The 2010 RDS National Crafts Competition, in partnership with the Crafts Council of Ireland, has been launched. Regarded as one of the largest competitive platforms for Craft in Europe, the Competition’s 20 categories are adjudicated by an independent, international panel of judges that the RDS brings to Ireland each year.
Open to craft workers and designers [...]

Crafts Council of Ireland Castle Yard, Kilkenny.  Wednesday 21st April 2010 at 4pm
Arline Fisch studied extensively in the United States and Denmark. Arline
Fisch is noted for her work with knitted metals. She published a book on
the subject, Textile Techniques in Metal for Jewelers. In1970 she began to
study woven and knitted structures. Arline Fisch has always [...]

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For all of those with a passion for wool, check out the latest exhibition at the Science Gallery which opens to the public on Saturday March 20th – you will be amazed at how hyperbolic geometry, coral and crochet converge on a global scale!

We are please to announce Lesley Millar as our second external judge for the Future Makers.
Lesley Millar has been a practising weaver with her own studio since 1975, has work in the permanent collections of both The Crafts Council England and Arts Council England, South East, and is listed on the Crafts Council Index of [...]