n e w s l e t t e rM Y / J U N

IRISH MAKERSEXHIBITING ABROAD

Teapot by Kevin O'Dwyer

PhotoJony Hurst

Coffee Pot by Fiona Bourke

Photo: Fiona Bourke

Many Irish crafts people are exhibiting in major exhibitions abroad. In

September Kevin O'Dwyer will exhibit in "A Sparkling Party" a major

silverware exhibition. Of the 109 submissions, 30 silversmiths were

selected by the panel which comprised of Alberto Alessi (Alessi, Italy),

Michael Rowe (RCA, London) and Sigurd Persson. The exhibition runs from

September 10 until the November 14 in the Provincial Room, Jezusstraat

28, Antwerp. A seminar is being organised to run concurrently in Antwerp

on the 10th and 11th September. The theme is the contemporary situation

of silversmithing on a historical, artistic, educational, philosophical and

economical level. The participation fee is 1000 BEF. For further

information contact VIZO Crafts Department, Bischoffsheimlaan 23 1000,

Brussels.Tel. 32 (0) 2 2186093 Fax. 32 (0) 2 2174612

Denis Brown has been selected by

the Handwerkskammer fur

Munchen und Oberbayern to

represent Ireland at "Talentborse".

This is one of a number of

specially selected international

exhibitions to take place in

Munich each year. The

Handwerkskammer was extremely

impressed by Denis Brown's work

and reported that it was well

received.

Then to Japan where the new

Fujita Vente Museum in Tokyo will

present a large show entitled

"Celtic Art and Irish Art Today".

(May - August). The museum's

representatives visited Ireland last

August and plans were set in

motion then. The Crafts Council,

The Arts Council and the National

Museum (from where the ancient

Celtic work will be borrowed) have

been involved in the organisation.

The museum also made direct

contact with a number of artists

and crafts people, and it is hoped

at Fujita Vente that this event will

result in the setting up of a

permanent collection of celtic work

in Tokyo. Exhibiting through col-

laboration with the CCI are:

Cormac Boydell, Fiona Bourke,

Eileen Coates, Pamela Hardesty,

Eta in Hie key, Raymond Kinghan,

Peadar Lamb. These exhibitors

were chosen mainly by Fujita

Vente from the work on show in

the Crafts Council Gallery and

Gallery Shop last August.

CRAFTS COUNCILANNOUNCEMENTS

Young Businesswoman of the year

Laura O'Hagan of Tileworks

with partner Orla Kaminska

and Sarah Daly

Photo.Paul McCarthy

V.H. I . REGISTEREDCRAFTWORKERSGROUP SCHEME

SLIDES NEEDED!

The Council now has a slide

cabinet at its Dublin office, so we

can extend the range of slides

and display them properly.

We are constantly requested -

often at very short notice - to

recommend makers for exhibitions

and other opportunities, to supply

visual material for buyers,

commissioners and purchasers,

and to supply slides for lectures

and presentations. We document

work for exhibitions and for the

shop, but we also need makers

who want to be promoted for

these opportunities to ensure that

we have up to date slides and

supporting material of their work.

We also have artists files to keep

c.v.'s, brochures, catalogues,

prints, press clippings etc. as

back-up information material.

Recently we have had to send

visual material to Liberty's of

London; to the architects for

Ireland House in New York; to

the World Crafts Council for

Norwegian conference workshop

leaders; and to exhibition cura-

tors in Japan, Taiwan, Germany,

Paris and London.

Please send up to 10 slides of

recent work, each one labelled

with name, medium and

dimensions and accompanied by

a c.v. and other back-up material.

P.S. Would the two makers (1

jeweller and 1 woodturner) who

kindly responded to an earlier

request for slides - but didn't label

them or leave a name at the desk

- let Greg McAteer know who

they are. We can't promote

anonymous work!

CONGRATULATIONS

The Crafts Council congratulates

Laura O'Hagan who won Young

Businesswoman of the Year for

her entrepreneurial expertise in

setting up the Tileworks firm.

Laura and her partner Orla

Kaminska are graduates of

the Crafts Council's

Business/Design Skills Course

designed to equip young craft-

workers to set up in business.

MAKERS LIST

A registered craftmaker list

compiled by the Crafts Council

of Ireland has recently been

distributed to major quality retail

outlets around the country. The

cost of purchase is £2.00.

There was a very good response

to the V.H.I, circular which as sent

out with the last Newsletter - from

both potential new members to

the V.H.I, and existing members.

A letter and V.H.I, application

form has been sent to the

craftworkers who will be joining

the V.H.I, for the first time, and

existing members will be

notified shortly regarding the

scheme. Craftworkers can join

the group scheme at any time

and further details are available

from Margaret Jones in the

Dublin office.

FAST-FIRE KILNBUILDING COURSE

STUDIOS AVAILABLEIN NEW CRAFT

CENTRE, KILKENNY

PARIS EXHIBITIONFOR CRAFT

POTTERS SOCIETY

Vessels by Hannah Arnup

Photo: Una Keely

The Crafts Council of Ireland will

be running a Portable Fast-fire

Kiln Building Course combined

with firings at its Thomastown

Pottery Skills Course premises

from 23rd to 27th August.

The tutor of the course is Gus

Mabelson. Using 1430°C grade

alumina fibre will allow the kilns

to fire across a broad range -

from Raku to reduction

stoneware at Cone 10 in four

hours. These kilns are both easy

to construct and use.

The cost of the course is £95 for

craftworkers registered with the

Crafts Council, £110 for

non-registered craftworkers.

For further information contact

Emer Ferran at the Crescent

Workshop, Castle Yard,

Kilkenny.

Tel. 056-61804/62734

Fax. 056-63754

The remaining wing of Jenkinstown

House is being innovatively

restored and renovated by Shamus

and Patricia Malone "The Pottery",

Castle Yard, Kilkenny. Situated 4

miles from the city in Jenkinstown

Park it is a much visited site adja-

cent to Dunmore Caves which has

in excess of 40,000 visitors a year.

The building will house a craft and

coffee shop and several craft units.

For further information please

contact Shamus or Patricia Malone

by writing to "The Pottery",

Castle Yard, Kilkenny, stating

craft experience.

This exhibition arose through the

invitation of the Irish College in

Paris (16th-31st March).

The work represented was that of

the leading Potters/Ceramists

from the 32 counties

incorporating both functional

and sculptural work.

This work included decorated

domestic ware be Geoffrey

Healy; new stoneware from

Brian Heraty of Boyne Valley

Pottery; plus a beautiful selection

of pieces by Michael Jackson, the

sculptured pieces of Michael

Kennedy; and the evocative pod

like vessel forms of Sarah Ryan.

The decorated vessels by Maxine

Mearns inspired by primitive and

ancient art along with Diane

McCormick Ceramics inspired by

Flora and Fauna of the sea

attracted a great deal of attention.

The exhibition was grant aided

by the Crafts Council of Ireland

and the cultural relations

committee of the Department of

Foreign Affairs with invaluable

assistance being given to the

Society by the ESB. The

exhibition was formally opened

by the, Irish Ambassador Mr. John

Campbell. The event proved to

be successful with many of the

exhibitors identifying new markets

for their work. C.P.S. looks

forward to further international

exhibition opportunities.

•SALT-GLAZE1

MICK CASSON

Mick Casson is best known as a

potter and as a populariser of

pottery. His series of lectures

given in the Crawford College of

Art and Design, detailing the

development of salt-glaze from

mediaeval Germany to the

present day, show that he is an

able historian as well.

The presentation over three days

held his student audience's rapt

attention. Such was the level of

their enthusiasm that the vast

majority of them also attended a

fourth lecture sponsored by the

Society of Cork Potters.

Interesting asides, self-deprecating

humour and above all an astute

grasp of the historical background

to contemporary pottery were the

hallmarks of his lectures. This was

particularly true of his historical

analysis of the two words defining

current work - "ceramics" and

"pottery". These lectures were part

of a joint effort, between the Crafts

Council and the Ceramics

Department in Cork, to further

encourage the development of salt-

glazing in Ireland. A salt-glaze

kiln has been built there with Gus

Mabelson's assistance and a series

of visiting lecturers invited to the

college, including Peter Meanley

and Jane Hamlyn.

An exhibition of the work of all the

visitors, as well as a selection of

the student project work that was

made with them, will be shown in

the Crafts Council's gallery at the

beginning of June. A public

lecture by the design historian

Hilary O'Kelly on salt-glaze will

also be a part of the programme at

1 1a.m., June 5 in the Crafts

Council, Dublin. It is hoped that a

seven day workshop for

professional potters interested in

experiencing salt-glaze will be held

in Thomastown in August 1994.

The workshop will be hosted by

Gus Mabelson. Mick Casson,

Jane Hamlyn and Wally Keeler

have all expressed a keen interest

in leading the workshop, which will

examine both new and traditional

approaches to salt. A German

salt-glazer will also be invited.

Eight places will be reserved for

Irish potters who wish to attend.

A fee for the workshop is yet to be

decided. Any potter interested in

joining this unique event should

contact Gus Mabelson

CALENDAROF EVENTS

CRAFTS COUNCIL OF IRELAND

'Images of Light1

The Glass art of Livio Seguso until

29th May.

Summer Show

'New Directions'

This year makers are asked to

show new departures in their

work - a different scale, a

different medium, a collaboration,

a different idea. A brief has been

circulated to a number of makers

directly, but others who are inter-

ested should contact the Dublin

office and ask for it to be sent out.

Initial proposals

(drawings, maquettes or written

material) should be sent to the

Dublin office by Monday 10th

May.Submissions date for

finished pieces : 1st July.

'Interiors'

The next show will focus on the

possibilities of craftwork in

interior design. It will be curated

by Anya von Gosseln with

different room-sets selected by

guest selectors from the worlds of

architecture, interior design and

business. The initial presentation

in late May will be from the slide

library. Makers who want to put

their work forward should ensure

that we have slides available.

'Salt Glaze Ceramics'

4th June-4th July

An exhibition of salt-glaze

ceramics from students at

the Crawford College of Art

and Design, Cork, as well as

professional crafts people

from Ireland and the U.K.

World Crafts Council

Conference 1993

Trondheim, Norway

16th - 26th June

For further information of this

event contact Jan-Lauritz Opstad,

Nordenjeldske,

Kunstindustrimecseum,

Munkegaten5, N-7013,

Tronhelm. Tel. 07521311

Fax. 07535111

CREATIVE WEEK

Approaches to creative work and

working in the context of

surroundings. The subject is "The

Wilderness Sanctuary"at a

beautiful 48 acre coastal farm

one mile from the Allihies.

Monday 21 st - Saturday 26th

June. Numbers are limited to 12.

Open to anyone who is a

full-time student of art, a teacher

of art or a professional artist

committed to making the most of

the week. Cost £50 (£75 for

waged professionals. Deposit of

£20 on booking. For further

information contact Cormac

Boydell, Allihies, Beara,

Co.Cork. Tel. 027-73085.

CELEBRATING DIFFERENCE

"An open submission visual arts

exhibition celebrating disability

as difference rather than

disadvantage". A countrywide

touring visual arts exhibition

originated by the City Arts Centre

and organised in partnership

with the National Rehabilitation

Board. Final submissions to

arrive by 4 p.m. on Friday 4th

June to:-Celebrating Difference,

City Arts Centre, 23-25 Moss

Street, Dublin 2. Telephone 01-

6770643. For further

information contact Lys Hegarty

at the above address.

TEXTURE AND LIGHT

An exhibition of ceramics and

drawings by Anthony O'Brien at

the European Modern Art

Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin.

27th April to 22nd May.

CONTEMPORARY TAPESTRY

AND TRADITIONAL MUSICAL

INSTRUMENTS EXHIBITION.

West Cork Arts Centre,

Skibbereen, Co. Cork. 5th - 25th

June. Opening hours 11 a.m. - 6

p.m. Monday to Saturday.

Further information is available

from Mr. Jack O'Connell,

Administrator, West Cork Arts

Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork.

Tel. 028-22090.

VIOLIN MAKING

2 courses to be held at the

Crawford College of Art and

Design under the direction of

William D. Patterson BA

5th July - 16th July and 19th -

30th July. Closing date for

applications Monday 31 st May

1993. Information and applica-

tions to Mr. William D. Patterson,

Crawford College of Art and

Design, Sharman Crawford

Street, Cork. Tel. 021-966777

EXHIBITION

Ceramics by Cormac Boydell

(lst-30thJune, 1993) in the

Showcase at the Crawford

Gallery, Cork.

12 EME BIENNALE

INTERNATIONALE DE L'EMAIL

Summer 1994

Will present a selection of

international enamel works. For

further details contact Biennale

Internationale De I'Email, 7,

Boulevard De Fleurus, 87000

Limoges, France.

Completed applications before

August 15th, 1993.

RAKU WEEK-END

AT MARLEY PARK

14th- 15th August Not July as

previously stated

Organised by Craft Potters

Society of Ireland. Contact Joan

Doran, Honorary Secretary, 70,

Merrion Square, Ballsbridge,

Dublin 4.

FIBER ARTS

International Seminar on Textile

Arts at Alden Biesen Belgium

August 7-15th 1993

Five internationally renowned

textile artists have been selected

as workshop leaders. These

workshop leaders are:-

Marian Bijlenga (Netherlands)

Michael Brennand Wood (Great

Britain) Catherine De Launoit

(Belgium) Maggie Henton (Great

Britain) Nance O'Banion (U.S.A.)

The Workshop fee is 10,000

bef., students 8,500 bef.

Accommodation Saturday 7th-

15th August is 8,000 bef.

For further information contact

Mr. Ludo Thijs Alden Biesen

Kasteelstraat 6 B 3740 Bilzen

(Belgium) Tel. 32 89 41 39 14

INTERCERAMEX 93

NATIONAL EXHIBITION

CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM,

ENGLAND.

2nd - 5th November, 1993

Displaying developments in

equipment, raw materials,

supplies and services used in the

manufacture of all types of

ceramics. Crafts Council of

Ireland have complimentary

admission tickets for first comers.

FESTIVAL OF CERAMICS AT

FESTIVAL PARK, STOKE-ON-

TRENT, ENGLAND

2nd- 12th November

Art and industry will come

together to celebrate Stoke-on-

Trent's standing as the "Centre of

Excellence" for ceramic making.

For further information contact

Festival of Ceramics,

Stoke-on-Trent City Council,

Swift House, Glebe Street,

Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1 HP.

INTERNATIONAL ART AND

CRAFT COMPETITION 1993

Exciting opportunity to exhibit art

work in New York. The top 60

"Winners Exhibition" will be

held in Art 54 Gallery, Soho,

New York.

Judges include:

Susan Kilmaric, Curator,

Museum of Modern Art,

New York.

Douglas Hyland, Director, San

Antonio Museum of Art, Texas.

Kathleen Derringer, Curator, The

Discovery Museum, Connecticut.

For further information contact:

Craft Dept. 500, Summer Street,

Suite 206, Stamford, CT 06901,

U.S.A.

Tel. (203) 3594422 or (800)

3599531

Fax. (203) 9750266

FOR SALE

PARAGON KILN GL 100 series

with digital computer. Never

used. Suitable for pottery or

stained glass work.

Cost £1,200 stg.

Will sell for half price.

No offer below this.

Tel. 01-2853954

As new 8 shaft Toika Loom

with countermarch fly shuttle,

4 weaving width extras,

2 stretchers, shuttles and books.

£600. Contact Frances Crowe

0903-29641

Hattersley Loom in good

condition

Contact 045-53255 after 6 p.m.

ON THE MOVE

MARY BARRY, Knitwear, has

moved to 70 North Main Street,

Cork.

Tel. 021-277302

The ManagementCommittee 1993

Chair Dr. John McGuire

Vice Chair Ms. Mel Bradley

Mr. Michael Feeney

Ms. Suzanne May

Mr. Michael McCrory

Mr. Rudolf Heltzel

Dr. David Shaw-Smith

Ms. Breda Haugh

Ms. Angela Forte

Ms. Eveline Greif

Mr. Brendan Flood

Ms. Hilary Pratt

Ms. Maureen Cairnduff

Ms. Kaethe Burt-O'Dea

Mr. Kevin O'Dwyer

Crafts Council Staff

Dublin

Chief Executive Christine Ross

Craft Development Officer Sean O'Farrell

Administrative Officer Margaret Jones

Administrative Assistant Clare Brennan

Gallery Administrator Margaret McAnallen

Exhibitions Assistant Greg McAteer

Shop Assistant Siobhan Me Donald

The Crescent Workshop

Training and Education Officer Leslie Reed

Supervisor/Information Officer Emer Ferran

Administrative Assistant Nuala McGrath

Thomastown Pottery Skills Course

Trainer Gus Mabelson

Jewellery Design and Production Skills Course

Trainer Jane Huston

The Crafts Councilof Ireland

DublinPowerscourt Townhouse Centre

South William Street,

Dublin 2

Tel. 01 679 7368

Fax. 01 679 9197

Kilkenny

The Crescent Worbhop,

Castle Yard

Kilkenny

Tel. 056 61804 or 62734Fax. 056 63754

Designed in the Crescent Workshop

by Laura Walsh

All information is published in good faith but without research, so please check carefully before committing yourself to work or financial outlay

Please forward all further information to Emer Ferran

The copy date for the next issue is 10 June and the print date is 18 June 1993