Getting crafty with Cork's innovative craft makers

Take a break from the high street to see the full spectrum and prolific output of innovative craft makers in Cork, at locations which include the city centre, suburbs and country towns, writes Carol O’Callaghan

Awash as we are with high street retailers and suburban shopping centres, it’s easy to forget, or even to be unaware of, the number of craft makers in the country, mainly because many of them beaver away in little workshops far from the main shopping hubs.

To make us sit up and take notice, for the seventh year in a row, the craft collective, Cork Craft and Design, brings us Cork Craft Month with a programme of exhibitions, workshops and pop-up shops around Cork to while away a wet afternoon or two between August 2 and September 4.