Lasting the course at the National Design & Craft Gallery

Carol O’Callaghan visits a new exhibition and talks to its curator about the making, impact and collecting of craft across a range of practices — ceramics, furniture, glassware, textiles, stone, and jewellery-making.

SINCE 2000, the National Design & Craft Gallery has showcased Irish and international crafted design from its space in the restored 18th century stables of Kilkenny Castle, a location rich in heritage straddling many centuries.