Arts and crafts move invigorates Lismore town centre

A pilot scheme aimed at utilising vacant premises to promote local arts and crafts has invigorated a west Waterford town centre.

Under the six-week programme, the Lismore Craft Collective, comprising five local artists, manufactures and retails merchandise in a former book shop.

The collective’s members are: ceramicist Jane Jermyn, leatherworker Len Canton, mosaic and felt-maker Joan Casey, glass/crystal cutter Eugene Young (of Iona Crystal) and goldsmith Moritz Schurmann.