Last year I did a ceramics class with Rachel Quinn. It's the first time I've ever tried my hand with clay - well unless you count the time in primary school when I got thrown out of the pottery class for talking! Anyway I didn't really have a clue what I was doing but Rachel... Continue Reading →
Over the (cat and the) Moon
A few weeks ago I entered a competition on Facebook to win a beautiful Shell Cone Double Pendant from The Cat and The Moon. I was delighted when my name was picked out by Martina Hamilton's daughters Anna and Ellen! The pendant is part of The Shell Cone Collection by Martina Hamilton and is... Continue Reading →
Blacksmith for an hour
I was delighted when Michael Budd invited me along to his forge to try my hand at being a blacksmith for an hour. The family, were of course horrified, thinking I was going to burn part of my anatomy because I'm quite clumsy, or I used to be. For those of you who don't know... Continue Reading →
Coney, Conversations, Caravans and Easter Widows
There are some wonderful exhibitions running at the moment in Sligo - if you are wondering what the strange title of this blog post is! The first exhibition is Coney by Emma Stroude, Diane Roemer, Lorna Watkins, Medbh Gillard and Aideen Connolly. "In 2013 a wintertime Coney Island residency was undertaken by this group of... Continue Reading →
Tiffany Budd – Goldsmith
Today was a great day. A totally new opportunity for me to try something different at a silver jewellery making course with the wonderfully talented Tiffany Budd. I really had no idea what to expect but I turned up to a very warm welcome by Tiffany and her lovely dogs. First things first was a... Continue Reading →
Yeats Day Mail Art Project 2014 – An Open Call For Submissions
WB Yeats was one of the most important poets of the 20th century. His work is known and lauded in many countries. He had a special affection for County Sligo, Republic of Ireland and his Nobel Prize medal is on display in the Sligo County Museum. Yeats Day on June 13 is a dawn to... Continue Reading →
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