Irish designers to be showcased at Glucksman Gallery's Craft and Design Fair in UCC
The UCC facility will welcome over 50 exhibitors presenting work in textiles, jewellery, fashion, ceramics, glass and woodturning as well as a graduate showcase.
Retail and development manager at the Glucksman Gallery, Ciarán Meade said the Craft and Design Fair was an established highlight in their calendar.
“We will be showcasing some of the leading Irish designers, including 12 new exhibitors, over the three days and people can expect a diverse and wonderful level of high quality craft and design works.”
A sneak peak behind-the-scenes of this year's Craft+Design Fair! Beautiful crafts are appearing within the gallery. pic.twitter.com/QZ9Nj6csY6
— The Glucksman (@glucksman) November 12, 2015
Making her debut this weekend is textile designer Jacinta Leigh who is the brains behind Scatterpillar Designs: an unique product where she takes the drawings from her children’s imagination and makes them come to life turning them into soft toys, cushions and stitched artwork.
Ms Leigh’s stitched artwork tells the story of childhood and each piece can be personalised with some incorporating 3D elements to the embroidery.
This weekend our Craft+Design Fair takes over all 3 floors of the beautiful Glucksman Gallery @UCC, don't miss it! pic.twitter.com/lPGvUzZp6N
— The Glucksman (@glucksman) November 11, 2015
Ms Leigh said the weekend will be an excellent opportunity to network with other leading Irish designers.
“I think it’s good to meet other people in the field and see what they think of your work. It will be nice to see other people’s reaction as well and also they give you ideas on what way you should be going with your work which is always good.”
The Craft and Design Fair runs today from 3-6pm, Saturday from 10-6pm and Sunday from 11-5pm.
Admission charge is €5 and supports the gallery’s education programmes.
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