home to several other precious metal workers such as Alan Ardiff and Breda Haugh. Watch them work while you window shop.

From the capital head into north County Dublin where Waylands Forge is situated in the seaside town of Skerries. Silversmith Edward Cook uses Bronze Age techniques in his jewellery. Watch him beat his creations into submission. Afterwards drive into the historical city of Drogheda, which houses the relic of Saint Oliver Plunkett and the scars of Oliver Cromwell’s siege.

Master knitter Edmund McNulty practices his art at the Millmount Craft Centre, housed in a Martello tower complex in Drogheda. Close by visit Louth Craftmark to see the work of over 50 Irish makers.

From Drogheda head north towards Dundalk. Inti Leathers operate in the village of Knockbridge. Their chic handbags and weekend hold-alls might be just the ticket to help transport all the new buys home.

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Ireland Craft Trail

Crafts Council of Ireland / Creative Island

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Chart new territories with craft

Engaging with the work of artisans offers an authentic way to explore Ireland.

Left: Ceramic making, at Bloom 2009 Below: Jerpoint Glass Studio, Co. Kilkenny

Instead of GPS why not follow the directions offered by county craft trails. MADE in Kilkenny offers a craft trail, charting the workroom locations of numerous makers. It’s a county rich in heritage and rife with off-the-beaten track places to stay.

Visit Bennettsbridge where the studios of Nicholas Mosse Pottery and Moth To A Flame Candles are within walking distance of each other. In the city of Kilkenny in the workshop of Castle Arch Pottery you can watch the workmanship as each piece is made. And by way of a souvenir nothing beats knowing you saw the object you now own being created.

As a spectator sport glassblowing is possibly one of the most theatrical of all the crafts.

Jerpoint Glass in Stoneyford in southern County Kilkenny has a viewing gallery in its workshop where you can observe the magical way the glass is blown and formed.

As well as blazing new craft trails there is a rise in the numbers taking craft holidays. Surrounded by spellbinding scenery you get to spend time with a loved one whilst honing a skill.

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West Cork’s Art and Crafts week invites visitors to participate in ancient skills, some handed down from generation to generation, on this Clonakilty-based course.

Kinsale Pottery and Arts Centre provide arts and crafts courses for adults and children.

As well as pottery there’s art, drawing and painting, glass fusing and stained glass, jewellery-making and mosaic-making, creative book making and binding and film animation workshops to choose from.

Marcus O’Mahony’s Waterford-based studio offers weekend, week-long and 10-day pottery courses in Lismore with some accommodation on site. Neighbouring B&Bs and hotels also accommodate these potters-in-training. Creatives who are also foodies will love the Glencairn Inn. Its Pastis Bistro celebrates local produce cooked simply. This makes after-course eating and drinking as much a part of the experience as the clay work.

As well as blazing new craft trails there is a rise in the numbers taking craft holidays. Surrounded by spellbinding scenery you get to spend time with a loved one whilst honing a skill.

A daytrip round Dublin will also yield a wealth of craftwork. Meet makers Heather Finn and Rebeka Kahn at the Loft in Powerscourt. Weir and Son Jewellers on Grafton Street is one of the city’s oldest jewellers and stocks rising new stars Button and Co., the County Waterford-based jewellery studio as well as Fadó, a fine Irish jewellery brand that specialises in both contemporary and Celtic creations.

DesignYard on Nassau Street is a precious metal emporium and nearby The Kilkenny Shop offers a wealth of talent from pottery to fashion and jewellery. The Design Tower, on Pearse Street is home to several other precious metal workers such as Alan Ardiff and Breda Haugh. Watch them work while you window shop.

From the capital head into north County Dublin where Waylands Forge is situated in the seaside town of Skerries. Silversmith Edward Cook uses Bronze Age techniques in his jewellery. Watch him beat his creations into submission. Afterwards drive into the historical city of Drogheda, which houses the relic of Saint Oliver Plunkett and the scars of Oliver Cromwell’s siege.

Master knitter Edmund McNulty practices his art at the Millmount Craft Centre, housed in a Martello tower complex in Drogheda. Close by visit Louth Craftmark to see the work of over 50 Irish makers.

From Drogheda head north towards Dundalk. Inti Leathers operate in the village of Knockbridge. Their chic handbags and weekend hold-alls might be just the ticket to help transport all the new buys home.

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Ireland Craft Trail

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Above: Irish Weavers Left: Larry Kinsella, Candlemaker Moth to a Flame, Co. Kilkenny

Hit the road and meet the makers that are keeping craft alive.

You could extend the journey by continuing inland across the country to Monaghan where the studio of knitwear designer Liz Christy is situated outside Castleblaney.

Her designer scarf collections contemporise local traditional lace making techniques.

The Leitrim Design House in the Dock at Carrick-on-Shannon is a one-stop shop offering a window for Irish contemporary craft and design. The town too is well worth exploring. There are numerous bars with traditional music to give you a sense of real pub culture. You could over-night at the Bush Hotel, a low-key and centrally located hostelry.

After a full Irish breakfast go west into County Sligo. Sligo town is situated in the heart of Yeats’ Country. Martina Hamilton’s The Cat and the Moon Gallery offers an astonishingly comprehensive guide to the best of Irish craft. Her own jewellery designs are also in situ. There are several local pottey studios worth visiting. In the town is Lynda Gault Ceramics. Tom Callery is in Knocknahur, Oriain Pottery is outside Ballymote and Rachel Quinn Ceramics can be seen at The Craft Gallery in Cloonacurra, Ballinacarrow.

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Overnight at Coopershill Country House in Riverstown, County Sligo, a wonderful Georgian country house experience.

Another off-the-beaten-track takes you into south county Donegal, home to Hanna Hats, Edel MacBride knitwear and the village of Kilcar, where Rathlin Knitwear’s celebrity following includes Sex and The City star Sarah Jessica Parker who has a holiday home in the region. Nearby Studio Donegal in the Glebe Mill offers visitors the opportunity to see looms in operation.

“Customers to the mill always want to buy what’s just been made on the loom,” says owner Tristan Donaghy.

These are just a sample of some of the many itineraries you can create that will add texture to any exploration of this isle.

Hit the road and meet the makers that are keeping craft industries alive.

For more information on holidaying in Ireland check out www.discoverireland.ie For more information about craft trails and activities, studio visits and shops, visit www.discoverireland.ie/culture-andheritage/irish-crafts.aspx

Alanna Gallagher Journalist Alanna Gallagher is a feature and style writer with a background in fashion and marketing.

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Ireland Craft Trail

Crafts Council of Ireland / Creative Island

Above: Irish Weavers Left: Larry Kinsella, Candlemaker Moth to a Flame, Co. Kilkenny

Hit the road and meet the makers that are keeping craft alive.

You could extend the journey by continuing inland across the country to Monaghan where the studio of knitwear designer Liz Christy is situated outside Castleblaney.

Her designer scarf collections contemporise local traditional lace making techniques.

The Leitrim Design House in the Dock at Carrick-on-Shannon is a one-stop shop offering a window for Irish contemporary craft and design. The town too is well worth exploring. There are numerous bars with traditional music to give you a sense of real pub culture. You could over-night at the Bush Hotel, a low-key and centrally located hostelry.

After a full Irish breakfast go west into County Sligo. Sligo town is situated in the heart of Yeats’ Country. Martina Hamilton’s The Cat and the Moon Gallery offers an astonishingly comprehensive guide to the best of Irish craft. Her own jewellery designs are also in situ. There are several local pottey studios worth visiting. In the town is Lynda Gault Ceramics. Tom Callery is in Knocknahur, Oriain Pottery is outside Ballymote and Rachel Quinn Ceramics can be seen at The Craft Gallery in Cloonacurra, Ballinacarrow.

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Overnight at Coopershill Country House in Riverstown, County Sligo, a wonderful Georgian country house experience.

Another off-the-beaten-track takes you into south county Donegal, home to Hanna Hats, Edel MacBride knitwear and the village of Kilcar, where Rathlin Knitwear’s celebrity following includes Sex and The City star Sarah Jessica Parker who has a holiday home in the region. Nearby Studio Donegal in the Glebe Mill offers visitors the opportunity to see looms in operation.

“Customers to the mill always want to buy what’s just been made on the loom,” says owner Tristan Donaghy.

These are just a sample of some of the many itineraries you can create that will add texture to any exploration of this isle.

Hit the road and meet the makers that are keeping craft industries alive.

For more information on holidaying in Ireland check out www.discoverireland.ie For more information about craft trails and activities, studio visits and shops, visit www.discoverireland.ie/culture-andheritage/irish-crafts.aspx

Alanna Gallagher Journalist Alanna Gallagher is a feature and style writer with a background in fashion and marketing.

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Irish Craft Today

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Irish craft today

Alanna Gallagher, journalist, reflects on the importance and relevance of Irish craft today.

Despite the fast and the furious pace of modern technological life, there remains in Ireland an artisan class whose talents are rooted in tradition.

These craftspeople – Irish men and women – create objects of value and beauty with their own hands and imagination.

Ireland has always been known for its creativity and craftsmanship. “Our craft history goes back to the early Christian period,” notes Michael Kenny, senior curator, art and industrial division of the National Museum of Ireland.

“The most enduring forms have been calligraphy and metal work.”

Mary Ryder, interior designer follows this historical thread.

“There is an appreciation of the hand-made that goes back to our Georgian furniture, which was and is renowned the world over. It is most apparent in the finishing.”

This long history of craftmanship brings provenance and authenticity to Irish Craft, something that cannot be accessed by mass-produced branded goods.

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As well as use of materials and craftsmanship, imagination and design have always been central to Craft and Irish makers are always trying new things and new techniques.

Fashion stylist and ‘Off The Rails’ presenter Sonya Lennon adds; “Craft has to have value for its aesthetic as well as the nature in which it is made.”

This is clear. The design must reflect modern consumers and must be relevant to their lifestyle.

Evidence of this new realisation was seen at Salone del Mobile 2009 where Design Miami and fashion house Fendi collaborated to stage ‘Craft Punk’, a public atelier for emerging designers to make and show their work.

But Craft also presents an antidote to the rampant consumerism of the Noughties. What the public wants now is sustainability, observed design colossus Sir Terence Conran on his recent visit to Dublin.

“Sustainability is the new normal. It’s part and parcel of what it means to design and live responsibly and well. Reducing consumption is the key to sustainable living.” Craft is as sustainable as it gets.

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Irish Craft Today

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Irish craft today

Alanna Gallagher, journalist, reflects on the importance and relevance of Irish craft today.

Despite the fast and the furious pace of modern technological life, there remains in Ireland an artisan class whose talents are rooted in tradition.

These craftspeople – Irish men and women – create objects of value and beauty with their own hands and imagination.

Ireland has always been known for its creativity and craftsmanship. “Our craft history goes back to the early Christian period,” notes Michael Kenny, senior curator, art and industrial division of the National Museum of Ireland.

“The most enduring forms have been calligraphy and metal work.”

Mary Ryder, interior designer follows this historical thread.

“There is an appreciation of the hand-made that goes back to our Georgian furniture, which was and is renowned the world over. It is most apparent in the finishing.”

This long history of craftmanship brings provenance and authenticity to Irish Craft, something that cannot be accessed by mass-produced branded goods.

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As well as use of materials and craftsmanship, imagination and design have always been central to Craft and Irish makers are always trying new things and new techniques.

Fashion stylist and ‘Off The Rails’ presenter Sonya Lennon adds; “Craft has to have value for its aesthetic as well as the nature in which it is made.”

This is clear. The design must reflect modern consumers and must be relevant to their lifestyle.

Evidence of this new realisation was seen at Salone del Mobile 2009 where Design Miami and fashion house Fendi collaborated to stage ‘Craft Punk’, a public atelier for emerging designers to make and show their work.

But Craft also presents an antidote to the rampant consumerism of the Noughties. What the public wants now is sustainability, observed design colossus Sir Terence Conran on his recent visit to Dublin.

“Sustainability is the new normal. It’s part and parcel of what it means to design and live responsibly and well. Reducing consumption is the key to sustainable living.” Craft is as sustainable as it gets.

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Jewellery

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Jewellery

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Alan Ardiff

Customers love Dublin jeweller Alan Ardiff’s miniature kinetic work because this is jewellery that is genuinely interactive. ‘Their unique selling point is that they move,’ Ardiff explains. “There’s a fun side to wearing these pieces.

You get to own something crafted by hand from precious metals and additionally, it moves and brings a smile to your face.”

The pieces are packaged as mini works of art. ‘It is art rather than jewellery,’ says Ardiff. It’s about appreciating the concept behind the work, with some customers becoming collectors, buying a piece from each collection when it comes out.

There are symbolic elements to the designs that are meaningful to clients. And they can come into the studio and see the pieces being made. Everything is made in the Pearse Street studio in Dublin city.

Adriff has shown at the RHA Gallery in Dublin in 2007 and at SOFA, Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, in Chicago in 2006. Comedian Billy Connolly collects Ardiff’s gallery pieces. Director John Boorman and RTE broadcasters Kathryn Thomas and Anna Nolan are also fans.

“You get to own something crafted by hand from precious metals and additionally, it moves.”

Address

Studio 36, The Design Tower Enterprise Centre, Pearse St. Dublin 2 T: +353 (0)1 671 3098 E: alanardiff@eircom.net www.alanardiff.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Rocks Jewellers, Dublin Enibas, Co. Cork Seoidin, Ennis & Limerick Little Fish, Swords The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Avoca Handweavers, Avoca Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Steensons, Belfast Location

Dublin

Opposite: ‘Birds of a Feather’, Silver Necklace €270 (RRP) This page: ‘A New Leaf’, Silver Necklace €190 (RRP)

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Jewellery

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Alan Ardiff

Customers love Dublin jeweller Alan Ardiff’s miniature kinetic work because this is jewellery that is genuinely interactive. ‘Their unique selling point is that they move,’ Ardiff explains. “There’s a fun side to wearing these pieces.

You get to own something crafted by hand from precious metals and additionally, it moves and brings a smile to your face.”

The pieces are packaged as mini works of art. ‘It is art rather than jewellery,’ says Ardiff. It’s about appreciating the concept behind the work, with some customers becoming collectors, buying a piece from each collection when it comes out.

There are symbolic elements to the designs that are meaningful to clients. And they can come into the studio and see the pieces being made. Everything is made in the Pearse Street studio in Dublin city.

Adriff has shown at the RHA Gallery in Dublin in 2007 and at SOFA, Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, in Chicago in 2006. Comedian Billy Connolly collects Ardiff’s gallery pieces. Director John Boorman and RTE broadcasters Kathryn Thomas and Anna Nolan are also fans.

“You get to own something crafted by hand from precious metals and additionally, it moves.”

Address

Studio 36, The Design Tower Enterprise Centre, Pearse St. Dublin 2 T: +353 (0)1 671 3098 E: alanardiff@eircom.net www.alanardiff.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Rocks Jewellers, Dublin Enibas, Co. Cork Seoidin, Ennis & Limerick Little Fish, Swords The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Avoca Handweavers, Avoca Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Steensons, Belfast Location

Dublin

Opposite: ‘Birds of a Feather’, Silver Necklace €270 (RRP) This page: ‘A New Leaf’, Silver Necklace €190 (RRP)

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Jewellery

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Button & Co.

Address

Kilcannon, Dunhill Co. Waterford T: +353 (0)51 396 663 info@buttonandco.com www.buttonandco.com

Stockists

Weir & Sons, Dublin Hynes Jewellers, Wexford Hallmark Jewellers, Waterford A Hartmann & Son Ltd, Galway Bannon Jewellers, Wicklow

Elaine-Sarah Comerford set up Elaine Sarah Designs after attending a summer course at NCAD. The designer eschewed college in favour of an old-fashioned apprenticeship in the belief that it would teach her the technical skills required to get the business off the ground.

Elaine Sarah Designs morphed into Button and Co., inspired by make-and-do sessions at home with her mother.

‘The collection of sterling silver and 18 carat gold button jewellery is inspired by the traditional button tin that my mother used to have,’ says Comerford, who aged 24, is one of the youngest clients of the Crafts Council of Ireland.

This signature now adorns bracelets, earrings, necklaces and cuff links and is already stocked in some of the most progressive independent jewellers in the country.

Central to the collection is the starter bracelet, an updated take on the traditional charm bracelet. It forms an integral part of the milestone birthday gift offering.

Her company featured on Dragon’s Den in 2009 and thanks to the mentoring of Niall O’Farrell is in expansive mode. The designs remain hand-made in Ireland.

“The collection… inspired by the traditional button tin that my mother used to have.”

Location

Co. Waterford

This page: Solid Sterling Silver Button Cufflinks €120 ( RRP) Opposite: Silver Starter Button Bracelet €140 ( RRP)

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Jewellery

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Button & Co.

Address

Kilcannon, Dunhill Co. Waterford T: +353 (0)51 396 663 info@buttonandco.com www.buttonandco.com

Stockists

Weir & Sons, Dublin Hynes Jewellers, Wexford Hallmark Jewellers, Waterford A Hartmann & Son Ltd, Galway Bannon Jewellers, Wicklow

Elaine-Sarah Comerford set up Elaine Sarah Designs after attending a summer course at NCAD. The designer eschewed college in favour of an old-fashioned apprenticeship in the belief that it would teach her the technical skills required to get the business off the ground.

Elaine Sarah Designs morphed into Button and Co., inspired by make-and-do sessions at home with her mother.

‘The collection of sterling silver and 18 carat gold button jewellery is inspired by the traditional button tin that my mother used to have,’ says Comerford, who aged 24, is one of the youngest clients of the Crafts Council of Ireland.

This signature now adorns bracelets, earrings, necklaces and cuff links and is already stocked in some of the most progressive independent jewellers in the country.

Central to the collection is the starter bracelet, an updated take on the traditional charm bracelet. It forms an integral part of the milestone birthday gift offering.

Her company featured on Dragon’s Den in 2009 and thanks to the mentoring of Niall O’Farrell is in expansive mode. The designs remain hand-made in Ireland.

“The collection… inspired by the traditional button tin that my mother used to have.”

Location

Co. Waterford

This page: Solid Sterling Silver Button Cufflinks €120 ( RRP) Opposite: Silver Starter Button Bracelet €140 ( RRP)

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Jewellery

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Melissa C Designs

Designer Melissa Curry is a conceptualist with a talent for form and colour. Her work is very much about construction.

“My pieces are more expressive of personality than trends.

Many of my designs have an in-built system so that they can be worn several ways and are crafted by me in my Dublin studio.”

She studied commercial design, advertising, interior architecture and photography in Paris for four years. During her time in Paris and her subsequent travels throughout Africa and Asia, she developed her appreciation of the ceremonial value of jewellery. These living customs are a very important part of dressing up. Returning to Dublin in 1996 she set up her own jewellery label. Her first show during Paris fashion week in 1998 brought her work to Japan, New York and London with clients such as Barneys, Yohji Yamamoto, Philippe Stark, Bon Marché and Liberty London, where she was hailed as their Millennium Cutting Edge Designer, which put her firmly on the world-wide accessories map.

Her distinctive and cutting edge style has seen her work with Toni & Guy and the Swarovski Bijoux Home Collection.

“My pieces are more expressive of personality than trends.”

Address

29 Athlumney Villas Ranelagh, Dublin 6 T: +353 (0)1 497 7776 info@melissacurrydesign.ie www.melissacurrydesign.ie

Stockists

Ju Ju, Greystones Havana, Donnybrook

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Silver and red bangles are from an Asian influenced collection From €160 per set (RRP) This page: Cuff with sterling silver and a variation of lacquered Asian beads €203 (RRP)

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Melissa C Designs

Designer Melissa Curry is a conceptualist with a talent for form and colour. Her work is very much about construction.

“My pieces are more expressive of personality than trends.

Many of my designs have an in-built system so that they can be worn several ways and are crafted by me in my Dublin studio.”

She studied commercial design, advertising, interior architecture and photography in Paris for four years. During her time in Paris and her subsequent travels throughout Africa and Asia, she developed her appreciation of the ceremonial value of jewellery. These living customs are a very important part of dressing up. Returning to Dublin in 1996 she set up her own jewellery label. Her first show during Paris fashion week in 1998 brought her work to Japan, New York and London with clients such as Barneys, Yohji Yamamoto, Philippe Stark, Bon Marché and Liberty London, where she was hailed as their Millennium Cutting Edge Designer, which put her firmly on the world-wide accessories map.

Her distinctive and cutting edge style has seen her work with Toni & Guy and the Swarovski Bijoux Home Collection.

“My pieces are more expressive of personality than trends.”

Address

29 Athlumney Villas Ranelagh, Dublin 6 T: +353 (0)1 497 7776 info@melissacurrydesign.ie www.melissacurrydesign.ie

Stockists

Ju Ju, Greystones Havana, Donnybrook

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Silver and red bangles are from an Asian influenced collection From €160 per set (RRP) This page: Cuff with sterling silver and a variation of lacquered Asian beads €203 (RRP)

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Eve Ella Jewellery

Jewellery designer Yvonne Ryan of Eve Ella Jewellery works in silver, gold and also does diamond work. Her creations have a strong sculptural quality to them, inspired in part by talents handed down to her from her sculptor father.

Her stacking rings offer wearers the opportunity to add a fashion element to their fine jewellery, building a collection that is interchangeable. She studied sustainable development at UCD and Bolton Street.

A short course in silversmithing at NCAD whet her appetite for precious metals and following a FÁS course she apprenticed herself to contemporary jeweller Alan Ardiff.

The pieces are contemporary but quite classical. Every piece is wearable and comfortable. “I reuse silver and waste is recycled and re-melted where possible in my Ballsbridge based studio.”

Address

Dublin 4 T: +353 (0)1 660 6365 M: +353 (0)87 938 8178 eveellajewellery@yahoo.co.uk www.eveella.com

Stockists

The Loft, Dublin Helen McAlinden, Dublin Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Cassai Boutique, Beacon Centre Affinity, Rathgar Seoidin, Ennis Wish, Cork Davern and Bell, Limerick

“I reuse silver and waste is recycled and re-melted where possible in my Ballsbridge based Studio.”

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Unicorn Bangle , Sterling silver €170 (RRP) This page: Diamond Stacking Ring, Sterling silver and 9ct gold €650 (RRP) Triple Stacking Ring, Sterling silver and 9ct gold €350 (RRP)

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Eve Ella Jewellery

Jewellery designer Yvonne Ryan of Eve Ella Jewellery works in silver, gold and also does diamond work. Her creations have a strong sculptural quality to them, inspired in part by talents handed down to her from her sculptor father.

Her stacking rings offer wearers the opportunity to add a fashion element to their fine jewellery, building a collection that is interchangeable. She studied sustainable development at UCD and Bolton Street.

A short course in silversmithing at NCAD whet her appetite for precious metals and following a FÁS course she apprenticed herself to contemporary jeweller Alan Ardiff.

The pieces are contemporary but quite classical. Every piece is wearable and comfortable. “I reuse silver and waste is recycled and re-melted where possible in my Ballsbridge based studio.”

Address

Dublin 4 T: +353 (0)1 660 6365 M: +353 (0)87 938 8178 eveellajewellery@yahoo.co.uk www.eveella.com

Stockists

The Loft, Dublin Helen McAlinden, Dublin Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Cassai Boutique, Beacon Centre Affinity, Rathgar Seoidin, Ennis Wish, Cork Davern and Bell, Limerick

“I reuse silver and waste is recycled and re-melted where possible in my Ballsbridge based Studio.”

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Unicorn Bangle , Sterling silver €170 (RRP) This page: Diamond Stacking Ring, Sterling silver and 9ct gold €650 (RRP) Triple Stacking Ring, Sterling silver and 9ct gold €350 (RRP)

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Fadó

Address

Fadó House Unit 4, Block 6 Broomhall Business Park Rathnew, Co. Wicklow T: +353 (0)404 65226 sales@fadojewelry.com www.fadojewelry.com

Rathnew based Fadó design and make contemporary jewellery that carries a Celtic accent. Each piece is handmade. They sell collections in sterling silver, 14 and 18 carat gold and platinum.

Fadó features a wide range of designs from Celtic abstract creations to the more traditional Claddagh motifs. Their ‘Impressions of Ireland’ ring with its markings that track landmark moments in Ireland’s history is clever and stylish and has mass appeal.

In business since 1993 the jewellery is sold extensively in the United States and Canada, and is also available in jewellers in England, Scotland, Australia and Japan.

“Several professional golfers and US congressmen sport Fadó cufflinks,” says John Condron, MD of Fadó. “And I’ve been told Colin Farrell wears one of our rings.”

Fadó features a wide range of designs from Celtic abstract creations to the more traditional Claddagh motifs.

Stockists

College House Jewellers, Dublin Kilkenny Group Faller’s, Galway Blarney Woollen Mills

Location

Co. Wicklow

This page: ‘Timeless Trinity Collection’ Pendant €3,450 (RRP) Opposite: ‘Timeless Trinity Collection’ Ring €2,350 (RRP)

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Fadó

Address

Fadó House Unit 4, Block 6 Broomhall Business Park Rathnew, Co. Wicklow T: +353 (0)404 65226 sales@fadojewelry.com www.fadojewelry.com

Rathnew based Fadó design and make contemporary jewellery that carries a Celtic accent. Each piece is handmade. They sell collections in sterling silver, 14 and 18 carat gold and platinum.

Fadó features a wide range of designs from Celtic abstract creations to the more traditional Claddagh motifs. Their ‘Impressions of Ireland’ ring with its markings that track landmark moments in Ireland’s history is clever and stylish and has mass appeal.

In business since 1993 the jewellery is sold extensively in the United States and Canada, and is also available in jewellers in England, Scotland, Australia and Japan.

“Several professional golfers and US congressmen sport Fadó cufflinks,” says John Condron, MD of Fadó. “And I’ve been told Colin Farrell wears one of our rings.”

Fadó features a wide range of designs from Celtic abstract creations to the more traditional Claddagh motifs.

Stockists

College House Jewellers, Dublin Kilkenny Group Faller’s, Galway Blarney Woollen Mills

Location

Co. Wicklow

This page: ‘Timeless Trinity Collection’ Pendant €3,450 (RRP) Opposite: ‘Timeless Trinity Collection’ Ring €2,350 (RRP)

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“The process is quite free when you make each design.

I’ve moved towards the abstract and my work started to take on a celestial quality.”

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Former sculptor turned goldsmith Martina Hamilton takes a figurative approach to making jewellery. No two pieces of hand-made jewellery are the same. “The process is quite free when you make each design. I moved towards the abstract and my work started to take on a celestial quality.

I work in precious metals, mainly sterling silver with 18 carat gold accents. Chamaeleon looks like the birth of a new star, surrounded by the explosion of other little stars generated by its birth, while the aurora ring with its pearl setting represents a sense of movement of the metal around the pearl that is like the aurora borealis.”

Martina Hamilton is self-taught. She studied sculpture in what was then Sligo RTC. As owner of The Cat and The Moon, the Sligo-based craft boutique and gallery, she is one of the biggest supporters of craft as created by others in the country – as is testament to the stockists listings of the other Creative Island exhibitors.

Address

4 Castle Street Sligo T: +353 (0)71 914 3686 info@martinahamilton.ie www.martinahamilton.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Duggan’s Jewellers, Dublin Rocks, Dublin Eblana Gallery, Dublin The Cat and The Moon, Sligo

Location

Sligo

Opposite: Large Sterling Silver, Nebula Pendant ¤ 170 (RRP) This page: Small Nova earrings with 18ct gold detail ¤ 230 (RRP)

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Breda Haugh Jewellery

She works in precious metals using different scratch effects created on the surface to add tactility and atmosphere to the pieces.

Dublin city based goldsmith Breda Haugh is interested in designing pieces that are representative of our culture. Her contemporary jewellery is rooted in Celtic design. She works in precious metals using different scratch effects created on the surface to add tactility and atmosphere to the pieces.

Each piece is hand-made, cast and finished in her Dublin city workshop in the Design Tower. She is one of the jewellers selected by the National Museum of Ireland to create styles based on pieces from their collections to sell in the museum’s gift shops. More recently she created a collection to celebrate the Bender Collection that was being put on permanent display in Collins Barracks. She is very strong on cufflinks and has two new collections, Circles in Space and Spirals.

She trained in NCAD and then won a scholarship to Sir John Cass School of Science and Technology in London.

Address

Studio 22, The Design Tower Trinity Enterprise & Development Campus Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2 T: +353 (0)1 670 5738 M: +353 (0)87 274 3222 bredahaugh@eircom.net www.bredahaugh.com

Stockists

Designyard, Dublin National Museum of Ireland, Dublin Museum of Country Life, Co Mayo Pearl Perfect, Dublin Manifesto, Waterford Bijoux, Monaghan Enibas, Schull & Kinsale

Location

Dublin

This page: Ogham Cufflinks €130 ( RRP)

Opposite: Gold Dance Pendant €190 (RRP)

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Breda Haugh Jewellery

She works in precious metals using different scratch effects created on the surface to add tactility and atmosphere to the pieces.

Dublin city based goldsmith Breda Haugh is interested in designing pieces that are representative of our culture. Her contemporary jewellery is rooted in Celtic design. She works in precious metals using different scratch effects created on the surface to add tactility and atmosphere to the pieces.

Each piece is hand-made, cast and finished in her Dublin city workshop in the Design Tower. She is one of the jewellers selected by the National Museum of Ireland to create styles based on pieces from their collections to sell in the museum’s gift shops. More recently she created a collection to celebrate the Bender Collection that was being put on permanent display in Collins Barracks. She is very strong on cufflinks and has two new collections, Circles in Space and Spirals.

She trained in NCAD and then won a scholarship to Sir John Cass School of Science and Technology in London.

Address

Studio 22, The Design Tower Trinity Enterprise & Development Campus Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2 T: +353 (0)1 670 5738 M: +353 (0)87 274 3222 bredahaugh@eircom.net www.bredahaugh.com

Stockists

Designyard, Dublin National Museum of Ireland, Dublin Museum of Country Life, Co Mayo Pearl Perfect, Dublin Manifesto, Waterford Bijoux, Monaghan Enibas, Schull & Kinsale

Location

Dublin

This page: Ogham Cufflinks €130 ( RRP)

Opposite: Gold Dance Pendant €190 (RRP)

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Juvi Designs

Julie Danz and Vincent Tynan are the creators of Juvi Designs, a jewellery label that champions affordable luxury by way of semi-precious stones set in gold plated sterling silver and sterling silver.

“Our jewellery is quite simple,” admits Julie Danz. “People are attracted to its tactility and weight. Our clasps offer insiders a strong signature.”

“We buy really high quality stones. They speak for themselves. The stones are sourced from all over the world but the jewellery is made in our Foxrock studio in Dublin.

Stones have always influenced our designs but we have become more fashion focused. Each design is created by hand with a maximum of 30 pieces of any one design made.”

Juvi received a commendation for Best Accessories Designer at Dublin Fashion Week in 2006 which led them to having a concession stand in Brown Thomas, Dublin. The brand began as a gallery product but has moved its craft-based creations into mainstream fashion with the launch of their own concession in House of Fraser in Dundrum in October 2008. There, their faceted stones are an ongoing bestseller.

“People are attracted to its tactility and weight. Our clasps offer insiders a strong feature.”

Address

11 Brighton Square, Brighton Road, Foxrock Dublin 18 T: +353 (0)1 444 5126 M: +353 (0)86 101 638 juvidesigns@hotmail.com www.juvidesigns.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Whistlestop, Clifden The Cat and The Moon, Sligo The Lady’s Buttery, Cong, Co. Mayo The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin The White Door, Louth House of Fraser, Dundrum

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Tibetan turquoise on a sterling silver chain €135 (RRP) This page: Faceted Amethyst Necklace with brushed gold side piece €255 (RRP)

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Juvi Designs

Julie Danz and Vincent Tynan are the creators of Juvi Designs, a jewellery label that champions affordable luxury by way of semi-precious stones set in gold plated sterling silver and sterling silver.

“Our jewellery is quite simple,” admits Julie Danz. “People are attracted to its tactility and weight. Our clasps offer insiders a strong signature.”

“We buy really high quality stones. They speak for themselves. The stones are sourced from all over the world but the jewellery is made in our Foxrock studio in Dublin.

Stones have always influenced our designs but we have become more fashion focused. Each design is created by hand with a maximum of 30 pieces of any one design made.”

Juvi received a commendation for Best Accessories Designer at Dublin Fashion Week in 2006 which led them to having a concession stand in Brown Thomas, Dublin. The brand began as a gallery product but has moved its craft-based creations into mainstream fashion with the launch of their own concession in House of Fraser in Dundrum in October 2008. There, their faceted stones are an ongoing bestseller.

“People are attracted to its tactility and weight. Our clasps offer insiders a strong feature.”

Address

11 Brighton Square, Brighton Road, Foxrock Dublin 18 T: +353 (0)1 444 5126 M: +353 (0)86 101 638 juvidesigns@hotmail.com www.juvidesigns.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Whistlestop, Clifden The Cat and The Moon, Sligo The Lady’s Buttery, Cong, Co. Mayo The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin The White Door, Louth House of Fraser, Dundrum

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Tibetan turquoise on a sterling silver chain €135 (RRP) This page: Faceted Amethyst Necklace with brushed gold side piece €255 (RRP)

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Declan Killen Goldsmith

Address

12 Fade Street Dublin 2 T: +353 (0)1 677 0829 M: +353 (0)87 249 1156 dmkg@indigo.ie www.declankillen.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Trinity College’s Library Shop, Dublin Aer Rianta Dublin Airport Séoidin, Ennis The Cat and The Moon, Sligo The Pottery Shop, Malahide The National Museum of Ireland, Dublin

Based in Dublin’s city centre, goldsmith Declan Killen creates contemporary and traditional jewellery collections using precious metals.

Every piece is conceived and made by hand in his workshop.

“A hand-crafted piece stands out as an individual item. Handmade jewellery feels different. My designs are easy to wear and easy on the eye.”

Working in platinum, 18 carat white and yellow gold as well as sterling silver, he uses stones such as opals, sapphires and diamonds in his individual one-off pieces.

One of his traditional collections includes jewellery inspired

by Trinity College’s coat of arms collection, which is popular with alumni and tourists. Another piece is inspired by some of the great bog finds that are displayed in the National Museum of Ireland. These sell in the museum’s giftshop.

Killen learned his craft by apprenticing himself to some of the capital’s best traditional jewellers. Fans include U2, Mike Scott of the Waterboys and Elvis Costello.

Location

Dublin

This page Silver Pendant €117 (RRP)

“A hand-crafted piece stands out as an individual item. Hand-made jewellery feels different.”

Opposite: Silver Pendant €125 (RRP)

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Declan Killen Goldsmith

Address

12 Fade Street Dublin 2 T: +353 (0)1 677 0829 M: +353 (0)87 249 1156 dmkg@indigo.ie www.declankillen.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Trinity College’s Library Shop, Dublin Aer Rianta Dublin Airport Séoidin, Ennis The Cat and The Moon, Sligo The Pottery Shop, Malahide The National Museum of Ireland, Dublin

Based in Dublin’s city centre, goldsmith Declan Killen creates contemporary and traditional jewellery collections using precious metals.

Every piece is conceived and made by hand in his workshop.

“A hand-crafted piece stands out as an individual item. Handmade jewellery feels different. My designs are easy to wear and easy on the eye.”

Working in platinum, 18 carat white and yellow gold as well as sterling silver, he uses stones such as opals, sapphires and diamonds in his individual one-off pieces.

One of his traditional collections includes jewellery inspired

by Trinity College’s coat of arms collection, which is popular with alumni and tourists. Another piece is inspired by some of the great bog finds that are displayed in the National Museum of Ireland. These sell in the museum’s giftshop.

Killen learned his craft by apprenticing himself to some of the capital’s best traditional jewellers. Fans include U2, Mike Scott of the Waterboys and Elvis Costello.

Location

Dublin

This page Silver Pendant €117 (RRP)

“A hand-crafted piece stands out as an individual item. Hand-made jewellery feels different.”

Opposite: Silver Pendant €125 (RRP)

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Maureen Lynch

Maureen Lynch’s designs espouse elegant simplicity and high quality. Each piece is pared down and sculptural. It eliminates all manner of fuss. These are made and finished by hand in her studio in South County Dublin.

‘I fell in love with metal 20 years ago,’ says Lynch who for foundation year attended Grennan Mill in Co. Kilkenny.

It has been an ongoing affair. Lynch then went to NCAD and studied metal, doing hollow and small vessels. After graduation she went travelling, moved into jewellery and ended up in Copenhagen.

“Simplicity is what I like. My pieces take their cue from the body itself. I always bear in mind the contours of the body when designing, so that the wearer feels comfortable and at ease.”

Her perfume bottles come with a swatch of linen inside them that you can spritz with your favourite scent so that you and only you can smell it. You can also keep a lock of hair, a love poem or photograph inside. “I keep a child’s drawing in mine.” This collection has flourishes of gold in its silverwork, so people can mix and match it with their jewellery.

“My pieces take their cue from the body itself.

I always bear in mind the contours of the body when designing.”

Address

Co Dublin T: +353 (0)1 214 7052 info@maureenlynch.ie www.maureenlynch.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Little Fish Design, Blackrock Enibas, Schull & Kinsale Bijoux, Monaghan

Location

Co. Dublin

Opposite: Oval perfume bottle in silver with gold detail on a silver snake chain €295 (RRP) This page: Hidden Hollow – Pendant & Chain €400 (RRP)

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Maureen Lynch

Maureen Lynch’s designs espouse elegant simplicity and high quality. Each piece is pared down and sculptural. It eliminates all manner of fuss. These are made and finished by hand in her studio in South County Dublin.

‘I fell in love with metal 20 years ago,’ says Lynch who for foundation year attended Grennan Mill in Co. Kilkenny.

It has been an ongoing affair. Lynch then went to NCAD and studied metal, doing hollow and small vessels. After graduation she went travelling, moved into jewellery and ended up in Copenhagen.

“Simplicity is what I like. My pieces take their cue from the body itself. I always bear in mind the contours of the body when designing, so that the wearer feels comfortable and at ease.”

Her perfume bottles come with a swatch of linen inside them that you can spritz with your favourite scent so that you and only you can smell it. You can also keep a lock of hair, a love poem or photograph inside. “I keep a child’s drawing in mine.” This collection has flourishes of gold in its silverwork, so people can mix and match it with their jewellery.

“My pieces take their cue from the body itself.

I always bear in mind the contours of the body when designing.”

Address

Co Dublin T: +353 (0)1 214 7052 info@maureenlynch.ie www.maureenlynch.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Little Fish Design, Blackrock Enibas, Schull & Kinsale Bijoux, Monaghan

Location

Co. Dublin

Opposite: Oval perfume bottle in silver with gold detail on a silver snake chain €295 (RRP) This page: Hidden Hollow – Pendant & Chain €400 (RRP)

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Garrett Mallon Jewellery

Goldsmith Garrett Mallon’s designs are imbued with an earthy feel that is inspired by his scenic surroundings, Co. Louth’s Carlingford Lough and Cooley Mountains.

“My creations are very colourful, crafted by hand and animated by local folklore.”

Mallon did a pre-apprenticeship course at the Sir John Cass School of Science and Technology in London. He went on to work in jewellery manufacturing with two Irish companies. “It gave me great insight into how you make the process easier and more cost-effective, something that I’ve carried with me into the hand-made designs I now make.”

“I’m a stone setter by trade and I like to use highly pigmented semi-precious stones set in silver. Much of my jewellery has an etched finish. Local folklore also inspires. I’ve a range of shields inspired by Queen Maeve and the Brown Bull of Cooley and Cloicín is a collection inspired by the stony shores of Carlingford Lough – it is my take on the torc.”

“My creations are very colourful, crafted by hand and animated by local folklore.”

Address

Arus na Shamroige Drummullagh, Omeath Co Louth T: +353 (0)42 937 5940 info@garrettmallon.com www.garrettmallon.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Louth Craftmark, Drogheda Eblana Gallery, Dublin Craft Design Collective, Belfast Memento, Portrush Spacecraft, Belfast

Location

Co. Louth

Opposite: Wildflower Collection- large stoneset ring set with garnet, blue topaz, African garnet, citrine, ruby From €85 (RRP) This page: Celtic Shield Collection- sterling silver pendant (small) set with cabochon amethyst €70 (RRP)

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Garrett Mallon Jewellery

Goldsmith Garrett Mallon’s designs are imbued with an earthy feel that is inspired by his scenic surroundings, Co. Louth’s Carlingford Lough and Cooley Mountains.

“My creations are very colourful, crafted by hand and animated by local folklore.”

Mallon did a pre-apprenticeship course at the Sir John Cass School of Science and Technology in London. He went on to work in jewellery manufacturing with two Irish companies. “It gave me great insight into how you make the process easier and more cost-effective, something that I’ve carried with me into the hand-made designs I now make.”

“I’m a stone setter by trade and I like to use highly pigmented semi-precious stones set in silver. Much of my jewellery has an etched finish. Local folklore also inspires. I’ve a range of shields inspired by Queen Maeve and the Brown Bull of Cooley and Cloicín is a collection inspired by the stony shores of Carlingford Lough – it is my take on the torc.”

“My creations are very colourful, crafted by hand and animated by local folklore.”

Address

Arus na Shamroige Drummullagh, Omeath Co Louth T: +353 (0)42 937 5940 info@garrettmallon.com www.garrettmallon.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Louth Craftmark, Drogheda Eblana Gallery, Dublin Craft Design Collective, Belfast Memento, Portrush Spacecraft, Belfast

Location

Co. Louth

Opposite: Wildflower Collection- large stoneset ring set with garnet, blue topaz, African garnet, citrine, ruby From €85 (RRP) This page: Celtic Shield Collection- sterling silver pendant (small) set with cabochon amethyst €70 (RRP)

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Helena Malone Goldsmith

Address

5 Lismard Court, JFL Avenue, Portlaoise, Co. Laois T: +353 (0)57 866 0071 info@helenamalone.ie www.helenamalone.ie

Stockists

DesignYard, Dublin Affinity Interiors, Rathgar Laois Craft Centre, Portlaoise

“My jewellery is simple, elegant and discreetly different.

It’s feminine with an edge. The pieces are designed to enhance the style of the simple dresser. I love a sense of balance in design.”

Former finance worker Helena Malone left the sector and went traveling. It was while working in a gallery in Australia that she realised she wanted to work with her hands.

“I work in all metals, silver, gold, platinum and beginning to work in rose gold, which is lovely against Irish skin. I have an affinity with pearls, freshwater and Tahitian pearls.

The ones I use are completely natural in colour. I love their organic shapes.”

Her cornelian wrap necklace features a set of brilliantly coloured sticks of the stone and is also available in unpolished quartz and onyx. Some in this style have silver and gold flecks added to create lustre and a sense of movement. The silver is then sprinkled with orange and yellow sapphires so the effect is dramatic but subtly so. “My jewellery is for the everyday.”

Malone was recently awarded the best new designer award at DesignYard’s 100 competition.

Location

Co. Laois

Opposite: Sharp Leaf Earrings in Gold with Rubies The Sharp Leaf Range in Silver From €80 (RRP)

“My jewellery is simple, elegant and discreetly different. It’s feminine with an edge.”

This page: Cornelian Rhapsody – Full Cornelian Necklaces with a silver catch From €160 (RRP)

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Helena Malone Goldsmith

Address

5 Lismard Court, JFL Avenue, Portlaoise, Co. Laois T: +353 (0)57 866 0071 info@helenamalone.ie www.helenamalone.ie

Stockists

DesignYard, Dublin Affinity Interiors, Rathgar Laois Craft Centre, Portlaoise

“My jewellery is simple, elegant and discreetly different.

It’s feminine with an edge. The pieces are designed to enhance the style of the simple dresser. I love a sense of balance in design.”

Former finance worker Helena Malone left the sector and went traveling. It was while working in a gallery in Australia that she realised she wanted to work with her hands.

“I work in all metals, silver, gold, platinum and beginning to work in rose gold, which is lovely against Irish skin. I have an affinity with pearls, freshwater and Tahitian pearls.

The ones I use are completely natural in colour. I love their organic shapes.”

Her cornelian wrap necklace features a set of brilliantly coloured sticks of the stone and is also available in unpolished quartz and onyx. Some in this style have silver and gold flecks added to create lustre and a sense of movement. The silver is then sprinkled with orange and yellow sapphires so the effect is dramatic but subtly so. “My jewellery is for the everyday.”

Malone was recently awarded the best new designer award at DesignYard’s 100 competition.

Location

Co. Laois

Opposite: Sharp Leaf Earrings in Gold with Rubies The Sharp Leaf Range in Silver From €80 (RRP)

“My jewellery is simple, elegant and discreetly different. It’s feminine with an edge.”

This page: Cornelian Rhapsody – Full Cornelian Necklaces with a silver catch From €160 (RRP)

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Saba Jewellery

“I try to make sure the design is pared back so that it works. In metal– simplicity is the key.”

“Drawing has informed the way my designs look,” says Geraldine Murphy of Saba Jewellery who trained as an animator. She worked on films such as Gawain and the Green Knight, which won a Bafta and with Brown Bag Films on their Oscar-nominated, ‘Give Up Yer Auld Sins.”

“In animation things have to work in silhouette and that’s something I’ve brought into my designs. They have an animated look. They possess a sense of whimsy. I like designs that make the wearer smile.”

Self taught in jewellery, which started as a hobby, making pieces for family and friends, Geraldine works in silver mainly with gold embellishments. Some of the pieces have articulated parts such as her dog on a Vespa.

“I try to make sure the design is pared back so that it works.

In metal – simplicity is the key.”

Actresses Olivia Williams and Maria Doyle in Tara Road have worn Saba. Eddie Jordan is also a fan.

Address

Unit 1m, KCR Estate Kimmage, Dublin 12 T: +353 (0)1 406 3155 M: +353 (0)87 618 6608 info@saba.ie www.saba.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin & Galway The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Millmount, Louth, Aileen Kelly, Dubai Renata Henley, Missouri London Museum of Fashion & Textiles Gift Shop, London

Location

Dublin

This page: Rugby Ball Cufflinks €90-95 (RRP) Opposite: Starfish Necklace with Ivory Fresh Water Pearls €135-140 (RRP)

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Saba Jewellery

“I try to make sure the design is pared back so that it works. In metal– simplicity is the key.”

“Drawing has informed the way my designs look,” says Geraldine Murphy of Saba Jewellery who trained as an animator. She worked on films such as Gawain and the Green Knight, which won a Bafta and with Brown Bag Films on their Oscar-nominated, ‘Give Up Yer Auld Sins.”

“In animation things have to work in silhouette and that’s something I’ve brought into my designs. They have an animated look. They possess a sense of whimsy. I like designs that make the wearer smile.”

Self taught in jewellery, which started as a hobby, making pieces for family and friends, Geraldine works in silver mainly with gold embellishments. Some of the pieces have articulated parts such as her dog on a Vespa.

“I try to make sure the design is pared back so that it works.

In metal – simplicity is the key.”

Actresses Olivia Williams and Maria Doyle in Tara Road have worn Saba. Eddie Jordan is also a fan.

Address

Unit 1m, KCR Estate Kimmage, Dublin 12 T: +353 (0)1 406 3155 M: +353 (0)87 618 6608 info@saba.ie www.saba.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin & Galway The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Millmount, Louth, Aileen Kelly, Dubai Renata Henley, Missouri London Museum of Fashion & Textiles Gift Shop, London

Location

Dublin

This page: Rugby Ball Cufflinks €90-95 (RRP) Opposite: Starfish Necklace with Ivory Fresh Water Pearls €135-140 (RRP)

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Reaction Jewellery

Address

34 Gardners Road Lisburn, Co. Antrim BT27 5PD T: +44 (0)28 9260 5998 reaction@utvinternet.com

Reaction is a jewellery design company that specialises in cast and polished pewter jewellery. These former fashion silversmiths, Deborah Darling and Colin Greer, design a range of brooches, cuffs and necklaces. “They’re big, bold pieces that offer a vague sense of fusion between the Celtic and the contemporary,” explains Deborah Darling.

The pair prefer craft to fashion. “Craft is a much less throwaway market,” Darling observes. “Fans of our designs value the pieces more and tend to be more individualistic in their dress style.”

Their statement styles have graced several Northern Ireland newsreaders as well as former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, who wore one of their statement brooches when she visited Pope John Paul II. Some of the pieces also feature semi-precious stones such as agate, onyx and carnelian.

Stockists

Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny The Cat and The Moon, Sligo O’Reilly and Turpin, Westport Spacecraft, Belfast Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle Adrigole Arts, Beara Penninsula Glendowen Crafts, Donegal Celtic Ranch, USA Holmen Atelier, Norway

“Fans of our designs value the pieces more and tend to be more individualistic in their dress style.”

Location

Co. Antrim

This page: Polished Pewter Cuff €35 (RRP) Opposite: Polished Pewter Scribble Necklace €50 (RRP)

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Reaction Jewellery

Address

34 Gardners Road Lisburn, Co. Antrim BT27 5PD T: +44 (0)28 9260 5998 reaction@utvinternet.com

Reaction is a jewellery design company that specialises in cast and polished pewter jewellery. These former fashion silversmiths, Deborah Darling and Colin Greer, design a range of brooches, cuffs and necklaces. “They’re big, bold pieces that offer a vague sense of fusion between the Celtic and the contemporary,” explains Deborah Darling.

The pair prefer craft to fashion. “Craft is a much less throwaway market,” Darling observes. “Fans of our designs value the pieces more and tend to be more individualistic in their dress style.”

Their statement styles have graced several Northern Ireland newsreaders as well as former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, who wore one of their statement brooches when she visited Pope John Paul II. Some of the pieces also feature semi-precious stones such as agate, onyx and carnelian.

Stockists

Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny The Cat and The Moon, Sligo O’Reilly and Turpin, Westport Spacecraft, Belfast Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle Adrigole Arts, Beara Penninsula Glendowen Crafts, Donegal Celtic Ranch, USA Holmen Atelier, Norway

“Fans of our designs value the pieces more and tend to be more individualistic in their dress style.”

Location

Co. Antrim

This page: Polished Pewter Cuff €35 (RRP) Opposite: Polished Pewter Scribble Necklace €50 (RRP)

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Rebeka Kahn Artwear

Address

3 Rathmichael Haven Ferndale Road, Rathmichael Co. Dublin T: +353 (0)86 609 3808 info@rebekakahnartwear.com www.rebekakahnartwear.com

Stockists

Designer Knitwear, Dalkey Jenny Turner, Enniskerry Guinness Gallery, Foxrock Gallery Zozimus, Dublin The Loft, Powerscourt

“What I steer towards are free formed pieces. They’re rugged with a hand-formed looseness.” South County Dublin based ceramicist Rebeka Kahn creates sculpted jewellery and wall art using clay and glass. Each piece inspires the next and incorporates elements from her surroundings.

Rebeka Kahn studied graphic design in Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology but always had a huge interest in art. “An awful lot of what I do is self taught.

I started making really big pieces and then found myself going to a wedding with an outfit but nothing to dress it up.

I made a necklace to match my outfit and then friends and family started making requests. Then the shop where I’d bought the outfit saw the design and ordered some pieces.”

Rebeka has expanded into wall art. These ceramics are fused with coloured glass that helps create a threedimensional effect. They look like aerial views of the Maldives or other tropical islands. Some of the pieces also resemble the Irish coastline.

At her home studio in Rathmichael in Co. Dublin she handcrafts ceramics, glazes and fires them. “Raku is an exciting process – the end result is in the hands of the fire.”

“What I steer towards are free formed pieces.”

Location

Co. Dublin

Opposite: ‘Rosanna’ – Black glazed ceramic fused with turquoise glass €240 ( RRP) This page: ‘Torn’ – Black glazed ceramic fused with turquoise glass €165 ( RRP)

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Rebeka Kahn Artwear

Address

3 Rathmichael Haven Ferndale Road, Rathmichael Co. Dublin T: +353 (0)86 609 3808 info@rebekakahnartwear.com www.rebekakahnartwear.com

Stockists

Designer Knitwear, Dalkey Jenny Turner, Enniskerry Guinness Gallery, Foxrock Gallery Zozimus, Dublin The Loft, Powerscourt

“What I steer towards are free formed pieces. They’re rugged with a hand-formed looseness.” South County Dublin based ceramicist Rebeka Kahn creates sculpted jewellery and wall art using clay and glass. Each piece inspires the next and incorporates elements from her surroundings.

Rebeka Kahn studied graphic design in Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology but always had a huge interest in art. “An awful lot of what I do is self taught.

I started making really big pieces and then found myself going to a wedding with an outfit but nothing to dress it up.

I made a necklace to match my outfit and then friends and family started making requests. Then the shop where I’d bought the outfit saw the design and ordered some pieces.”

Rebeka has expanded into wall art. These ceramics are fused with coloured glass that helps create a threedimensional effect. They look like aerial views of the Maldives or other tropical islands. Some of the pieces also resemble the Irish coastline.

At her home studio in Rathmichael in Co. Dublin she handcrafts ceramics, glazes and fires them. “Raku is an exciting process – the end result is in the hands of the fire.”

“What I steer towards are free formed pieces.”

Location

Co. Dublin

Opposite: ‘Rosanna’ – Black glazed ceramic fused with turquoise glass €240 ( RRP) This page: ‘Torn’ – Black glazed ceramic fused with turquoise glass €165 ( RRP)

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LAF

Address

16 Irwin Crescent Belfast, BT4 3AQ Co. Antrim T: +44 (0)28 9065 5342 les_frew@hotmail.com www.laf-designs.com

Stockists

Bushmills Crafts, Bushmills FE McWilliams Gallery & Studio, Banbridge Ulster Museum, Belfast Botanic Gardens, Belfast Lamha Inspioraide, Gweedore Ardmore Pottery & Craft Gallery, Ardmore Coppermoon, Belfast Pebbles, Edinburgh Spacecraft, Belfast

Lesley Frew makes both costume jewellery and framed pieces. The Belfast-based designer creates contemporary, ethical jewellery using discarded plastic bags, tags and other consumer related items. “People want a sense of the ethical that’s affordable.”

Her choice of materials is deliberate. She chooses resources that are destructive to our environment and heading for landfill. By transforming and reusing them she gives these materials a second life, a new sense of value and showing that recycling can be beautiful. These materials form the base product for a collection of brooches, necklaces, earrings and bracelets. “I have a studio in The Ulster Museum where people can drop by and see me. They also tend to contribute plastic bags to my collection.”

Lesley Frew graduated from the University of Ulster with a BA (hons) in Fine and Applied Art, specialising in Textiles in 2007.

“People want a sense of the ethical that’s affordable.”

Location

Belfast

Opposite: Flower Brooch €26 ( RRP) This page: Folded Necklace €95 ( RRP)

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LAF

Address

16 Irwin Crescent Belfast, BT4 3AQ Co. Antrim T: +44 (0)28 9065 5342 les_frew@hotmail.com www.laf-designs.com

Stockists

Bushmills Crafts, Bushmills FE McWilliams Gallery & Studio, Banbridge Ulster Museum, Belfast Botanic Gardens, Belfast Lamha Inspioraide, Gweedore Ardmore Pottery & Craft Gallery, Ardmore Coppermoon, Belfast Pebbles, Edinburgh Spacecraft, Belfast

Lesley Frew makes both costume jewellery and framed pieces. The Belfast-based designer creates contemporary, ethical jewellery using discarded plastic bags, tags and other consumer related items. “People want a sense of the ethical that’s affordable.”

Her choice of materials is deliberate. She chooses resources that are destructive to our environment and heading for landfill. By transforming and reusing them she gives these materials a second life, a new sense of value and showing that recycling can be beautiful. These materials form the base product for a collection of brooches, necklaces, earrings and bracelets. “I have a studio in The Ulster Museum where people can drop by and see me. They also tend to contribute plastic bags to my collection.”

Lesley Frew graduated from the University of Ulster with a BA (hons) in Fine and Applied Art, specialising in Textiles in 2007.

“People want a sense of the ethical that’s affordable.”

Location

Belfast

Opposite: Flower Brooch €26 ( RRP) This page: Folded Necklace €95 ( RRP)

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Victoria Foutz Bijoux

Colombian born Victoria Foutz has been making custom jewellery for the last 10 years. “I design with an eye to fashion but these investment pieces have craft hearts. I have used seashells and pearls in my work because of my proximity to the ocean.” Notable pieces include her three-strand vintage layered necklace and her tiny seed collars that look like they’re fringed. The pieces are made at her studio in Newport, Co. Mayo.

What started out as a hobby with friends has evolved into a business. While in Italy working in the film industry as a wardrobe design consultant she collaborated with Monica di Bei Schifano, wife of the Pop Art icon, Mario Schifano, on the design and marketing of a signature line of bijoux and eclectic jewellery.

“I design with an eye to fashion but these investment pieces have craft hearts.”

One of her Celtic pieces was commissioned for the Broadway opening of Riverdance. Her first collection was bought by Nikki Creedon of Dublin boutique Havana. Actress Kate Hudson bought a woven cuff from her. Rebecca Storm is another famous fan.

Address

Rosclave Newport Co. Mayo T: +353 (0)98 42601 M: +353 (0)87 226 6623 info@victoriafoutz.com www.victoriafoutz.com

Stockists

Liberties, Westport Coppermoon, Belfast Tippe Canoe, Limerick Emporium Kalu, Naas Luca Shoos Boutique, Cork

Location

Co. Mayo

Opposite: Round Mother of Pearl with Tiger ebony wood square beads and faceted Czechoslovakian glass €35 (RRP) This page: Rhodonite pendant and knotted fresh water pearls with a mother of pear as a focal point an Nickel free chain €29 (RRP)

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Victoria Foutz Bijoux

Colombian born Victoria Foutz has been making custom jewellery for the last 10 years. “I design with an eye to fashion but these investment pieces have craft hearts. I have used seashells and pearls in my work because of my proximity to the ocean.” Notable pieces include her three-strand vintage layered necklace and her tiny seed collars that look like they’re fringed. The pieces are made at her studio in Newport, Co. Mayo.

What started out as a hobby with friends has evolved into a business. While in Italy working in the film industry as a wardrobe design consultant she collaborated with Monica di Bei Schifano, wife of the Pop Art icon, Mario Schifano, on the design and marketing of a signature line of bijoux and eclectic jewellery.

“I design with an eye to fashion but these investment pieces have craft hearts.”

One of her Celtic pieces was commissioned for the Broadway opening of Riverdance. Her first collection was bought by Nikki Creedon of Dublin boutique Havana. Actress Kate Hudson bought a woven cuff from her. Rebecca Storm is another famous fan.

Address

Rosclave Newport Co. Mayo T: +353 (0)98 42601 M: +353 (0)87 226 6623 info@victoriafoutz.com www.victoriafoutz.com

Stockists

Liberties, Westport Coppermoon, Belfast Tippe Canoe, Limerick Emporium Kalu, Naas Luca Shoos Boutique, Cork

Location

Co. Mayo

Opposite: Round Mother of Pearl with Tiger ebony wood square beads and faceted Czechoslovakian glass €35 (RRP) This page: Rhodonite pendant and knotted fresh water pearls with a mother of pear as a focal point an Nickel free chain €29 (RRP)

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Rachel MCK

Belfast-based Rachel McKnight creates contemporary jewellery crafted by hand but with a strong fashion focus.

She loves to find new materials and plays about with them to create new shapes, texture and a sense of fluidity. She laser cuts, engraves and draws on polypropylene, perspex and rubber. Graphic shapes and repeating patterns in nature inspire her as does the idea of layering. Transparency and opaque colour also help to add texture to her work.

Most of her small scale pieces, necklaces, bangles, earrings and rings are produced for retail while the large format work is for exhibitions and fashion shows.

She is the craft equivalent of the garage band. “Everything is made in my workshop, a garage in my house. I have another workshop in the garage of my parents’ house.”

Paul Smith London has just ordered her acrylic rod bangles.

Address

23 Belvedere Manor Belfast, Co. Antrim BT9 6FT T: +44 (0)78 1574 5303 info@rachelmcknight.com www.rachelmcknight.com

Stockists

Spacecraft, Belfast High Lanes Gallery, Drogheda Red Aesthetic, Kilkenny The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Irish Design Shop, Dublin Designyard, Dublin Charon Kransen, New York

Transparency and opaque colour add texture to her work.

Location

Belfast

Opposite: Perspex Lace Cuff Bangle €50 (RRP) This page: Perspex Drop Earings €20 (RRP)

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Rachel MCK

Belfast-based Rachel McKnight creates contemporary jewellery crafted by hand but with a strong fashion focus.

She loves to find new materials and plays about with them to create new shapes, texture and a sense of fluidity. She laser cuts, engraves and draws on polypropylene, perspex and rubber. Graphic shapes and repeating patterns in nature inspire her as does the idea of layering. Transparency and opaque colour also help to add texture to her work.

Most of her small scale pieces, necklaces, bangles, earrings and rings are produced for retail while the large format work is for exhibitions and fashion shows.

She is the craft equivalent of the garage band. “Everything is made in my workshop, a garage in my house. I have another workshop in the garage of my parents’ house.”

Paul Smith London has just ordered her acrylic rod bangles.

Address

23 Belvedere Manor Belfast, Co. Antrim BT9 6FT T: +44 (0)78 1574 5303 info@rachelmcknight.com www.rachelmcknight.com

Stockists

Spacecraft, Belfast High Lanes Gallery, Drogheda Red Aesthetic, Kilkenny The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Irish Design Shop, Dublin Designyard, Dublin Charon Kransen, New York

Transparency and opaque colour add texture to her work.

Location

Belfast

Opposite: Perspex Lace Cuff Bangle €50 (RRP) This page: Perspex Drop Earings €20 (RRP)

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Pottery & Ceramics

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Tom Callery Ceramics

Address

Knocknahur Co. Sligo T: +353 (0)71 916 8929/979 7977 M: +353 (0)86 378 2580 info@breeogue.com www.breeogue.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin, Cork & Galway Guinness Gallery, Foxrock The Hunt Museum, Limerick Whichcraft, Dublin Gallery Zozimus, Dublin The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Tuckmill Gallery, Naas Suiter Gallery, Co. Tyrone Leitrim Design House, Carrick on Shannon

Tom Callery is one half of the husband and wife team who run Breeogue Pottery, the established Co. Sligo-based studio that he set up with Gráinne MacLoughlin. This year the potter who trained at Sligo Institute of Technology as a fine art painter is showing on his own.

He is experimenting with the transition from high-end production to one-off pieces. Some of the larger pieces measure four foot by five foot in size, and while still suited to the home environment offer a fine art approach to pottery.

“My designs range from domestic to larger format sculptural pieces as well as tiles, murals and my signature bird vases.”

“I’m becoming more sculptural in the type of work that I do. The recent building of a new studio and kiln facility has enabled this move towards more gallery-orientated, one-off sculptural pieces. I’m quite involved in the landscapes, in a sense I paint Irish landscapes using a pot as a canvas. It is pottery as fine art.”

Location

Co. Sligo

“In a sense I paint Irish landscapes using a pot as a canvas. It is pottery as fine art.”

Opposite: ‘Man with Bird’ €220 (RRP)

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Tom Callery Ceramics

Address

Knocknahur Co. Sligo T: +353 (0)71 916 8929/979 7977 M: +353 (0)86 378 2580 info@breeogue.com www.breeogue.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin, Cork & Galway Guinness Gallery, Foxrock The Hunt Museum, Limerick Whichcraft, Dublin Gallery Zozimus, Dublin The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Tuckmill Gallery, Naas Suiter Gallery, Co. Tyrone Leitrim Design House, Carrick on Shannon

Tom Callery is one half of the husband and wife team who run Breeogue Pottery, the established Co. Sligo-based studio that he set up with Gráinne MacLoughlin. This year the potter who trained at Sligo Institute of Technology as a fine art painter is showing on his own.

He is experimenting with the transition from high-end production to one-off pieces. Some of the larger pieces measure four foot by five foot in size, and while still suited to the home environment offer a fine art approach to pottery.

“My designs range from domestic to larger format sculptural pieces as well as tiles, murals and my signature bird vases.”

“I’m becoming more sculptural in the type of work that I do. The recent building of a new studio and kiln facility has enabled this move towards more gallery-orientated, one-off sculptural pieces. I’m quite involved in the landscapes, in a sense I paint Irish landscapes using a pot as a canvas. It is pottery as fine art.”

Location

Co. Sligo

“In a sense I paint Irish landscapes using a pot as a canvas. It is pottery as fine art.”

Opposite: ‘Man with Bird’ €220 (RRP)

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Castle Arch Pottery

“Our unique selling point is the lush colour of our glazes.”

It is the aim of Castle Arch Pottery to make bold honest pieces that will stand out and enhance any domestic setting be it formal or decorative. Each piece is made in small production batches on the potter’s wheel, allowing great attention to be paid to decorative details.

Corkman Ray Power studied ceramic design at Crawford College in Cork. He’s been producing Castle Arch tableware and giftware at the Castle Yard in Kilkenny since 1997. “Our unique selling point is the lush colour of our glazes, which are all our own recipes.” Hamptons Blue is a bestseller.

Ray Power draws inspiration from Celtic patterns such as the Newgrange spirals and traditional motifs and prints handed down through centuries of pattern making. There is quite a fluid look to its decoration and colour is an initial response to that. Castle Arch Pottery specialises in embossed dishes.

Castle Arch Pottery is used in Ballymaloe House and even forms part of the background of Rachel Allen’s TV kitchen.

Address

Castle Yard, Kilkenny T: +353 (0)56 775 1933 M: +353 (0)87 232 7743 ray@castlearchpottery.ie www.castlearchpottery.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Arnotts, Dublin Séoidin, Ennis Meadows & Byrne Ballymaloe Shop, Shanagarry

Location

Co. Kilkenny

This page: Caspian Blue Round Dish €25 ( RRP) Opposite: Hampton Blue Candle Holder €25 ( RRP)

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Castle Arch Pottery

“Our unique selling point is the lush colour of our glazes.”

It is the aim of Castle Arch Pottery to make bold honest pieces that will stand out and enhance any domestic setting be it formal or decorative. Each piece is made in small production batches on the potter’s wheel, allowing great attention to be paid to decorative details.

Corkman Ray Power studied ceramic design at Crawford College in Cork. He’s been producing Castle Arch tableware and giftware at the Castle Yard in Kilkenny since 1997. “Our unique selling point is the lush colour of our glazes, which are all our own recipes.” Hamptons Blue is a bestseller.

Ray Power draws inspiration from Celtic patterns such as the Newgrange spirals and traditional motifs and prints handed down through centuries of pattern making. There is quite a fluid look to its decoration and colour is an initial response to that. Castle Arch Pottery specialises in embossed dishes.

Castle Arch Pottery is used in Ballymaloe House and even forms part of the background of Rachel Allen’s TV kitchen.

Address

Castle Yard, Kilkenny T: +353 (0)56 775 1933 M: +353 (0)87 232 7743 ray@castlearchpottery.ie www.castlearchpottery.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Arnotts, Dublin Séoidin, Ennis Meadows & Byrne Ballymaloe Shop, Shanagarry

Location

Co. Kilkenny

This page: Caspian Blue Round Dish €25 ( RRP) Opposite: Hampton Blue Candle Holder €25 ( RRP)

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Colm de Rís Irish Pottery

Colm de Rís’ signature pottery features a high lustre reflective blue glaze shot with splashes of copper. “The pieces, while very organic to look, at have shapes that feel flamboyant,” explains the Dublin-born and based potter.

His pots, which are all hand-thrown or hand-built, come in strong colours with sweeping shapes and have a neo-Celtic feel. They are fired in a gas-fired kiln in a heavy reduction flame and are dishwasher and microwave proof.

Everything is made in Dublin. De Rís has been a potter since he was a child, studying the technique at school before attending NCAD and Thomastown’s year-long pottery skills course. He spent a year with Bob Hollis and Emma Almeria of Iveragh Ceramics in Kerry and after that a year with Geoffrey Healy Pottery at Kilmacanogue to help evolve his style.

“The pieces, while very organic to look at, have shapes that feel flamboyant.”

Address

71 Dunkill Rd. Rathgar, Dublin 6 T: +353 (0)1 490 3521 M: +353 (0)86 048 3600/490 3568 admin@colmderis.com www.colmderis.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Kylemore Abbey, Connemara The Dresser, Waterford Treasure Chest, Galway

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Small Table Lamp €95 ( RRP) This page: Small Mantra Bowl €80 ( RRP)

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Colm de Rís’ signature pottery features a high lustre reflective blue glaze shot with splashes of copper. “The pieces, while very organic to look, at have shapes that feel flamboyant,” explains the Dublin-born and based potter.

His pots, which are all hand-thrown or hand-built, come in strong colours with sweeping shapes and have a neo-Celtic feel. They are fired in a gas-fired kiln in a heavy reduction flame and are dishwasher and microwave proof.

Everything is made in Dublin. De Rís has been a potter since he was a child, studying the technique at school before attending NCAD and Thomastown’s year-long pottery skills course. He spent a year with Bob Hollis and Emma Almeria of Iveragh Ceramics in Kerry and after that a year with Geoffrey Healy Pottery at Kilmacanogue to help evolve his style.

“The pieces, while very organic to look at, have shapes that feel flamboyant.”

Address

71 Dunkill Rd. Rathgar, Dublin 6 T: +353 (0)1 490 3521 M: +353 (0)86 048 3600/490 3568 admin@colmderis.com www.colmderis.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Kylemore Abbey, Connemara The Dresser, Waterford Treasure Chest, Galway

Location

Dublin

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Diem Pottery

“We’ve added a tactility that evokes the warm feeling of something functional and solid.”

Second generation potter Thomas Diem’s studio in Ashbourne, Co. Meath, is where he creates a functional domestic range using clean lines and decorative flourishes of colour. Everything he creates is hand-made yet meshes functionality with design consciousness.

“There’s been a slight move back towards things that have a practical value, items that are synonymous with building a home yet aesthetically pleasing.”

Recently, he introduced a new collection of mugs and jugs with vibrant swathes of lime green colour that suit the needs of the times. “My clean fine line style will remain but we’ve added a tactility that evokes the warm feeling of something functional and solid rather than disposable and frivolous.”

The stand-alone pieces are giftware with the plate with cut handles proving to be an ongoing bestseller. The Four Seasons in Carlingford has pieces by Diem in its lobby.

Address

Milltown, Dublin Road Ashbourne, Co. Meath T: +353 (0)1 835 9083 info@diempottery.com www.diempottery.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Meadows & Byrne

Location

Co. Meath

Opposite: Zest Range Medium Jug €49 (RRP) This page: Nouvelle Range Bowl €76 (RRP)

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Diem Pottery

“We’ve added a tactility that evokes the warm feeling of something functional and solid.”

Second generation potter Thomas Diem’s studio in Ashbourne, Co. Meath, is where he creates a functional domestic range using clean lines and decorative flourishes of colour. Everything he creates is hand-made yet meshes functionality with design consciousness.

“There’s been a slight move back towards things that have a practical value, items that are synonymous with building a home yet aesthetically pleasing.”

Recently, he introduced a new collection of mugs and jugs with vibrant swathes of lime green colour that suit the needs of the times. “My clean fine line style will remain but we’ve added a tactility that evokes the warm feeling of something functional and solid rather than disposable and frivolous.”

The stand-alone pieces are giftware with the plate with cut handles proving to be an ongoing bestseller. The Four Seasons in Carlingford has pieces by Diem in its lobby.

Address

Milltown, Dublin Road Ashbourne, Co. Meath T: +353 (0)1 835 9083 info@diempottery.com www.diempottery.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Meadows & Byrne

Location

Co. Meath

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Lynda Gault Ceramics

Address

Area 4 Studios Lower Quay Street, Sligo T: +353 (0)71 911 4155 info@lyndagaultceramics.ie www.lyndagaultceramics.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin & Galway The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Mopheus Gallery, Carrick-on-Shannon Craft Shop, Bantry Lady’s Buttery, Cong

Potter Lynda Gault has been working with clay for 12 years.

In 2007 she opened her own pottery studio in her native Sligo. “I really love the medium. I fell for clay. I work back to front. I develop the glazes first. Chemistry is what I’m looking for; what colours work together and which textures go with what.”

“I have built up a couple of tableware ranges but am most noted for my drunk pots in white crackle. A range of monogrammed mugs designed for kids is also selling very well. They’re affordable with great packaging. The sea is very much part of what I do. I have tried incorporating shells into the work and while they offer a nice hue there is no consistency to how they react. They work better in one-off pieces. All my designs are hand-made in my Sligo town studio.”

The potter trained with Brian McGee in Derry. She shares her studio with May the cat, who’s rather fond of the kilnwarmed space.

“Chemistry is what I’m looking for, what colours work together and which textures go with what.”

Location

Sligo

This page: Teapot €65 ( RRP) Opposite: Candelabra €120 ( RRP)

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Lynda Gault Ceramics

Address

Area 4 Studios Lower Quay Street, Sligo T: +353 (0)71 911 4155 info@lyndagaultceramics.ie www.lyndagaultceramics.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin & Galway The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Mopheus Gallery, Carrick-on-Shannon Craft Shop, Bantry Lady’s Buttery, Cong

Potter Lynda Gault has been working with clay for 12 years.

In 2007 she opened her own pottery studio in her native Sligo. “I really love the medium. I fell for clay. I work back to front. I develop the glazes first. Chemistry is what I’m looking for; what colours work together and which textures go with what.”

“I have built up a couple of tableware ranges but am most noted for my drunk pots in white crackle. A range of monogrammed mugs designed for kids is also selling very well. They’re affordable with great packaging. The sea is very much part of what I do. I have tried incorporating shells into the work and while they offer a nice hue there is no consistency to how they react. They work better in one-off pieces. All my designs are hand-made in my Sligo town studio.”

The potter trained with Brian McGee in Derry. She shares her studio with May the cat, who’s rather fond of the kilnwarmed space.

“Chemistry is what I’m looking for, what colours work together and which textures go with what.”

Location

Sligo

This page: Teapot €65 ( RRP) Opposite: Candelabra €120 ( RRP)

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Paul Maloney Pottery

Paul Maloney’s Pottery in Barntown, Co. Wexford is made using traditional hand methods.

“I like to make things,” explains potter Paul Maloney who studied art and design education before qualifying as an art teacher. But the lure of clay proved irresistible.

“As a potter I’m only happy when handling clay.” He had only worked in education one year before he set up his own studio. “Everything is hand made here in Wexford by me and my team of three other potters. There’s the Ocean tableware range, a contemporary black and white collection range with a signature deep blue glaze running through the pieces that reminds you of the sea. I’ve added new items to the collection such as double olive dishes servers and candleware, such as candlesticks and plinths for candles.”

Address

Ballindinas, Barntown Co. Wexford T: +353 (0)53 912 0188 maloneypottery@eircom.net www.paulmaloneypottery.com

Stockists

Meadows and Byrne Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Séoidin, Ennis & Limerick Cronin’s, Kinsale

“As a potter I’m only happy when handling clay.”

Location

Co. Wexford

Ocean Range, Ceramics From €13.40 (RRP)

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Paul Maloney Pottery

Paul Maloney’s Pottery in Barntown, Co. Wexford is made using traditional hand methods.

“I like to make things,” explains potter Paul Maloney who studied art and design education before qualifying as an art teacher. But the lure of clay proved irresistible.

“As a potter I’m only happy when handling clay.” He had only worked in education one year before he set up his own studio. “Everything is hand made here in Wexford by me and my team of three other potters. There’s the Ocean tableware range, a contemporary black and white collection range with a signature deep blue glaze running through the pieces that reminds you of the sea. I’ve added new items to the collection such as double olive dishes servers and candleware, such as candlesticks and plinths for candles.”

Address

Ballindinas, Barntown Co. Wexford T: +353 (0)53 912 0188 maloneypottery@eircom.net www.paulmaloneypottery.com

Stockists

Meadows and Byrne Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Séoidin, Ennis & Limerick Cronin’s, Kinsale

“As a potter I’m only happy when handling clay.”

Location

Co. Wexford

Ocean Range, Ceramics From €13.40 (RRP)

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Nicholas Mosse Pottery

Nicholas Mosse established Nicholas Mosse Pottery in 1976 after training in England and Japan. His mission was to produce beautiful, functional pottery in the style of Irish spongeware – the traditional pottery of Ireland used in the 18th Century. The pottery is both practical and beautiful, utilising clean, simple shapes and intricate hand sponged patterns. Mosse’s sponge decorated patterns are applied by hand directly onto his own locally made clay. The wide range of natural forms and repetitive shapes are designed by his wife, Susan, cut on site and applied by local in-house trained workers.

“The Irish countryside inspires and supports me,” says Mosse who belongs to a family of millers who have lived in the village of Bennettsbridge for seven generations. “Even the passing river is harnessed to fire our pottery. The old mill, where all the pots are made, supplies all the electrical requirements for the production and shop with our own hydro electricity.”

Nicholas Mosse’s work is in the permanent collection of the American Craft Museum in New York City.

“The Irish countryside inspires and supports me.”

Address

Big Mill, Bennettsbridge Co. Kilkenny T: +353 (0)56 772 7505 sales@nicholasmosse.com www.nicholasmosse.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Shop, Dublin Kilkenny Design Centre, Kilkenny Ballymaloe Shop, Shanagarry Arnotts Dublin House of Fraser, Dublin Shaws, Nationwide

Location

Co. Kilkenny

This page: Gravy Boat & Saucer Designed for lefties and righties, the gravy pours either way €63.50 (RRP) Serving Spoon €9.50 (RRP) Opposite: Heart Plate – It can hold one of our mugs and a sandwich €29 (RRP)

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Nicholas Mosse Pottery

Nicholas Mosse established Nicholas Mosse Pottery in 1976 after training in England and Japan. His mission was to produce beautiful, functional pottery in the style of Irish spongeware – the traditional pottery of Ireland used in the 18th Century. The pottery is both practical and beautiful, utilising clean, simple shapes and intricate hand sponged patterns. Mosse’s sponge decorated patterns are applied by hand directly onto his own locally made clay. The wide range of natural forms and repetitive shapes are designed by his wife, Susan, cut on site and applied by local in-house trained workers.

“The Irish countryside inspires and supports me,” says Mosse who belongs to a family of millers who have lived in the village of Bennettsbridge for seven generations. “Even the passing river is harnessed to fire our pottery. The old mill, where all the pots are made, supplies all the electrical requirements for the production and shop with our own hydro electricity.”

Nicholas Mosse’s work is in the permanent collection of the American Craft Museum in New York City.

“The Irish countryside inspires and supports me.”

Address

Big Mill, Bennettsbridge Co. Kilkenny T: +353 (0)56 772 7505 sales@nicholasmosse.com www.nicholasmosse.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Shop, Dublin Kilkenny Design Centre, Kilkenny Ballymaloe Shop, Shanagarry Arnotts Dublin House of Fraser, Dublin Shaws, Nationwide

Location

Co. Kilkenny

This page: Gravy Boat & Saucer Designed for lefties and righties, the gravy pours either way €63.50 (RRP) Serving Spoon €9.50 (RRP) Opposite: Heart Plate – It can hold one of our mugs and a sandwich €29 (RRP)

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Amanda Murphy Ceramics

Ceramicist Amanda Murphy Leel makes decorative hand-built stoneware ceramics including vases, platters and bowls. Each piece is hand built, inspired by movement within the landscape.

Using oxides and coloured glass to punctuate the pieces, the creations offer what the potter calls a bird’s eye view of the landscape. It looks like the highs and lows of an Ordinance Survey map. Using a blue-white crystalline glaze the platters are pieces that can sit atop a table or hang on the wall. The way the glaze and glass melt during firing is different each time, making each piece unique.

Inspired in the main by the landscape and the movement offered by views from above, the rippled bowls and jagged edge platters evoke the mountains and other undulations in the land. Amanda Murphy Leel studied ceramic design at the Crawford College in Cork. She did a pottery skills course in Thomastown and then honed her craft at Ardmore, the Badger Hill and Stephen Pearse potteries.

Inspired in the main by the landscape and the movement offered by views from above.

Address

Coolboa, Clashmore Co. Waterford T: +353 (0)86 607 2137 amandm74@hotmail.com www.amandamurphyceramics.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Ardmore Gallery, Waterford Dungarvan Arts Centre, Waterford Solos Art Gallery, Cork Courtyard Arts Centre, Midleton

Location

Co. Waterford

This page: Hand Built Sculptural Landscape Vase €150 Opposite: Hand Built Ripple Landscape Bowl €130

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Amanda Murphy Ceramics

Ceramicist Amanda Murphy Leel makes decorative hand-built stoneware ceramics including vases, platters and bowls. Each piece is hand built, inspired by movement within the landscape.

Using oxides and coloured glass to punctuate the pieces, the creations offer what the potter calls a bird’s eye view of the landscape. It looks like the highs and lows of an Ordinance Survey map. Using a blue-white crystalline glaze the platters are pieces that can sit atop a table or hang on the wall. The way the glaze and glass melt during firing is different each time, making each piece unique.

Inspired in the main by the landscape and the movement offered by views from above, the rippled bowls and jagged edge platters evoke the mountains and other undulations in the land. Amanda Murphy Leel studied ceramic design at the Crawford College in Cork. She did a pottery skills course in Thomastown and then honed her craft at Ardmore, the Badger Hill and Stephen Pearse potteries.

Inspired in the main by the landscape and the movement offered by views from above.

Address

Coolboa, Clashmore Co. Waterford T: +353 (0)86 607 2137 amandm74@hotmail.com www.amandamurphyceramics.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Ardmore Gallery, Waterford Dungarvan Arts Centre, Waterford Solos Art Gallery, Cork Courtyard Arts Centre, Midleton

Location

Co. Waterford

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Ceramic Art & Sculpture

Made by hand from clay and glazed after firing, the figures are inspired by fashion and nature.

Based in Stradbally, Co. Laois, Polish-born Edyta Szymanska makes ceramic sculptures based on the human form.

Working mainly with clay the sculptress creates small figurative pieces and large scale public art. Her work is concerned with the human figure – mostly females – interpreted through colour and accessorised with bags and flowers.

The wildly hueful designs range from 40 cm in height to large art installations measuring two metres tall. The Food Gallery on Dublin’s Thomas Street has one such installation by Edyta in their restaurant.

Made by hand from clay and glazed after firing, the figures are inspired by fashion and nature. They are purely decorative pieces.

Edyta Szymanska is self-taught but has been strongly influenced by her father, who was an artist.

Address

Studio One, The Malthouse Stradbally, Co. Laois T: +353 (0)85 166 9836 info@artsculpture.eu www.artsculpture.eu

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Gallery Zozimus, Dublin The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Westgate Design, Wexford Gift and Art Gallery, Dundalk Gallery Augustin, Austria

Location

Co. Laois

Opposite: Large Lady €425 (RRP) This page: Small Lady €125 (RRP)

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Ceramic Art & Sculpture

Made by hand from clay and glazed after firing, the figures are inspired by fashion and nature.

Based in Stradbally, Co. Laois, Polish-born Edyta Szymanska makes ceramic sculptures based on the human form.

Working mainly with clay the sculptress creates small figurative pieces and large scale public art. Her work is concerned with the human figure – mostly females – interpreted through colour and accessorised with bags and flowers.

The wildly hueful designs range from 40 cm in height to large art installations measuring two metres tall. The Food Gallery on Dublin’s Thomas Street has one such installation by Edyta in their restaurant.

Made by hand from clay and glazed after firing, the figures are inspired by fashion and nature. They are purely decorative pieces.

Edyta Szymanska is self-taught but has been strongly influenced by her father, who was an artist.

Address

Studio One, The Malthouse Stradbally, Co. Laois T: +353 (0)85 166 9836 info@artsculpture.eu www.artsculpture.eu

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Gallery Zozimus, Dublin The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Westgate Design, Wexford Gift and Art Gallery, Dundalk Gallery Augustin, Austria

Location

Co. Laois

Opposite: Large Lady €425 (RRP) This page: Small Lady €125 (RRP)

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Oriain Pottery

Address

Lisananny, Ballymote Co. Sligo T: +353 (0)71 918 3838 M: +353 (0)86 348 4285 oriainpottery@hotmail.com www.oriainpottery.com

Stockists

John Ryan, the man behind Oriain Pottery makes functional and decorative stoneware, drawing inspiration from the surrounding rural landscape. Many pieces reflect local colours and textures. John throws and makes every single piece himself, from the beginning to the middle, to the end. There’s attention to detail in the stoneware glazes and oxidized firings. Their special glaze makes it durable and highly resistant to chipping and scratching.

There are three core ranges. The Green range has a Celtic twist and is very decorative. The Country Oak collection is rooted in rural life and the traditional. Big Maggie is an attempt to branch out into something more gallery orientated. These sculptural pieces bring a smile to people’s faces. Each figure is hand thrown.

Everything is 100% hand crafted in the Lisananny studio in Co. Sligo. Oriain Pottery also designs and makes awards.

The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Kilkenny Group, Dublin, Gallery Zozimus, Dublin Leitrim Design House, Leitrim

Location

Co. Sligo

Decorative stoneware, drawing inspiration from the surrounding rural landscape.

Opposite: Green Curly Bowl Stoneware €37.50 ( RRP) This page: Tall Green Jug Stoneware €45 ( RRP)

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Oriain Pottery

Address

Lisananny, Ballymote Co. Sligo T: +353 (0)71 918 3838 M: +353 (0)86 348 4285 oriainpottery@hotmail.com www.oriainpottery.com

Stockists

John Ryan, the man behind Oriain Pottery makes functional and decorative stoneware, drawing inspiration from the surrounding rural landscape. Many pieces reflect local colours and textures. John throws and makes every single piece himself, from the beginning to the middle, to the end. There’s attention to detail in the stoneware glazes and oxidized firings. Their special glaze makes it durable and highly resistant to chipping and scratching.

There are three core ranges. The Green range has a Celtic twist and is very decorative. The Country Oak collection is rooted in rural life and the traditional. Big Maggie is an attempt to branch out into something more gallery orientated. These sculptural pieces bring a smile to people’s faces. Each figure is hand thrown.

Everything is 100% hand crafted in the Lisananny studio in Co. Sligo. Oriain Pottery also designs and makes awards.

The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Kilkenny Group, Dublin, Gallery Zozimus, Dublin Leitrim Design House, Leitrim

Location

Co. Sligo

Decorative stoneware, drawing inspiration from the surrounding rural landscape.

Opposite: Green Curly Bowl Stoneware €37.50 ( RRP) This page: Tall Green Jug Stoneware €45 ( RRP)

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Rachel Quinn

“Living in a rural setting in the North West of Ireland it is impossible to deny ones relationship with nature.”

Rachel Quinn Ceramics creates hand-made, raku-fired, figurative pieces based on Celtic mythology. Her designs are hand-glazed using a paintbrush and have metallic accents.

The raku process ensures each piece is randomly different.

“Living in a rural setting in the North West of Ireland it is impossible to deny ones relationship with nature, the paths travelled by the ancient and ongoing cycle of past, present and future. As an artist these influences are very exciting, always new and offer endless possibilities in form, colour and texture.”

Her studio is set in the shade of the Ox Mountains and looks out onto the cairn of Queen Maeve atop Cnoc na Rí, where she is said to be buried.

Rachel Quinn studied fine art at the Institute of Technology in Sligo, (formerly Sligo RTC). She then worked in English Country Pottery for a year before taking a job at Michael Kennedy Pottery, who had a studio in Sligo but is now based in Gort, Co. Galway. She spent six years with Michael, fine-tuning her craft.

Address

Cloonacurra, Ballinacarrow Ballymote, Co. Sligo T: +353 (0)71 916 7767 M: +353 (0)87 210 9020 rachelquinnceramics@eircom.net www.rachelquinnceramics.ie

Stockists

National Museum of Ireland, Dublin Museum of Country Life, Mayo The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Gallery Zozimus, Dublin Sliding Rock, Galway National Museum Turlough, Castlebar

Location

Co. Sligo

Opposite: Children of Lir €300 ( RRP) This page: Dermot & Gráinne €220 ( RRP)

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Rachel Quinn

“Living in a rural setting in the North West of Ireland it is impossible to deny ones relationship with nature.”

Rachel Quinn Ceramics creates hand-made, raku-fired, figurative pieces based on Celtic mythology. Her designs are hand-glazed using a paintbrush and have metallic accents.

The raku process ensures each piece is randomly different.

“Living in a rural setting in the North West of Ireland it is impossible to deny ones relationship with nature, the paths travelled by the ancient and ongoing cycle of past, present and future. As an artist these influences are very exciting, always new and offer endless possibilities in form, colour and texture.”

Her studio is set in the shade of the Ox Mountains and looks out onto the cairn of Queen Maeve atop Cnoc na Rí, where she is said to be buried.

Rachel Quinn studied fine art at the Institute of Technology in Sligo, (formerly Sligo RTC). She then worked in English Country Pottery for a year before taking a job at Michael Kennedy Pottery, who had a studio in Sligo but is now based in Gort, Co. Galway. She spent six years with Michael, fine-tuning her craft.

Address

Cloonacurra, Ballinacarrow Ballymote, Co. Sligo T: +353 (0)71 916 7767 M: +353 (0)87 210 9020 rachelquinnceramics@eircom.net www.rachelquinnceramics.ie

Stockists

National Museum of Ireland, Dublin Museum of Country Life, Mayo The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Gallery Zozimus, Dublin Sliding Rock, Galway National Museum Turlough, Castlebar

Location

Co. Sligo

Opposite: Children of Lir €300 ( RRP) This page: Dermot & Gráinne €220 ( RRP)

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Celtic Roots Studio

Established in 1991 Celtic Roots creates studio bog oak sculpture using wood discovered in the midland bogs by peat company Bord na Móna. The oak used is over 5,000 years old. Former civil engineer turned craft worker, Helen Conneely uses bog oak and yew to create sculptural pieces that are sculpted into trophies and gifts. “We also carve quite a lot of birds,” says Helen. Human forms, nature, especially the sea and Celtic heritage form the inspiration for the designs. “It is a sustainable business in that it recycles the wood discovered in the bogs.”

Celtic Roots has also been commissioned to design large scale sculptural pieces. Their most recognisable sculpture stands outside the departures area of Terminal One at Dublin Airport. Another guards the entrance to Comhaltas’ Brú Ború cultural centre in Cashel. The studio does quite a bit of liturgical work too. The company designed the torches used during the 2003 hosting of the Special Olympics and their trophies have been presented to golfing greats including Christy O’Connor Jnr.

“It is a sustainable business in that it recycles the wood discovered in the bogs.”

Address

The Old Schoolhouse Ballinahown, Athlone Co. Westmeath T: +353 (0)906 430 404 info@celticroots.ie www.celtic-roots.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin Kilkenny Design Centre, Kilkenny Judy Greene, Galway The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Quinlans, Macroom Treasure Chest, Galway

Location

Co. Westmeath

Opposite: “Eclipse I” - Bog oak, 5,600 years old. A contemporary depiction of a lunar eclipse €260-€300 (RRP) This page: “Eclipse II” - Bog oak, 5,600 years old. A contemporary depiction of a lunar eclipse €260-€300 (RRP)

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Celtic Roots Studio

Established in 1991 Celtic Roots creates studio bog oak sculpture using wood discovered in the midland bogs by peat company Bord na Móna. The oak used is over 5,000 years old. Former civil engineer turned craft worker, Helen Conneely uses bog oak and yew to create sculptural pieces that are sculpted into trophies and gifts. “We also carve quite a lot of birds,” says Helen. Human forms, nature, especially the sea and Celtic heritage form the inspiration for the designs. “It is a sustainable business in that it recycles the wood discovered in the bogs.”

Celtic Roots has also been commissioned to design large scale sculptural pieces. Their most recognisable sculpture stands outside the departures area of Terminal One at Dublin Airport. Another guards the entrance to Comhaltas’ Brú Ború cultural centre in Cashel. The studio does quite a bit of liturgical work too. The company designed the torches used during the 2003 hosting of the Special Olympics and their trophies have been presented to golfing greats including Christy O’Connor Jnr.

“It is a sustainable business in that it recycles the wood discovered in the bogs.”

Address

The Old Schoolhouse Ballinahown, Athlone Co. Westmeath T: +353 (0)906 430 404 info@celticroots.ie www.celtic-roots.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin Kilkenny Design Centre, Kilkenny Judy Greene, Galway The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Quinlans, Macroom Treasure Chest, Galway

Location

Co. Westmeath

Opposite: “Eclipse I” - Bog oak, 5,600 years old. A contemporary depiction of a lunar eclipse €260-€300 (RRP) This page: “Eclipse II” - Bog oak, 5,600 years old. A contemporary depiction of a lunar eclipse €260-€300 (RRP)

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Garvan de Bruir

“My design and aesthetic comes out of simple constructions.”

Leather worker and bespoke furniture maker Garvan de Bruir uses quality materials that speak for themselves. “My design and aesthetic comes out of simple constructions,” he explains. “The pieces look simple but their design back-end renders them ultra durable.”

His leatherwork respects tradition while presenting a very contemporary yet hand-crafted finish. The leather satchels, weekend bags and parachute bags use old-school leather construction but remain rooted in the 21st Century.

His hand-crafted small designs, such as his picture frames are fast becoming very coveted by the cognoscenti. These pieces are designed to sit in already established interiors.

An accomplished furniture maker, de Bruir’s sheepskin rocking chair, his aerofoil walnut table and his leather corset-upholstered aluminium chairs remain some of his star creations. All were a big hit at last year’s London-based 100% Design show where de Bruir showed at the Cream of Irish Design stand.

In 2008 he won the IDI Sustainable Design Award and in 2009 he won the Golden Fleece Merit Award for his work in sculpted and engineered timber.

Address

The Design Mews Monasterevin Road Kildare Town, Co. Kildare T: +353 (0)87 618 2290 E: info@debruir.com www.debruir.com

Stockists

Design Mews, Kildare

Location

Co. Kildare

Opposite: The Parachuter Bag is handmade in leather and is designed to suit new cabin baggage allowances €330 (RRP) This page: Decorative Picture Frames – American Black Walnut combined with a native Burr Oak and either a Boxwood or Ebony detail in these frames €115 (RRP)

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Garvan de Bruir

“My design and aesthetic comes out of simple constructions.”

Leather worker and bespoke furniture maker Garvan de Bruir uses quality materials that speak for themselves. “My design and aesthetic comes out of simple constructions,” he explains. “The pieces look simple but their design back-end renders them ultra durable.”

His leatherwork respects tradition while presenting a very contemporary yet hand-crafted finish. The leather satchels, weekend bags and parachute bags use old-school leather construction but remain rooted in the 21st Century.

His hand-crafted small designs, such as his picture frames are fast becoming very coveted by the cognoscenti. These pieces are designed to sit in already established interiors.

An accomplished furniture maker, de Bruir’s sheepskin rocking chair, his aerofoil walnut table and his leather corset-upholstered aluminium chairs remain some of his star creations. All were a big hit at last year’s London-based 100% Design show where de Bruir showed at the Cream of Irish Design stand.

In 2008 he won the IDI Sustainable Design Award and in 2009 he won the Golden Fleece Merit Award for his work in sculpted and engineered timber.

Address

The Design Mews Monasterevin Road Kildare Town, Co. Kildare T: +353 (0)87 618 2290 E: info@debruir.com www.debruir.com

Stockists

Design Mews, Kildare

Location

Co. Kildare

Opposite: The Parachuter Bag is handmade in leather and is designed to suit new cabin baggage allowances €330 (RRP) This page: Decorative Picture Frames – American Black Walnut combined with a native Burr Oak and either a Boxwood or Ebony detail in these frames €115 (RRP)

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Heartworks

“The finished design is a surprise every time.”

Working entirely in salvaged slate, Mauricio Martino and Monica Daly of Heartworks create distinctive clocks, mirrors and picture frames. Each piece is hand-made in their Tullamore studio and exhibits the strengths and vulnerabilities of the material.

Their designs feature etched patterns and decorative flourishes of metallic paints in earthy rusts, golds and bronze.

“When you work with recycled slate you have to assess each piece of slate individually – and understand its attributes before you begin to work with it. Slate is rich in character and personality with each slab offering individual features.

Essentially, the slate dictates the end result,” Mauricio explains. “The finished design is a surprise every time.”

Heartworks also work to commission – creating larger pieces that offer more scope and creative freedom. It is often these one-off pieces that will inspire a new range of products, a new use of colour or introduce a new style or shape.

Address

The Gate Lodge Charleville Estate Tullamore, Co. Offaly T: +353 (0)57 932 2923 info@heartworks.ie www.heartworks.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Rock Shop, Liscannor Barna Gifts, Galway The Dresser, Waterford & Newcastlewest

Location

Co. Offaly

Opposite: Medium Square Clock €50 Pendulum Wall Clock €97

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Heartworks

“The finished design is a surprise every time.”

Working entirely in salvaged slate, Mauricio Martino and Monica Daly of Heartworks create distinctive clocks, mirrors and picture frames. Each piece is hand-made in their Tullamore studio and exhibits the strengths and vulnerabilities of the material.

Their designs feature etched patterns and decorative flourishes of metallic paints in earthy rusts, golds and bronze.

“When you work with recycled slate you have to assess each piece of slate individually – and understand its attributes before you begin to work with it. Slate is rich in character and personality with each slab offering individual features.

Essentially, the slate dictates the end result,” Mauricio explains. “The finished design is a surprise every time.”

Heartworks also work to commission – creating larger pieces that offer more scope and creative freedom. It is often these one-off pieces that will inspire a new range of products, a new use of colour or introduce a new style or shape.

Address

The Gate Lodge Charleville Estate Tullamore, Co. Offaly T: +353 (0)57 932 2923 info@heartworks.ie www.heartworks.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Rock Shop, Liscannor Barna Gifts, Galway The Dresser, Waterford & Newcastlewest

Location

Co. Offaly

Opposite: Medium Square Clock €50 Pendulum Wall Clock €97

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Jerpoint Glass Studio

Address

Jerpoint Glass Studio Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny T: +353 (0)56 772 4350 enquiries@jerpointglass.com www.jerpointglass.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Barkers Wexford Quinlan’s, Macroom Hedgerows, Birr, Spiller Lane Gallery, Clonakilty

Jerpoint Glass is a family business that has been making glass in Kilkenny for 30 years. Each piece is completely hand-blown in the same fashion as it was 200 years ago using simple hand tools and 200 year old methods.

“For the family and their team of skilled craftsmen it’s as hands-on as you can get. Our colour palettes reflect the surrounding countryside. Seascape blues and cranberry reds are selling well.”

As one of the last remaining establishments making glass in Ireland, they offer gallery style pieces as well as a range of tableware. The latter functional designs are the main core of the business. The shapes are very classical yet fit into modern environments.

Nearby five-star establishment Mount Juliet Estate use Jerpoint water jugs in their restaurant. Hand-finished glass is hard wearing.

The glassware has also starred in ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ as well as numerous BBC period dramas from Jane Eyre to Charles Dickens.

“Our colour palettes reflect the surrounding countryside.”

Location

Co. Kilkenny

This page: Checkers Black and White Bowl €225 (RRP) Opposite: Jesters Black and Red Vase €175 each (RRP)

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Jerpoint Glass Studio

Address

Jerpoint Glass Studio Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny T: +353 (0)56 772 4350 enquiries@jerpointglass.com www.jerpointglass.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Barkers Wexford Quinlan’s, Macroom Hedgerows, Birr, Spiller Lane Gallery, Clonakilty

Jerpoint Glass is a family business that has been making glass in Kilkenny for 30 years. Each piece is completely hand-blown in the same fashion as it was 200 years ago using simple hand tools and 200 year old methods.

“For the family and their team of skilled craftsmen it’s as hands-on as you can get. Our colour palettes reflect the surrounding countryside. Seascape blues and cranberry reds are selling well.”

As one of the last remaining establishments making glass in Ireland, they offer gallery style pieces as well as a range of tableware. The latter functional designs are the main core of the business. The shapes are very classical yet fit into modern environments.

Nearby five-star establishment Mount Juliet Estate use Jerpoint water jugs in their restaurant. Hand-finished glass is hard wearing.

The glassware has also starred in ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ as well as numerous BBC period dramas from Jane Eyre to Charles Dickens.

“Our colour palettes reflect the surrounding countryside.”

Location

Co. Kilkenny

This page: Checkers Black and White Bowl €225 (RRP) Opposite: Jesters Black and Red Vase €175 each (RRP)

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Island Turf Crafts

Coalisland based Island Turf Crafts uses 5,000 year old Irish turf, sustainably sourced from some of Ireland’s oldest boglands to create ornaments, clocks, Celtic crosses, picture frames, paperweights, jewellery and other souvenirs.

The unique antique brown finish highlights every detail of the delicate ancient Celtic designs and Celtic mythology forms a core part of this giftware.

Owner Brian McGirr was inspired by his surrounding environment and began experimenting with the material.

Wet bog is fused using glue to create different shapes. When the turf dries it is sanded and varnished.

“The deeper you go into the earth the blacker the turf is in terms of colour and patina”. The turf he uses varies in colour from bogland brown to peat black.

Former American president Bill Clinton and his wife Hilary and their daughter Chelsea all paid the establishment a visit.

“The deeper you go into the earth the blacker the turf is in terms of colour and patina.”

Address

Unit 25, Coalisland Enterprise Centre 51 Dungannon Road, Coalisland Co. Tyrone, BT71 4HP T: +44 (0)2887 74901 M: +353 (0)87 220 9899 brian@islandturfcrafts.com www.islandturfcrafts.com

Stockists

Aer Rianta, Shannon Airport Kilkenny Group, Dublin Shannon Heritage Ltd, Bunratty Castle & Cliffs of Moher The Treasure Chest, Galway Blarney Woollen Mills, Bunratty, Cork & Dublin

Location

Co. Tyrone

Opposite: Irish Turf Cutter €15 (RRP) This page: Lucky Bog Cat €12 (RRP)

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Island Turf Crafts

Coalisland based Island Turf Crafts uses 5,000 year old Irish turf, sustainably sourced from some of Ireland’s oldest boglands to create ornaments, clocks, Celtic crosses, picture frames, paperweights, jewellery and other souvenirs.

The unique antique brown finish highlights every detail of the delicate ancient Celtic designs and Celtic mythology forms a core part of this giftware.

Owner Brian McGirr was inspired by his surrounding environment and began experimenting with the material.

Wet bog is fused using glue to create different shapes. When the turf dries it is sanded and varnished.

“The deeper you go into the earth the blacker the turf is in terms of colour and patina”. The turf he uses varies in colour from bogland brown to peat black.

Former American president Bill Clinton and his wife Hilary and their daughter Chelsea all paid the establishment a visit.

“The deeper you go into the earth the blacker the turf is in terms of colour and patina.”

Address

Unit 25, Coalisland Enterprise Centre 51 Dungannon Road, Coalisland Co. Tyrone, BT71 4HP T: +44 (0)2887 74901 M: +353 (0)87 220 9899 brian@islandturfcrafts.com www.islandturfcrafts.com

Stockists

Aer Rianta, Shannon Airport Kilkenny Group, Dublin Shannon Heritage Ltd, Bunratty Castle & Cliffs of Moher The Treasure Chest, Galway Blarney Woollen Mills, Bunratty, Cork & Dublin

Location

Co. Tyrone

Opposite: Irish Turf Cutter €15 (RRP) This page: Lucky Bog Cat €12 (RRP)

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Paddy McCormack

Address

Munig North, Skibbereen Co. Cork T: +353 (0)28 23 901 M: +353 (0)86 084 8029 info@paddymccormack.com www.paddymccormack.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin Quinlan’s, Macroom The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Adrigole Arts, Co. Cork

Working with copper, iron and bronze, Paddy McCormack creates a contemporary range of lamps, candlesticks, vases and bowls. His free-flowing forms are handcrafted from scratch in his Skibbereen studio.

“I use a layering technique rather than big thick pieces of metal so the effect is very delicate but the piece retains its strength. There are no hard lines and each design has a natural finish.”

He uses techniques both learnt and self-taught. Upon completion of his degree in the London College of Furniture where he had studied the making of musical instruments, he emigrated to New Zealand. “My roots are in wood but there wasn’t a great market for handmade musical instruments in New Zealand. I had a friend who did metalwork and I felt it was more my thing than wood.”

“I’m not formally trained as a metal worker but I believe that has allowed me to think outside the box and try new ideas.

I’m not bound by anyone’s rules.”

Location

Co. Cork

“I use a layering technique rather than big thick pieces of metal so the effect is very delicate.”

This page: Bronze Plate €125 (RRP) Opposite: Copper & Bronze Vase €98 (RRP) Copper & Iron Flower set €25 (RRP)

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Paddy McCormack

Address

Munig North, Skibbereen Co. Cork T: +353 (0)28 23 901 M: +353 (0)86 084 8029 info@paddymccormack.com www.paddymccormack.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin Quinlan’s, Macroom The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Adrigole Arts, Co. Cork

Working with copper, iron and bronze, Paddy McCormack creates a contemporary range of lamps, candlesticks, vases and bowls. His free-flowing forms are handcrafted from scratch in his Skibbereen studio.

“I use a layering technique rather than big thick pieces of metal so the effect is very delicate but the piece retains its strength. There are no hard lines and each design has a natural finish.”

He uses techniques both learnt and self-taught. Upon completion of his degree in the London College of Furniture where he had studied the making of musical instruments, he emigrated to New Zealand. “My roots are in wood but there wasn’t a great market for handmade musical instruments in New Zealand. I had a friend who did metalwork and I felt it was more my thing than wood.”

“I’m not formally trained as a metal worker but I believe that has allowed me to think outside the box and try new ideas.

I’m not bound by anyone’s rules.”

Location

Co. Cork

“I use a layering technique rather than big thick pieces of metal so the effect is very delicate.”

This page: Bronze Plate €125 (RRP) Opposite: Copper & Bronze Vase €98 (RRP) Copper & Iron Flower set €25 (RRP)

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Moth to a Flame

“Slow-made candles offer a particular softness and richness of colour and they glow more intensely.”

“Candles create mood and atmosphere. I still get great pleasure from the physical act of making candles,” says Moth to a Flame candle maker Larry Kinsella who still oversees every hand-made candle in his Bennetsbridge studio.

Originally from Co. Wexford, Larry studied food business and worked in the food industry for several years but it was time spent managing a large candle factory that introduced him to chandlery. With an interest and flair for craft and design he developed and made a range of candles from the garage of his Kilkenny home and exhibited them at Showcase. That was ten years ago.

“I don’t use any additives and control the cooking of the wax so the process is slowed down. In the same way that the slow food movement enhances the flavour of the food, slow-made candles offer a particular softness and richness of colour and they glow more intensely.”

Address

Kilkenny Road, Bennettsbridge Co. Kilkenny T: +353 (0)56 772 7826 mothtoaflamecandles@gmail.com www.mothtoaflamecandles.com

Stockists

Ardmore Pottery, Waterford Elizabeth Mulcahy, Dingle Inside Out, Dun Laoghaire Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Quinlan’s, Macroom

Location

Co. Kilkenny

Opposite: Medium Candle Bowl €75 ( RRP) This page: Gloworm Candle From €12– €24 ( RRP)

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Moth to a Flame

“Slow-made candles offer a particular softness and richness of colour and they glow more intensely.”

“Candles create mood and atmosphere. I still get great pleasure from the physical act of making candles,” says Moth to a Flame candle maker Larry Kinsella who still oversees every hand-made candle in his Bennetsbridge studio.

Originally from Co. Wexford, Larry studied food business and worked in the food industry for several years but it was time spent managing a large candle factory that introduced him to chandlery. With an interest and flair for craft and design he developed and made a range of candles from the garage of his Kilkenny home and exhibited them at Showcase. That was ten years ago.

“I don’t use any additives and control the cooking of the wax so the process is slowed down. In the same way that the slow food movement enhances the flavour of the food, slow-made candles offer a particular softness and richness of colour and they glow more intensely.”

Address

Kilkenny Road, Bennettsbridge Co. Kilkenny T: +353 (0)56 772 7826 mothtoaflamecandles@gmail.com www.mothtoaflamecandles.com

Stockists

Ardmore Pottery, Waterford Elizabeth Mulcahy, Dingle Inside Out, Dun Laoghaire Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Quinlan’s, Macroom

Location

Co. Kilkenny

Opposite: Medium Candle Bowl €75 ( RRP) This page: Gloworm Candle From €12– €24 ( RRP)

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Anna Nielsen Prints

“What I draw is life. My craft is first and foremost illustrative story-telling, inspired by my family. These are black and white pen and ink drawings with words attached. Each original print is drawn by hand and takes about six weeks to complete.”

“I draw bodies and look to sport for my inspiration. Follow Your Dream is one of the bestsellers in my ‘Silhouette People’ collection. It seems to capture the national mood at the moment. Chain of Life is another. That’s my signature style.

I print the editions myself on my husband’s printer that he uses for his architectural drawings.”

Born in Lima, Peru to Danish parents, Anna Nielsen grew up in Denmark and also in Ireland. She started a small craft company in November 1994, making a range of prints and cards from her drawings.

She recently won the Irish Book of the Year Award for her design contribution, the cover and illustrations, of Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge, which was published by Cois Life.

“My craft is first and foremost illustrative story-telling.”

Address

Ballylusk, Ashford Co. Wicklow T: +353 (0)404 40 708 M: +353 (0)86 242 9941 nielsenanna@mac.com www.annanielsen.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin, Cork & Killarney Boland’s, Kinsale Westgate Design, Wexford Judy Greene Pottery, Galway Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny McAuliffes, Dunfanaghy Gift Venue, Ennis

Location

Co. Wicklow

Opposite: ‘It is never too late’ Print €275 ( RRP)

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Anna Nielsen Prints

“What I draw is life. My craft is first and foremost illustrative story-telling, inspired by my family. These are black and white pen and ink drawings with words attached. Each original print is drawn by hand and takes about six weeks to complete.”

“I draw bodies and look to sport for my inspiration. Follow Your Dream is one of the bestsellers in my ‘Silhouette People’ collection. It seems to capture the national mood at the moment. Chain of Life is another. That’s my signature style.

I print the editions myself on my husband’s printer that he uses for his architectural drawings.”

Born in Lima, Peru to Danish parents, Anna Nielsen grew up in Denmark and also in Ireland. She started a small craft company in November 1994, making a range of prints and cards from her drawings.

She recently won the Irish Book of the Year Award for her design contribution, the cover and illustrations, of Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge, which was published by Cois Life.

“My craft is first and foremost illustrative story-telling.”

Address

Ballylusk, Ashford Co. Wicklow T: +353 (0)404 40 708 M: +353 (0)86 242 9941 nielsenanna@mac.com www.annanielsen.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin, Cork & Killarney Boland’s, Kinsale Westgate Design, Wexford Judy Greene Pottery, Galway Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny McAuliffes, Dunfanaghy Gift Venue, Ennis

Location

Co. Wicklow

Opposite: ‘It is never too late’ Print €275 ( RRP)

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Simply Special

Former bank worker Shirley Hunter’s Simply Special hand-made cards make use of white space featuring die cut designs on white card. This is a company that has a craft back end but is design led and fashion forward.

Customers like the simplicity of the message and the motif.

It resonates with their wanting something that is hand made in Ireland. These cards are bought by women for women, for every occasion from thinking of you, to birthdays, debs, baby showers, christenings, weddings, pregnancy and so on.

Shirley started out making cards for friends and family and reaction was such that she was encouraged to show at craft fairs. She did this while still doing the day job.

“Consumers want something that is hand made in Ireland. Retailers like their simplicity. People are putting more money into cards these days. It’s a card with a small gift rather than the reverse. My background in banking and customer service was invaluable in helping me start and develop the business.”

“Consumers want something that is hand made in Ireland. Retailers like their simplicity.”

Address

43 Droit Road Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone BT78 4DS T: +44 (0)28 8166 1066 M: +44 (0)79 6311 1219 srussellhunter@btinternet.com www.simplyspecial4u.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Séoidin, Ennis & Limerick Ards Crafts, Newtownards Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast Cavan Crystal Design, Cavan & Emyvale Vobe Interiors, Carrick on Shannon

Location

Co. Tyrone

Hand Crafted Birthday Cards €4.95 ( RRP)

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Simply Special

Former bank worker Shirley Hunter’s Simply Special hand-made cards make use of white space featuring die cut designs on white card. This is a company that has a craft back end but is design led and fashion forward.

Customers like the simplicity of the message and the motif.

It resonates with their wanting something that is hand made in Ireland. These cards are bought by women for women, for every occasion from thinking of you, to birthdays, debs, baby showers, christenings, weddings, pregnancy and so on.

Shirley started out making cards for friends and family and reaction was such that she was encouraged to show at craft fairs. She did this while still doing the day job.

“Consumers want something that is hand made in Ireland. Retailers like their simplicity. People are putting more money into cards these days. It’s a card with a small gift rather than the reverse. My background in banking and customer service was invaluable in helping me start and develop the business.”

“Consumers want something that is hand made in Ireland. Retailers like their simplicity.”

Address

43 Droit Road Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone BT78 4DS T: +44 (0)28 8166 1066 M: +44 (0)79 6311 1219 srussellhunter@btinternet.com www.simplyspecial4u.com

Stockists

Kilkenny Group Séoidin, Ennis & Limerick Ards Crafts, Newtownards Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast Cavan Crystal Design, Cavan & Emyvale Vobe Interiors, Carrick on Shannon

Location

Co. Tyrone

Hand Crafted Birthday Cards €4.95 ( RRP)

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Áine Knitwear

“I source most of my materials from within Ireland, many from Kilcar in Co. Donegal”.

Fashion designer Anne Behan McConnell uses natural fibers and dyes in her knitwear creations. The former Limerick School of Art and Design student set up her Áine label in 2001 and in the past has sold her designs and swatches to American lifestyle brands including Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren.

The focus of her collections is on crafting hand-made accessories using the most natural raw materials she can source.

“My signature piece is a scarf collar, a shorter shape that nods towards present trends. It comes in floral or loops options with a fastening technique that can create two and three looks from the one accessory.”

“I source most of my materials from within Ireland, many from Kilcar in Co. Donegal.”

“I’ve also recently added an eco line of hats, scarves, mittens as well as some jackets and waistcoats to the product mix.

These already sell well in Scotland, Germany and Japan.”

Address

Old Stable Studio, Glenbrook, Clonlara Co. Clare T: + 353 (0)61 354708 M: + 353 (0)86 2335678 anne@ainedesignerknitwear.com www.risecreative.ie/aine

Stockists

Judy Greene Pottery, Galway Quinlan’s, Macroom The Cat and The Moon, Sligo The Gallery, Dunfanaghy Celtic Roots Studio, Athlone Enibas, Schull Foxford Woollen Mills, Mayo Daimaru Inc, Japan Sheila Fleet Gallery, Scotland Over the Rainbow, Scotland Location

Co. Clare

Opposite page: Green Hat & Scarf €45 each ( RRP) This page: Teal Hat €45 ( RRP) Blue Fabric Hat €60 ( RRP)

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Áine Knitwear

“I source most of my materials from within Ireland, many from Kilcar in Co. Donegal”.

Fashion designer Anne Behan McConnell uses natural fibers and dyes in her knitwear creations. The former Limerick School of Art and Design student set up her Áine label in 2001 and in the past has sold her designs and swatches to American lifestyle brands including Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren.

The focus of her collections is on crafting hand-made accessories using the most natural raw materials she can source.

“My signature piece is a scarf collar, a shorter shape that nods towards present trends. It comes in floral or loops options with a fastening technique that can create two and three looks from the one accessory.”

“I source most of my materials from within Ireland, many from Kilcar in Co. Donegal.”

“I’ve also recently added an eco line of hats, scarves, mittens as well as some jackets and waistcoats to the product mix.

These already sell well in Scotland, Germany and Japan.”

Address

Old Stable Studio, Glenbrook, Clonlara Co. Clare T: + 353 (0)61 354708 M: + 353 (0)86 2335678 anne@ainedesignerknitwear.com www.risecreative.ie/aine

Stockists

Judy Greene Pottery, Galway Quinlan’s, Macroom The Cat and The Moon, Sligo The Gallery, Dunfanaghy Celtic Roots Studio, Athlone Enibas, Schull Foxford Woollen Mills, Mayo Daimaru Inc, Japan Sheila Fleet Gallery, Scotland Over the Rainbow, Scotland Location

Co. Clare

Opposite page: Green Hat & Scarf €45 each ( RRP) This page: Teal Hat €45 ( RRP) Blue Fabric Hat €60 ( RRP)

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Eileen Abbott

Address

Mohill Co. Leitrim T: + 353 (0)71 965 1846 M: + 353 (0)86 839 3621 eileenabbott@eircom.net

Stockists

Made to order

Mohill-based Eileen Abbott creates bespoke bridal and special occasion wear. The designer is self-taught, having honed her craft by first observing her grandmother working at the kitchen table. Her garments are designed, made and hand-finished in her Co. Longford studio.

The bespoke pieces feature her trademark flourishes of colour, using flower corsages or beading to punctuate the look and feel of the design. Abbott works primarily in silk and to date her business has flown under the radar, accruing a growing customer base via word of mouth recommendations. This year she’s branching out into ready-to-wear.

“One of my new collections will feature short dresses in jewel-coloured silk devore where I let the fabrics do the talking. A second collection will showcase the three-piece suit as a formal wear option offering wearers a bodice, skirt and jacket combination that can be dressed up or down according to the level of glamour required.”

“I let the fabrics do the talking.”

Location

Co. Leitrim

Opposite page: Black silk crepe boned corset with matching black skirt. €399 ( RRP)

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Address

Mohill Co. Leitrim T: + 353 (0)71 965 1846 M: + 353 (0)86 839 3621 eileenabbott@eircom.net

Stockists

Made to order

Mohill-based Eileen Abbott creates bespoke bridal and special occasion wear. The designer is self-taught, having honed her craft by first observing her grandmother working at the kitchen table. Her garments are designed, made and hand-finished in her Co. Longford studio.

The bespoke pieces feature her trademark flourishes of colour, using flower corsages or beading to punctuate the look and feel of the design. Abbott works primarily in silk and to date her business has flown under the radar, accruing a growing customer base via word of mouth recommendations. This year she’s branching out into ready-to-wear.

“One of my new collections will feature short dresses in jewel-coloured silk devore where I let the fabrics do the talking. A second collection will showcase the three-piece suit as a formal wear option offering wearers a bodice, skirt and jacket combination that can be dressed up or down according to the level of glamour required.”

“I let the fabrics do the talking.”

Location

Co. Leitrim

Opposite page: Black silk crepe boned corset with matching black skirt. €399 ( RRP)

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Liz Christy

“Its randomness is what makes it feel special.”

Craftswoman Liz Christy from near Castleblaney in Co. Monaghan is passionate about yarn and a signature fleck made by Donegal yarn in particular. It shows the beauty of real heritage, she explains. “Its randomness is what makes it feel special.”

Donegal Yarns is one of the country’s last traditional hand-spun yarns.

Her range of hand woven Celtic tweed scarves offer a lustrous tactility while her Bragan bouclé, one style in her designer scarf collections, won the 2009 Essence of Ireland Award for its contemporisation of traditional lace making techniques.

Liz looks to nature for colour inspiration. Her creations use cotton, wools, angora, mohair and some man-made fibres.

Everything is made in her Swallow Studio in Annyalla.

Country singer Dolly Parton is a fan and Christy was one of several Irish artisans invited to Dollywood to show their talents at the theme park’s Festival of Nations in 2007 and 2008. Christy has recently introduced new items to her mix.

These include sheep brooches and key rings.

Address

Annyalla Castleblayney Co. Monaghan T: + 353 (0)42 974 6614 M: + 353 (0)87 682 1563 info@lizchristy.com www.lizchristy.com

Stockists

Cleo’s, Dublin Louth Craftmark, Drogheda Glór, Ennis Adrigole Arts, Co. Cork O’Maille’s, Galway, Bushmills Crafts, Co. Antrim Joyce’s Craftshop, Recess

Location

Co. Monaghan

Opposite page: Celtic Tweed Combination Wrap €180 ( RRP) This page: Marino Tweed Skinny Scarf €69 ( RRP)

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Liz Christy

“Its randomness is what makes it feel special.”

Craftswoman Liz Christy from near Castleblaney in Co. Monaghan is passionate about yarn and a signature fleck made by Donegal yarn in particular. It shows the beauty of real heritage, she explains. “Its randomness is what makes it feel special.”

Donegal Yarns is one of the country’s last traditional hand-spun yarns.

Her range of hand woven Celtic tweed scarves offer a lustrous tactility while her Bragan bouclé, one style in her designer scarf collections, won the 2009 Essence of Ireland Award for its contemporisation of traditional lace making techniques.

Liz looks to nature for colour inspiration. Her creations use cotton, wools, angora, mohair and some man-made fibres.

Everything is made in her Swallow Studio in Annyalla.

Country singer Dolly Parton is a fan and Christy was one of several Irish artisans invited to Dollywood to show their talents at the theme park’s Festival of Nations in 2007 and 2008. Christy has recently introduced new items to her mix.

These include sheep brooches and key rings.

Address

Annyalla Castleblayney Co. Monaghan T: + 353 (0)42 974 6614 M: + 353 (0)87 682 1563 info@lizchristy.com www.lizchristy.com

Stockists

Cleo’s, Dublin Louth Craftmark, Drogheda Glór, Ennis Adrigole Arts, Co. Cork O’Maille’s, Galway, Bushmills Crafts, Co. Antrim Joyce’s Craftshop, Recess

Location

Co. Monaghan

Opposite page: Celtic Tweed Combination Wrap €180 ( RRP) This page: Marino Tweed Skinny Scarf €69 ( RRP)

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Cushendale Woollen Mills

“Because we dye all our own yarns our colours are unique to us.”

Set on the millrace of the River Duiske, Cushendale is a family mill run by Philip Cushen’s family since 1880. It’s a brand steeped in history. “We dye, card and spin all our own yarn. We also make solid wool blankets and fashion accessories such as pocket stoles, scarves and hats.”

“Because we dye all our own yarns our colours are unique to us”. The red carpets at Áras an Uachtaráin were dyed

by Cushendale.

The company has previously worked with fashion designers John Rocha and one-time enfant terrible, French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. More recently the mill collaborated with designer Pat McCarthy on an interiors project that features their throws and bedspreads. Knitting yarns are another big growth area.

“Customers to our mill shop want to know the provenance of everything we sell. Skills, heritage and where it’s made are now unique selling points.”

Address

Cushendale Woollen Mills Mill Road, Graignamanagh Co. Kilkenny T: + 353 (0)59 972 4118 info@cushendale.ie www.cushendale.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Design Centre, Kilkenny Sweeney, Achill Sound Glendalough Woollen Mills Kerry Woollen Mills, Killarney Doolin Dinghy, Doolin

Location

Co. Kilkenny

Opposite page: Brushed Mohair Scarf €16.50 each ( RRP) This page: Lambswool Banded Throw €55– €60 ( RRP)

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Cushendale Woollen Mills

“Because we dye all our own yarns our colours are unique to us.”

Set on the millrace of the River Duiske, Cushendale is a family mill run by Philip Cushen’s family since 1880. It’s a brand steeped in history. “We dye, card and spin all our own yarn. We also make solid wool blankets and fashion accessories such as pocket stoles, scarves and hats.”

“Because we dye all our own yarns our colours are unique to us”. The red carpets at Áras an Uachtaráin were dyed

by Cushendale.

The company has previously worked with fashion designers John Rocha and one-time enfant terrible, French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. More recently the mill collaborated with designer Pat McCarthy on an interiors project that features their throws and bedspreads. Knitting yarns are another big growth area.

“Customers to our mill shop want to know the provenance of everything we sell. Skills, heritage and where it’s made are now unique selling points.”

Address

Cushendale Woollen Mills Mill Road, Graignamanagh Co. Kilkenny T: + 353 (0)59 972 4118 info@cushendale.ie www.cushendale.ie

Stockists

Kilkenny Design Centre, Kilkenny Sweeney, Achill Sound Glendalough Woollen Mills Kerry Woollen Mills, Killarney Doolin Dinghy, Doolin

Location

Co. Kilkenny

Opposite page: Brushed Mohair Scarf €16.50 each ( RRP) This page: Lambswool Banded Throw €55– €60 ( RRP)

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Giordana Giache / The Fly

Address

10 Grennan Villas St. Joseph’s St. Limerick City T: +353 (0)85 719 7456 giachegiordana74@hotmail.com

Stockists

Chic Boutique, Listowel Elisabeth Mulcahy, Dingle The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Aria Boutique, Naas An Clachan, Gweedore

Italian born knitwear designer Giordana Giache who also trades as ‘The Fly’ creates hand-made womenswear in her Limerick city studio. “The beauty of knitwear is that the choice of yarn and stitch combine to offer a much more unique garment than off-the-peg ready-to-wear. This sense of individuality is enhanced by the fact that I am, in effect, creating my own cloth, and that’s where you get a sense of craft in the garment’s tactility and its fluidity. My designs, their tailored construction helps to flatter the form.”

Giordana Giache studied fashion at LSAD and then honed her craft working with established fashion designers Mark O’Neill and Joanne Hynes.

Her pieces include jackets, dresses, tops, skirts and accessories, all in 100% lambswool or felted lurex. Some of her signature pieces include tube style dresses with neck detailing, open jackets with power shoulders and pencil skirts. She favours a dark coloured palette.

“I am, in effect, creating my own cloth, and that’s where you get a sense of craft.”

Location

Limerick

This page: Lambswool hat with flower €50 ( RRP) Opposite: Weaved straps of lambswool dress €500 ( RRP)

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Giordana Giache / The Fly

Address

10 Grennan Villas St. Joseph’s St. Limerick City T: +353 (0)85 719 7456 giachegiordana74@hotmail.com

Stockists

Chic Boutique, Listowel Elisabeth Mulcahy, Dingle The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Aria Boutique, Naas An Clachan, Gweedore

Italian born knitwear designer Giordana Giache who also trades as ‘The Fly’ creates hand-made womenswear in her Limerick city studio. “The beauty of knitwear is that the choice of yarn and stitch combine to offer a much more unique garment than off-the-peg ready-to-wear. This sense of individuality is enhanced by the fact that I am, in effect, creating my own cloth, and that’s where you get a sense of craft in the garment’s tactility and its fluidity. My designs, their tailored construction helps to flatter the form.”

Giordana Giache studied fashion at LSAD and then honed her craft working with established fashion designers Mark O’Neill and Joanne Hynes.

Her pieces include jackets, dresses, tops, skirts and accessories, all in 100% lambswool or felted lurex. Some of her signature pieces include tube style dresses with neck detailing, open jackets with power shoulders and pencil skirts. She favours a dark coloured palette.

“I am, in effect, creating my own cloth, and that’s where you get a sense of craft.”

Location

Limerick

This page: Lambswool hat with flower €50 ( RRP) Opposite: Weaved straps of lambswool dress €500 ( RRP)

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Hanna Hats of Donegal

Hanna Hats create timeless tweed caps from the finest of Donegal tweed. Every hat is assembled by hand at their Donegal Town atelier. Using tweed woven exclusively for the hat company their collections of designs help to showcase the varieties available, from herringbone to houndstooth, check to plaid and salt-and-pepper weaves, which are a salient ingredient in their signature patchwork caps, hats and bags.

Hanna Hats helped reboot the piece work cottage industry in Donegal by enlisting former machinists, now at home with young children, to work on contract making hats.

The headwear is a favourite with film stars and singers as well as the man on the street. Actor Brad Pitt and singer Britney Spears are said to sport the brand as they can help eclipse their faces from paparazzi. Daniel O’Donnell, Gay Byrne and Phil Coulter, all men with Donegal connections, fly the county flag by sporting the brand. Ronnie Drew of the Dubliners was also a brand ambassador.

The company also has a Donegal tweed patchwork quilt that is finding favour with the fashion set.

“Every hat is assembled by hand using tweed woven exclusively.”

Address

Donegal Town Co. Donegal T: +353 (0)74 972 1084 info@hannahats.com www.hannahats.com

Stockists

Faller’s, Galway Quills, Kenmare O’Brien’s Crafts, Doolin Clerys, Dublin Avoca Handweavers, Avoca

Location

Co. Donegal

Opposite: Irish Walking Hat €45 ( RRP) This page: Donegal Tailored Cap €30 ( RRP)

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Hanna Hats of Donegal

Hanna Hats create timeless tweed caps from the finest of Donegal tweed. Every hat is assembled by hand at their Donegal Town atelier. Using tweed woven exclusively for the hat company their collections of designs help to showcase the varieties available, from herringbone to houndstooth, check to plaid and salt-and-pepper weaves, which are a salient ingredient in their signature patchwork caps, hats and bags.

Hanna Hats helped reboot the piece work cottage industry in Donegal by enlisting former machinists, now at home with young children, to work on contract making hats.

The headwear is a favourite with film stars and singers as well as the man on the street. Actor Brad Pitt and singer Britney Spears are said to sport the brand as they can help eclipse their faces from paparazzi. Daniel O’Donnell, Gay Byrne and Phil Coulter, all men with Donegal connections, fly the county flag by sporting the brand. Ronnie Drew of the Dubliners was also a brand ambassador.

The company also has a Donegal tweed patchwork quilt that is finding favour with the fashion set.

“Every hat is assembled by hand using tweed woven exclusively.”

Address

Donegal Town Co. Donegal T: +353 (0)74 972 1084 info@hannahats.com www.hannahats.com

Stockists

Faller’s, Galway Quills, Kenmare O’Brien’s Crafts, Doolin Clerys, Dublin Avoca Handweavers, Avoca

Location

Co. Donegal

Opposite: Irish Walking Hat €45 ( RRP) This page: Donegal Tailored Cap €30 ( RRP)

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Heather Finn Knitwear

“Pattern and colour are the driving forces behind what I do.”

“Pattern and colour are the driving forces behind what I do. I make everything myself. It is very hands-on. I design the pattern cards, knit the pieces, then it’s cut and sewn by me. Then I process the finished garment to make it softer.

Everything is created from ethically sourced yarns in my North Strand studio. In terms of textures and tones travel inspires me. I journey to India and Morocco in search of yarns.”

Specialising in knitwear, Heather graduated in Fashion from NCAD and honed her craft by working with knitwear designer Lainey Keogh. She also worked as an accessories buyer in Galway for two years. She then launched a stall at Dublin’s Cow’s Lane market and came to the attention of Topshop when they were opening their flagship store on Stephen’s Green in 2006. She was invited to open a concession within the store.

Heather Finn is now trading from The Loft in Powerscourt.

“Meeting my customers lets me see what sells and what doesn’t and how garments look on the various body shapes.

It’s a great way to test the market with new designs.”

Angelica Huston wore one of her pieces to her birthday celebrations at the 2009 Galway Film Fleadh.

Address

12 Charleville Mall North Strand Dublin 1 T: + 353 (0)86 891 6560 finnheather@hotmail.com www.heatherfinn.com

Stockists

Pace, Foxrock Couture, Naas, Myriam O’Reilly, Galway Liberties, Westport Ardmore Pottery and Craft, Co. Waterford Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Design House, Galway The Loft, Powerscourt

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Aqua Patchwork scarf (cashmere/lambswool mix) €50 ( RRP) This page: Grey knit dress with bow detail €129 ( RRP)

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Heather Finn Knitwear

“Pattern and colour are the driving forces behind what I do.”

“Pattern and colour are the driving forces behind what I do. I make everything myself. It is very hands-on. I design the pattern cards, knit the pieces, then it’s cut and sewn by me. Then I process the finished garment to make it softer.

Everything is created from ethically sourced yarns in my North Strand studio. In terms of textures and tones travel inspires me. I journey to India and Morocco in search of yarns.”

Specialising in knitwear, Heather graduated in Fashion from NCAD and honed her craft by working with knitwear designer Lainey Keogh. She also worked as an accessories buyer in Galway for two years. She then launched a stall at Dublin’s Cow’s Lane market and came to the attention of Topshop when they were opening their flagship store on Stephen’s Green in 2006. She was invited to open a concession within the store.

Heather Finn is now trading from The Loft in Powerscourt.

“Meeting my customers lets me see what sells and what doesn’t and how garments look on the various body shapes.

It’s a great way to test the market with new designs.”

Angelica Huston wore one of her pieces to her birthday celebrations at the 2009 Galway Film Fleadh.

Address

12 Charleville Mall North Strand Dublin 1 T: + 353 (0)86 891 6560 finnheather@hotmail.com www.heatherfinn.com

Stockists

Pace, Foxrock Couture, Naas, Myriam O’Reilly, Galway Liberties, Westport Ardmore Pottery and Craft, Co. Waterford Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Design House, Galway The Loft, Powerscourt

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Aqua Patchwork scarf (cashmere/lambswool mix) €50 ( RRP) This page: Grey knit dress with bow detail €129 ( RRP)

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Hope & Benson

Address

River Cottage Churchmount Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim T: +353 (0)71 985 6812 M: +353 (0)87 647 7544 info@hopeandbenson.com www.hopeandbenson.com

Stockists

The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Quinlan’s, Macroom Glen Aran, Kinsale & Kenmare National Museum of Ireland, Dublin Magee, Dundrum and Donegal

Hope and Benson offer a collection of bags; overnight bags, handbags and purses made from heritage Irish tweeds

by Magee, Hanly and some Foxford fabrics, Scottish and English tweeds are also used. The designs are embellished with flowers and ribbons, the look is soft but structured and each bag is hand made by Angela Hope and Daniela Benson.

Daniela Benson also makes a clothing line. Every bag is hand cut on the premises, constructed using traditional methods and contains a sprinkling of lavender, grown in the Burren, to add a subtle fragrance.

“These styles are the anti-It bag. They’re for people who never liked spending a fortune on an item that is ostensibly still mass produced. Our customers prefer something more genuine.”

“There’s a retro feel to the designs,” explains Angela Hope, one half of the design duo. “We use quite traditional materials embellishing them with velvet ribbons and bows.”

“Our customers prefer something more genuine.”

Location

Co. Leitrim

Opposite: Grace Tweed Handbag with Handmade Felt Rosebud €135 ( RRP)

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Hope & Benson

Address

River Cottage Churchmount Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim T: +353 (0)71 985 6812 M: +353 (0)87 647 7544 info@hopeandbenson.com www.hopeandbenson.com

Stockists

The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Quinlan’s, Macroom Glen Aran, Kinsale & Kenmare National Museum of Ireland, Dublin Magee, Dundrum and Donegal

Hope and Benson offer a collection of bags; overnight bags, handbags and purses made from heritage Irish tweeds

by Magee, Hanly and some Foxford fabrics, Scottish and English tweeds are also used. The designs are embellished with flowers and ribbons, the look is soft but structured and each bag is hand made by Angela Hope and Daniela Benson.

Daniela Benson also makes a clothing line. Every bag is hand cut on the premises, constructed using traditional methods and contains a sprinkling of lavender, grown in the Burren, to add a subtle fragrance.

“These styles are the anti-It bag. They’re for people who never liked spending a fortune on an item that is ostensibly still mass produced. Our customers prefer something more genuine.”

“There’s a retro feel to the designs,” explains Angela Hope, one half of the design duo. “We use quite traditional materials embellishing them with velvet ribbons and bows.”

“Our customers prefer something more genuine.”

Location

Co. Leitrim

Opposite: Grace Tweed Handbag with Handmade Felt Rosebud €135 ( RRP)

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Edel MacBride

Address

Convoy Design House Convoy, Co. Donegal T: +353 (0)74 914 7508 M: +353 (0)83 343 7031 info@edelmacbride.com www.edelmacbride.com

Stockists

Ethnicitricity, Westport Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny

“When you cross pollinate fashion with the skill of craft you get originality, something with my stamp on it – something exciting. Like all stories worth telling it starts with a good yarn.”

Edel MacBride set up her business in 1993 growing her brand into a more production orientated business. The creative process is cyclical so she has returned to her core values – craft fashioned for the stylish. “I’m concentrating on high-end knitting and crochet skills where we have a uniqueness.”

“The skills I acquired studying fashion at the graduate programme at LCAD mean my designs remain linked to fashion. Because of my background in pattern cutting and traditional fashion fabric the concepts of form and structure continue to be important.”

“I’ve been knitting since I was three years old. Yarn is what inspires me. I’ve started to emphasise accessories, snoods, scarves and a couple of very high end dresses and coats.”

“When you cross pollinate fashion with the skill of craft you get originality.”

Location

Co. Donegal

Opposite: Verona Lattice Black & Silver Dress From €595 This page: Hand Crochet Italian Lurex Cravat €120

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Edel MacBride

Address

Convoy Design House Convoy, Co. Donegal T: +353 (0)74 914 7508 M: +353 (0)83 343 7031 info@edelmacbride.com www.edelmacbride.com

Stockists

Ethnicitricity, Westport Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny

“When you cross pollinate fashion with the skill of craft you get originality, something with my stamp on it – something exciting. Like all stories worth telling it starts with a good yarn.”

Edel MacBride set up her business in 1993 growing her brand into a more production orientated business. The creative process is cyclical so she has returned to her core values – craft fashioned for the stylish. “I’m concentrating on high-end knitting and crochet skills where we have a uniqueness.”

“The skills I acquired studying fashion at the graduate programme at LCAD mean my designs remain linked to fashion. Because of my background in pattern cutting and traditional fashion fabric the concepts of form and structure continue to be important.”

“I’ve been knitting since I was three years old. Yarn is what inspires me. I’ve started to emphasise accessories, snoods, scarves and a couple of very high end dresses and coats.”

“When you cross pollinate fashion with the skill of craft you get originality.”

Location

Co. Donegal

Opposite: Verona Lattice Black & Silver Dress From €595 This page: Hand Crochet Italian Lurex Cravat €120

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McCul Clothing

McCul Clothing is a crafted range of garments featuring graphic cartoon characters based on the principal personalities in Irish folklore. Old stories come alive through the imagery. It is heritage you can wear that offers a fashion edge and a history lesson to boot.

Derek Young is the brains behind McCul Clothing, the designer kidswear range for little legends. The garments are designed and made in the company’s Finglas factory. Every child who wears a McCul garment will learn about the great Irish myths through the McCul characters on their clothes.

“These are the stories that I was taught in school and the new generation continues to learn about in the classroom.”

There’s Fionn McCumhaill and the salmon of knowledge, illustrated by an image of the king of the fish, the story of Queen Maeve and the Brown Bull of Cooley illustrated by An Táin. The brand is underpinned by three simple ideals: the clothes are stylish, hard-wearing and affordable. It’s history and heritage in a sweatshirt.

It’s history and heritage in a sweatshirt.

Address

Unit 16, Finglas Business Centre Jamestown Road, Dublin 11 T: +353 (0)86 807 4397 derek@mccul.ie www.mccul.com

Stockists

Carraig Donn, Ennis, Westport & Aran Islands Wheat, Bray, Nenagh & Midleton Jema Jims, Kanturk Smarty Pants, Edenderry Bamboo, Tralee Inreda, Sweden

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Boys Long Sleeve Top with Irish Wolfhound Flock Print €15 ( RRP) This page: Girls Fleece Hooded Top with Flock Print €25 ( RRP)

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McCul Clothing

McCul Clothing is a crafted range of garments featuring graphic cartoon characters based on the principal personalities in Irish folklore. Old stories come alive through the imagery. It is heritage you can wear that offers a fashion edge and a history lesson to boot.

Derek Young is the brains behind McCul Clothing, the designer kidswear range for little legends. The garments are designed and made in the company’s Finglas factory. Every child who wears a McCul garment will learn about the great Irish myths through the McCul characters on their clothes.

“These are the stories that I was taught in school and the new generation continues to learn about in the classroom.”

There’s Fionn McCumhaill and the salmon of knowledge, illustrated by an image of the king of the fish, the story of Queen Maeve and the Brown Bull of Cooley illustrated by An Táin. The brand is underpinned by three simple ideals: the clothes are stylish, hard-wearing and affordable. It’s history and heritage in a sweatshirt.

It’s history and heritage in a sweatshirt.

Address

Unit 16, Finglas Business Centre Jamestown Road, Dublin 11 T: +353 (0)86 807 4397 derek@mccul.ie www.mccul.com

Stockists

Carraig Donn, Ennis, Westport & Aran Islands Wheat, Bray, Nenagh & Midleton Jema Jims, Kanturk Smarty Pants, Edenderry Bamboo, Tralee Inreda, Sweden

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Boys Long Sleeve Top with Irish Wolfhound Flock Print €15 ( RRP) This page: Girls Fleece Hooded Top with Flock Print €25 ( RRP)

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Edmund McNulty Knitwear

Address

Studio 7, Millmount Craft Centre Drogheda, Co. Louth T: +353 (0)41 984 4199 M: +353 (0)86 371 4094 info@edmundmcnulty.com www.edmundmcnulty.com

Stockists

Gentleman Please, Dublin Cleo, Dublin, Windy, Tokyo DEF Company, Kobe Howling, Osaka

“I wanted to offer men nice jumpers,” says Edmund McNulty who grew up in Creeslough, Co. Donegal surrounded by a matriarchal collective of aunties, grannies and his mother, all knitting in rings round him.

“Yarn is such a tactile texture. I work with luxury fibers such as kid mohair, marino wool and alpaca. Knitwear, especially menswear, needs to offer longevity and durability.

The colour grey – there must be 40 shades to choose from and they all suit Irish complexions – forms a core colour in my collections. This choice is partly inspired by the Irish weather.”

This former teacher went back to college to pursue his first love. He attended Galway Institute of Technology where he studied textile design. Drogheda-based McNulty employs mainly homeworkers who knit from their homes. Much of the work is finished by hand in his Drogheda studio.

A star in the ascendancy, McNulty is participating in an EU Gateway Programme in Japan – he’s the only Irish participant selected to take part. Film star Matthew Broderick is already a fan.

“The colour grey… is partly inspired by the Irish weather.”

Location

Co. Louth

Opposite: Pale grey turtleneck sweater with fishbone detailing in merino wool and alpaca blend €245 (RRP) This page: Grey double V-neck sweater in a merino lamsbwool and alpaca blend €225 (RRP)

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Edmund McNulty Knitwear

Address

Studio 7, Millmount Craft Centre Drogheda, Co. Louth T: +353 (0)41 984 4199 M: +353 (0)86 371 4094 info@edmundmcnulty.com www.edmundmcnulty.com

Stockists

Gentleman Please, Dublin Cleo, Dublin, Windy, Tokyo DEF Company, Kobe Howling, Osaka

“I wanted to offer men nice jumpers,” says Edmund McNulty who grew up in Creeslough, Co. Donegal surrounded by a matriarchal collective of aunties, grannies and his mother, all knitting in rings round him.

“Yarn is such a tactile texture. I work with luxury fibers such as kid mohair, marino wool and alpaca. Knitwear, especially menswear, needs to offer longevity and durability.

The colour grey – there must be 40 shades to choose from and they all suit Irish complexions – forms a core colour in my collections. This choice is partly inspired by the Irish weather.”

This former teacher went back to college to pursue his first love. He attended Galway Institute of Technology where he studied textile design. Drogheda-based McNulty employs mainly homeworkers who knit from their homes. Much of the work is finished by hand in his Drogheda studio.

A star in the ascendancy, McNulty is participating in an EU Gateway Programme in Japan – he’s the only Irish participant selected to take part. Film star Matthew Broderick is already a fan.

“The colour grey… is partly inspired by the Irish weather.”

Location

Co. Louth

Opposite: Pale grey turtleneck sweater with fishbone detailing in merino wool and alpaca blend €245 (RRP) This page: Grey double V-neck sweater in a merino lamsbwool and alpaca blend €225 (RRP)

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Inti Leathers

Most of the hides have been tanned in artisan tanneries.

Catherine Prendergast has been working with top quality leather for over 25 years, crafting hand designed, durable, design-led hide handbags, belts, purses, folio cases, weekend bags and executive briefcases all finished in the latest styles.

She studied at London College of Fashion Cordwainers, formerly Cordwainers College in 1979 and spruced up her fashion skills with a short course at St. Martin’s College in 2004.

Her use of quality leathers such as stable hide, a large and heavy duty leather that is drum dyed, ostrich print, croc print leather, add a craft layer. Most of the hides have been tanned in artisan tanneries in Italy.

All the bags are leather lined and a favourite with TDs including Mary Harney, Michéal Martin and local TD flying the flag for Louth, Dermot Ahern. All the leather goods are made in Catherine’s workshop in Dundalk.

Address

Wolfe Tone Design Studio Knockbridge, Dundalk Co Louth T: +353 (0)42 938 4993 M: +353 (0)86 831 2323 info@intileathers.com

Stockists

Westgate Designs, Wexford The Cat and The Moon, Sligo The Narrow Space, Clonmel Glór, Ennis Wish, Skibbereen

Location

Co. Louth

This page: Fionn - Handwoven Brown Donegal Tweed €195 (RRP) Opposite: Amber – Tan stablehide leather with trimmings in mustard/brown crocodile print €250 (RRP)

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Inti Leathers

Most of the hides have been tanned in artisan tanneries.

Catherine Prendergast has been working with top quality leather for over 25 years, crafting hand designed, durable, design-led hide handbags, belts, purses, folio cases, weekend bags and executive briefcases all finished in the latest styles.

She studied at London College of Fashion Cordwainers, formerly Cordwainers College in 1979 and spruced up her fashion skills with a short course at St. Martin’s College in 2004.

Her use of quality leathers such as stable hide, a large and heavy duty leather that is drum dyed, ostrich print, croc print leather, add a craft layer. Most of the hides have been tanned in artisan tanneries in Italy.

All the bags are leather lined and a favourite with TDs including Mary Harney, Michéal Martin and local TD flying the flag for Louth, Dermot Ahern. All the leather goods are made in Catherine’s workshop in Dundalk.

Address

Wolfe Tone Design Studio Knockbridge, Dundalk Co Louth T: +353 (0)42 938 4993 M: +353 (0)86 831 2323 info@intileathers.com

Stockists

Westgate Designs, Wexford The Cat and The Moon, Sligo The Narrow Space, Clonmel Glór, Ennis Wish, Skibbereen

Location

Co. Louth

This page: Fionn - Handwoven Brown Donegal Tweed €195 (RRP) Opposite: Amber – Tan stablehide leather with trimmings in mustard/brown crocodile print €250 (RRP)

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Rathlin Knitwear

Rathlin Knitwear is a progressive craft business based in the Gaeltacht area of south-west Donegal. The company uses a wide range of new and traditional types of raw material including a signature line in Donegal tweed wool. The wool is hand-loomed into sweaters, scarves and hats.

Their tunic style is based on the traditional fisherman’s sweater and features heritage stitching. The sweaters have a very distinctive finish thanks to the tweed wool. It is very popular with local holidaymaker and star of hit TV series Sex and The City, Sarah Jessica Parker; she belts hers at the waist.

Many of the garments are hand-finished by home workers in their houses.

Address

Kilcar Co. Donegal T: +353 (0)74 973 0260 M: +353 (0)87 979 0549 rathlinknitwear@eircom.net

Stockists

Magees, Donegal Dooley’s, Sligo The Wool Shop, Donegal Town Ethnicitricity, Westport Ballymaloe, Shanagarry Faller’s, Galway O’Brien’s, Doolin Adare Woollen’s, Limerick Bushmills Craft, Antrim Hunter, Germany Location

Co. Donegal

The sweaters have a very distinctive finish thanks to the tweed wool.

This page: Celtic Cable Smock in Donegal Tweed €89 ( RRP) Opposite: Lace Neck Tunic Sweater €89 ( RRP)

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Rathlin Knitwear

Rathlin Knitwear is a progressive craft business based in the Gaeltacht area of south-west Donegal. The company uses a wide range of new and traditional types of raw material including a signature line in Donegal tweed wool. The wool is hand-loomed into sweaters, scarves and hats.

Their tunic style is based on the traditional fisherman’s sweater and features heritage stitching. The sweaters have a very distinctive finish thanks to the tweed wool. It is very popular with local holidaymaker and star of hit TV series Sex and The City, Sarah Jessica Parker; she belts hers at the waist.

Many of the garments are hand-finished by home workers in their houses.

Address

Kilcar Co. Donegal T: +353 (0)74 973 0260 M: +353 (0)87 979 0549 rathlinknitwear@eircom.net

Stockists

Magees, Donegal Dooley’s, Sligo The Wool Shop, Donegal Town Ethnicitricity, Westport Ballymaloe, Shanagarry Faller’s, Galway O’Brien’s, Doolin Adare Woollen’s, Limerick Bushmills Craft, Antrim Hunter, Germany Location

Co. Donegal

The sweaters have a very distinctive finish thanks to the tweed wool.

This page: Celtic Cable Smock in Donegal Tweed €89 ( RRP) Opposite: Lace Neck Tunic Sweater €89 ( RRP)

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Jennifer Rothwell

Address

1a Ardbeg Park Artane, Dublin 5 T: +353 (0)85 721 0702 info@jrothwell.net www.jrothwell.net

Stockists

Designer Knitwear, Dalkey Liberties, Westport Divine, Malahide & Maynooth Brigit Salassman, London

“Beautiful fabrics are key to my inspiration. I like to keep my shapes and silhouettes quite simple. My fabrics are what make my designs come alive. My garments also offer great design and quality craftsmanship and are all hand-finished in a studio in Artane in Dublin 5.”

Born in New York and raised in Dublin, Jennifer Rothwell brings a hands on approach to her fashion creations. She worked with New York institution Norma Kamali for over four years. Rothwell went on to work in production with Katayone Adeli, Calvin Klein, Language and Yigal Azrouel defining her finish so her garments look as good on the inside as they do on the outside.

Rothwell’s signature line is a series of bespoke silk print dresses. A new jersey collection is being introduced, which is made in her area of the capital, Artane in Dublin, by a local cutter and seamstress. She is also developing her own digital prints.

Jennifer Rothwell was one of the winners of Dublin Fashion Week’s Brown Thomas Mentor Award in 2007 and had a pop-up shop in the luxury department store.

“My fabrics are what make my designs come alive.”

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Bronze Silk Wrap Blouse €295 ( RRP) Nude Floral Tulle Flared Skirt €795 ( RRP) This page: Red & Cream Silk Sphere Print Apron Dress €495 ( RRP)

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Jennifer Rothwell

Address

1a Ardbeg Park Artane, Dublin 5 T: +353 (0)85 721 0702 info@jrothwell.net www.jrothwell.net

Stockists

Designer Knitwear, Dalkey Liberties, Westport Divine, Malahide & Maynooth Brigit Salassman, London

“Beautiful fabrics are key to my inspiration. I like to keep my shapes and silhouettes quite simple. My fabrics are what make my designs come alive. My garments also offer great design and quality craftsmanship and are all hand-finished in a studio in Artane in Dublin 5.”

Born in New York and raised in Dublin, Jennifer Rothwell brings a hands on approach to her fashion creations. She worked with New York institution Norma Kamali for over four years. Rothwell went on to work in production with Katayone Adeli, Calvin Klein, Language and Yigal Azrouel defining her finish so her garments look as good on the inside as they do on the outside.

Rothwell’s signature line is a series of bespoke silk print dresses. A new jersey collection is being introduced, which is made in her area of the capital, Artane in Dublin, by a local cutter and seamstress. She is also developing her own digital prints.

Jennifer Rothwell was one of the winners of Dublin Fashion Week’s Brown Thomas Mentor Award in 2007 and had a pop-up shop in the luxury department store.

“My fabrics are what make my designs come alive.”

Location

Dublin

Opposite: Bronze Silk Wrap Blouse €295 ( RRP) Nude Floral Tulle Flared Skirt €795 ( RRP) This page: Red & Cream Silk Sphere Print Apron Dress €495 ( RRP)

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Nosey Rosie & Friends

Because they are designed to be worn in several different fashions they suit children of different age groups.

Skibbereen-based Nosey Rosie and Friends offers unusual and funky knitwear pieces for children. They are made by hand and because they are designed to be worn in several different fashions they suit children of different age groups.

Everything is made in her West Cork studio.

It was motherhood that opened Sharon Rose’s eyes to childrenswear. This debut collection will include dresses, hats and scarves for girls and bandanas, ponchos, hoodies and jumpers for boys. Sharon is also debuting her first book, Nosey Rosie, which she has written and illustrated.

Co. Armagh-born Sharon Rose McKeever studied fashion and knitwear at The School of Textiles and Design, formerly the Scottish College of Textiles at Galashiels. She won a bursary from the honorable Society of Framework Knitters, a purse previously won by fashion and interiors designer Julien MacDonald. It was discussions with Julien that inspired her to branch out on her own.

Address

Bridge Street Skibbereen Co. Cork T: +353 (0)86 882 5785 info@sharonrose-designs.com www.sharonrose-designs.com

Stockists

Chocolat, Belfast Liberties, Westport The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Wish, Skibbereen Louth Craftmark, Drogheda

Location

Co. Cork

Opposite: Nosey Rosie Child’s spiky hat €20 ( RRP)

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Nosey Rosie & Friends

Because they are designed to be worn in several different fashions they suit children of different age groups.

Skibbereen-based Nosey Rosie and Friends offers unusual and funky knitwear pieces for children. They are made by hand and because they are designed to be worn in several different fashions they suit children of different age groups.

Everything is made in her West Cork studio.

It was motherhood that opened Sharon Rose’s eyes to childrenswear. This debut collection will include dresses, hats and scarves for girls and bandanas, ponchos, hoodies and jumpers for boys. Sharon is also debuting her first book, Nosey Rosie, which she has written and illustrated.

Co. Armagh-born Sharon Rose McKeever studied fashion and knitwear at The School of Textiles and Design, formerly the Scottish College of Textiles at Galashiels. She won a bursary from the honorable Society of Framework Knitters, a purse previously won by fashion and interiors designer Julien MacDonald. It was discussions with Julien that inspired her to branch out on her own.

Address

Bridge Street Skibbereen Co. Cork T: +353 (0)86 882 5785 info@sharonrose-designs.com www.sharonrose-designs.com

Stockists

Chocolat, Belfast Liberties, Westport The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Wish, Skibbereen Louth Craftmark, Drogheda

Location

Co. Cork

Opposite: Nosey Rosie Child’s spiky hat €20 ( RRP)

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Studio Donegal

Address

The Glebe Mill Kilcar, Co Donegal T: +353 (0)74 973 8194 M: +353 (0)87 674 6500 info@studiodonegal.ie www.studiodonegal.ie

Stockists

O’Maille’s, Galway House of Ireland, Dublin Magee, Donegal Mullaney Brothers, Sligo Macken of Ireland, Killareny

Studio Donegal is a handweaving and clothing business based on original hand weaving skills passed down from generation to generation. It is situated in the remote mountainous region of South West Donegal. Tristan Donaghy set up Studio Donegal 30 years ago to try and maintain the Donegal tradition of hand weaving. “We’re continuing a craft while making something classical yet contemporary”, he says.

“We’re not high fashion. We produce small quantities of cloth and already sell successfully to Japan where the customer wants to buy something that’s been made with love, care and attention to detail that is difficult to translate into words. We make accessories and some womenswear and menswear.”

“We also sell upholstery fabrics to a couple of designers in Denmark and New York. These can only be handwoven.

Additionally we make throws and cushion covers. People want to cocoon which is reflected in the rise in numbers of throws we’re selling. A lot of design effort goes into the throws to make them interesting. Customers to the mill always want to buy what’s just been made on the loom.”

“…something that’s been made with love, care and attention to detail that is difficult to translate into words.”

Location

Co. Donegal

Opposite: Undulating Twill Throw €175 (RRP) This page: Ladies Three Button Jacket €295 (RRP)

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Studio Donegal

Address

The Glebe Mill Kilcar, Co Donegal T: +353 (0)74 973 8194 M: +353 (0)87 674 6500 info@studiodonegal.ie www.studiodonegal.ie

Stockists

O’Maille’s, Galway House of Ireland, Dublin Magee, Donegal Mullaney Brothers, Sligo Macken of Ireland, Killareny

Studio Donegal is a handweaving and clothing business based on original hand weaving skills passed down from generation to generation. It is situated in the remote mountainous region of South West Donegal. Tristan Donaghy set up Studio Donegal 30 years ago to try and maintain the Donegal tradition of hand weaving. “We’re continuing a craft while making something classical yet contemporary”, he says.

“We’re not high fashion. We produce small quantities of cloth and already sell successfully to Japan where the customer wants to buy something that’s been made with love, care and attention to detail that is difficult to translate into words. We make accessories and some womenswear and menswear.”

“We also sell upholstery fabrics to a couple of designers in Denmark and New York. These can only be handwoven.

Additionally we make throws and cushion covers. People want to cocoon which is reflected in the rise in numbers of throws we’re selling. A lot of design effort goes into the throws to make them interesting. Customers to the mill always want to buy what’s just been made on the loom.”

“…something that’s been made with love, care and attention to detail that is difficult to translate into words.”

Location

Co. Donegal

Opposite: Undulating Twill Throw €175 (RRP) This page: Ladies Three Button Jacket €295 (RRP)

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Unicorn Design

“Nature has always inspired me.

There is a lot of passion in the elements, and the landscape.”

Unicorn Design is ready-to-wear clothing with couture accents and a conscience. Each piece is hand-finished in the Rathdrum studio of Sophie Rieu, the Frenchwoman behind the brand.

“I use fabrics that have craft excellence. I love Donegal tweeds and linen, Belfast linen and Kerry tweed and use local, and by local I mean European, fabrics such as French silks, Yorkshire woven flannels – heritage fabrics. I continue to use certified organic cotton.”

“Nature has always inspired me. There is a lot of passion in the elements, and the landscape through the seasons is also very inspiring.”

Even as a child French-born Sophie was making clothes.

Her clientele then were her dolls. Now they’re women who want to wear beautifully-made clothes including up and coming singer songwriter Aoife Moriarty. She studied fashion at the Grafton Academy in Dublin while working for MEP Patricia McKenna.

Unicorn Design was included in the top 50 products at Showcase 2008 and also won a public poll for Best Chic Designer run by US-based Chic Eco Consultancy.

Address

8 Woodbine Avenue Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow T: +353 (0)404 43435 M: +353 (0)87 2888625 sophie@unicorndesign.net www.unicorndesign.net

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin & Galway Couture, Naas Lahinch Classics, South Beach, Youghal Frock, Wexford Ali Ruin, Clarinbridge

Location

Co. Wicklow

Opposite: Leone French Silk Tunic with pockets €250 ( RRP) This page: Rondo Irish lambswool dress with layered moon shaped collars €290 ( RRP)

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Unicorn Design

“Nature has always inspired me.

There is a lot of passion in the elements, and the landscape.”

Unicorn Design is ready-to-wear clothing with couture accents and a conscience. Each piece is hand-finished in the Rathdrum studio of Sophie Rieu, the Frenchwoman behind the brand.

“I use fabrics that have craft excellence. I love Donegal tweeds and linen, Belfast linen and Kerry tweed and use local, and by local I mean European, fabrics such as French silks, Yorkshire woven flannels – heritage fabrics. I continue to use certified organic cotton.”

“Nature has always inspired me. There is a lot of passion in the elements, and the landscape through the seasons is also very inspiring.”

Even as a child French-born Sophie was making clothes.

Her clientele then were her dolls. Now they’re women who want to wear beautifully-made clothes including up and coming singer songwriter Aoife Moriarty. She studied fashion at the Grafton Academy in Dublin while working for MEP Patricia McKenna.

Unicorn Design was included in the top 50 products at Showcase 2008 and also won a public poll for Best Chic Designer run by US-based Chic Eco Consultancy.

Address

8 Woodbine Avenue Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow T: +353 (0)404 43435 M: +353 (0)87 2888625 sophie@unicorndesign.net www.unicorndesign.net

Stockists

Kilkenny Group, Dublin & Galway Couture, Naas Lahinch Classics, South Beach, Youghal Frock, Wexford Ali Ruin, Clarinbridge

Location

Co. Wicklow

Opposite: Leone French Silk Tunic with pockets €250 ( RRP) This page: Rondo Irish lambswool dress with layered moon shaped collars €290 ( RRP)

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Cathy Villiers Design

Colour is an integral part of Cathy Villiers’ creative process.

Every garment is intensely pigmented and patterned, they’re fun to wear and women love their non-straight lines, hand stitching and quirky frayed edges.

Her designs are all hand-made and finished in her Draperstown studio. Originally from Armagh, Villiers started off recycling old jumpers into handbags and scarves, she then became a fixture on the craft fair circuit.

She uses tweed, Irish linen and lambswool for her garments and accessories.

Her Belfast store is awash with her signature vibrant colours, from greens to shocking pink. In 2004 the fashion press began to pay attention to her designs with features in The Sunday Times Style magazine.

Cathy Villiers studied ceramics at Edinburgh School of Art. Her work has been exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art and the London Fashion Textile Museum.

Every garment is intensely pigmented and patterned, they’re fun to wear.

Address

The Gate Lodge 350 Lisburn Road Belfast BT9 6GH T: +44 (0)28 9028 0541 M: +44 (0)79 1288 5320 cathyvilliers@hotmail.com www.cathyvilliersdesign.com

Stockists

Cathy Villiers Design, Belfast

Location

Co. Antrim

Opposite: Kiki Scarf €65 (RRP) This page: Kiki Gloves €20 (RRP)

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Colour is an integral part of Cathy Villiers’ creative process.

Every garment is intensely pigmented and patterned, they’re fun to wear and women love their non-straight lines, hand stitching and quirky frayed edges.

Her designs are all hand-made and finished in her Draperstown studio. Originally from Armagh, Villiers started off recycling old jumpers into handbags and scarves, she then became a fixture on the craft fair circuit.

She uses tweed, Irish linen and lambswool for her garments and accessories.

Her Belfast store is awash with her signature vibrant colours, from greens to shocking pink. In 2004 the fashion press began to pay attention to her designs with features in The Sunday Times Style magazine.

Cathy Villiers studied ceramics at Edinburgh School of Art. Her work has been exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art and the London Fashion Textile Museum.

Every garment is intensely pigmented and patterned, they’re fun to wear.

Address

The Gate Lodge 350 Lisburn Road Belfast BT9 6GH T: +44 (0)28 9028 0541 M: +44 (0)79 1288 5320 cathyvilliers@hotmail.com www.cathyvilliersdesign.com

Stockists

Cathy Villiers Design, Belfast

Location

Co. Antrim

Opposite: Kiki Scarf €65 (RRP) This page: Kiki Gloves €20 (RRP)

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Wendy Louise Designs

Longford-based Wendy Louise Knight is a self-taught milliner with a studio situated outside Newtown Forbes.

Hat making is in her genes – her grandparents had a hat factory in Luton in the UK and she rescued a couple of hat blocks from that establishment, which she uses to form some of her creations.

In 2004 she took private lessons from Aileen Cogan, who teaches millinery at the Grafton Academy, and started offering a bespoke service to would-be head-dressers.

“The hats are made individually by me. Most of the fabrics come from milliner suppliers in the UK. I also use vintage trims and ribbons and recycle elements of old beaded necklaces.”

“70% of my work is to order, mainly for weddings and race meets. I’ve had a couple of runners-up at best dressed ladies competitions but no blue ribbons – at least not yet!”

Previously, Wendy Louise had worked with the Body Shop sourcing ethical accessories and at Karen Millen working as a merchandiser for several of the franchisees before she moved to Ireland.

“The hats are made individually by me… I also use vintage trims and ribbons.”

Address

Cloonteagh Newtown Forbes Co. Longford T: +353 (0)43 332 9787 info@wendylouisedesigns.ie www.wendylouisedesigns.ie

Stockists

Gladys, Tullamore Heavenly, Clane Leitrim Design House, Leitrim Judy Bloom, Galway

Location

Co. Longford

Opposite: 1930 Inspired Cocktail Piece €120 ( RRP) This page 1920 Style Cloche Hat (Wool Felt) €110 ( RRP)

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Longford-based Wendy Louise Knight is a self-taught milliner with a studio situated outside Newtown Forbes.

Hat making is in her genes – her grandparents had a hat factory in Luton in the UK and she rescued a couple of hat blocks from that establishment, which she uses to form some of her creations.

In 2004 she took private lessons from Aileen Cogan, who teaches millinery at the Grafton Academy, and started offering a bespoke service to would-be head-dressers.

“The hats are made individually by me. Most of the fabrics come from milliner suppliers in the UK. I also use vintage trims and ribbons and recycle elements of old beaded necklaces.”

“70% of my work is to order, mainly for weddings and race meets. I’ve had a couple of runners-up at best dressed ladies competitions but no blue ribbons – at least not yet!”

Previously, Wendy Louise had worked with the Body Shop sourcing ethical accessories and at Karen Millen working as a merchandiser for several of the franchisees before she moved to Ireland.

“The hats are made individually by me… I also use vintage trims and ribbons.”

Address

Cloonteagh Newtown Forbes Co. Longford T: +353 (0)43 332 9787 info@wendylouisedesigns.ie www.wendylouisedesigns.ie

Stockists

Gladys, Tullamore Heavenly, Clane Leitrim Design House, Leitrim Judy Bloom, Galway

Location

Co. Longford

Opposite: 1930 Inspired Cocktail Piece €120 ( RRP) This page 1920 Style Cloche Hat (Wool Felt) €110 ( RRP)

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Linda Wilson Knitwear

Address

Unit 54, Tait Business Centre Dominic Street, Limerick T: +353 (0)61 419 477 M: +353 (0)87 288 6277 info@lindawilsonknitwear.com www.lindawilsonknitwear.com

Linda Wilson Knitwear offers a range of stylish, handcrafted contemporary knitwear from her studio on Dominic Street in Limerick city. “I create my own fabrics and can turn them into garments that offer individuality but are still wearable.”

The fluid yet dramatic clothing is fashionable without being formal and is produced in cashmere and wool blends. Linda offers designer ladies garments and accessories, including hats, scarves, bags and arm warmers.

Colour and texture are important and are inspired by the Irish rural countryside; for instance, the collection for Showcase 2009 was inspired by the honeycomb pattern.

There remains a three-dimensional aspect throughout the work. “I keep an eye on trends in terms of colour. I try to use natural yarns from wools through to silks. It’s all made by me in my Limerick studio.”

“I try to use natural yarns from wools through to silks.”

Stockists

Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Chic Boutique, Listowel The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Judy Greene Pottery, Galway The Craft Horse Gallery, Horse and Jockey

Location

Limerick

Opposite: Long Honeycomb Coat in Turquoise/ Moonlight with highlight colours in Skylight/Teal €425 ( RRP) This page: 1920’s style origami hat in foxglove and blush €40 ( RRP)

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Address

Unit 54, Tait Business Centre Dominic Street, Limerick T: +353 (0)61 419 477 M: +353 (0)87 288 6277 info@lindawilsonknitwear.com www.lindawilsonknitwear.com

Linda Wilson Knitwear offers a range of stylish, handcrafted contemporary knitwear from her studio on Dominic Street in Limerick city. “I create my own fabrics and can turn them into garments that offer individuality but are still wearable.”

The fluid yet dramatic clothing is fashionable without being formal and is produced in cashmere and wool blends. Linda offers designer ladies garments and accessories, including hats, scarves, bags and arm warmers.

Colour and texture are important and are inspired by the Irish rural countryside; for instance, the collection for Showcase 2009 was inspired by the honeycomb pattern.

There remains a three-dimensional aspect throughout the work. “I keep an eye on trends in terms of colour. I try to use natural yarns from wools through to silks. It’s all made by me in my Limerick studio.”

“I try to use natural yarns from wools through to silks.”

Stockists

Kilkenny Design, Kilkenny Chic Boutique, Listowel The Cat and The Moon, Sligo Judy Greene Pottery, Galway The Craft Horse Gallery, Horse and Jockey

Location

Limerick

Opposite: Long Honeycomb Coat in Turquoise/ Moonlight with highlight colours in Skylight/Teal €425 ( RRP) This page: 1920’s style origami hat in foxglove and blush €40 ( RRP)

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Index of Creative Island participants

Jewellery

Pottery & Ceramics

Fashion & Accessories

Alan Ardiff

p12

Amanda Murphy Ceramics

p64

ﾃ（ne Knitwear

p94

Button & Co.

p14

Castle Arch Pottery

p52

Cathy Villiers Design

p128

Breda Haugh Jewellery

p24

Ceramic Art & Sculpture

p66

Cushendale Woollen Mills

p100

Declan Killen Goldsmith

p28

Colm de Rﾃｭs Irish Pottery

p54

Edel MacBride

p110

Eve Ella Jewellery

p18

Diem Pottery

p56

Edmund McNulty Knitwear

p114

Fadﾃｳ

p20

Lynda Gault Ceramics

p58

Eileen Abbott

p96

Garrett Mallon Jewellery

p32

Nicholas Mosse Pottery

p62

Giordana Giache / The Fly

p102

Helena Malone Goldsmith

p34

Oriain Pottery

p68

Hanna Hats Of Donegal

p104

Juvi Designs

p26

Paul Maloney Pottery

p60

Heather Finn Knitwear

p106 p108

LAF

p42

Rachel Quinn

p70

Hope & Benson

Martina Hamilton

p22

Tom Callery Ceramics

p50

Inti Leathers

Maureen Lynch Jewellery

p30

Jennifer Rothwell

p120

Melissa C Designs

p16

Linda Wilson Knitwear

p132

Rachel MC K

p46

Liz Christy

p98

Reaction Jewellery

p38

McCul Clothing

p112

Rebeka Kahn Artwear

p40

Nosey Rosie & Friends

p122

Saba Jewellery

p36

Victoria Foutz Bijoux

p44

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Home

p116

Rathlin Knitwear

p118

Studio Donegal

p124

Anna Nielsen Prints

p88

Unicorn Design

p126

Celtic Roots Studio

p74

Wendy Louise Designs

p130

Garvan de Bruir

p76

Heartworks

p78

Island Turf Crafts

p83

Jerpoint Glass Studio

p80

Moth To A Flame

p86

Paddy McCormack

p84

Simply Special

p90

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Crafts Council of Ireland

Creative Island

Creative Island

Retail Programme Executive: Emma McGrath Text: Alanna Gallagher, Journalist Design: CO/DE Design Studio Product Photography: Trevor Hart Eve Ella Jewellery – Photography: Andrew Neilson Additional Photography: Crafts Council of Ireland Supported by: Fáilte Ireland

© Crafts Council of Ireland 2010

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IMAGINED DESIGNED MADE

The Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) is responsible for fostering the growth and commercial strength of the crafts industry in Ireland, communicating its unique identity and stimulating quality, design, innovation and competitiveness.

Based in Kilkenny, the Crafts Council of Ireland has 53 member organisations and over 1,900 registered craft enterprises. Its activities are funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment via Enterprise Ireland.

with passion in Ireland.

Cover Image: Lynda Gault Ceramics Teapot

Crafts Council of Ireland Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)56 776 1804 Fax: +353 (0)56 776 3754 info@ccoi.ie www.ccoi.ie

Crafts Council of Ireland Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)56 776 1804 Fax: +353 (0)56 776 3754 info@ccoi.ie www.ccoi.ie

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Crafts Council of Ireland

Creative Island

Creative Island

Retail Programme Executive: Emma McGrath Text: Alanna Gallagher, Journalist Design: CO/DE Design Studio Product Photography: Trevor Hart Eve Ella Jewellery – Photography: Andrew Neilson Additional Photography: Crafts Council of Ireland Supported by: Fáilte Ireland

© Crafts Council of Ireland 2010

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IMAGINED DESIGNED MADE

The Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) is responsible for fostering the growth and commercial strength of the crafts industry in Ireland, communicating its unique identity and stimulating quality, design, innovation and competitiveness.

Based in Kilkenny, the Crafts Council of Ireland has 53 member organisations and over 1,900 registered craft enterprises. Its activities are funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment via Enterprise Ireland.

with passion in Ireland.

Cover Image: Lynda Gault Ceramics Teapot

Crafts Council of Ireland Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)56 776 1804 Fax: +353 (0)56 776 3754 info@ccoi.ie www.ccoi.ie

Crafts Council of Ireland Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)56 776 1804 Fax: +353 (0)56 776 3754 info@ccoi.ie www.ccoi.ie

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