Crafts Council of Ireland calls for textile submissions for SEASCAPE

Following on from the success of 'Tread Softly' an exhibition of textile work by members of the Crafts Council of Ireland at the Knitting & Stitching Show, RDS, Dublin, October 2010 we would like to announce for 2011 - Seascape an exhibition for the Knitting & Stitching show - 10th-13th November

SEASCAPE – date for first round submission extended to 20th July!

Makers will be invited to apply for the 1st round submission by the 20th July with the following information
. images and/or design drawings of their intended piece
. four images of relevant work made within last two years; images must be jpeg images, no larger than 300dpi sent on a cd
. completed application form (available on line from Thursday 7th July)
. 100 word interpretation of the brief.

for further information contact registration@ccoi.ie

Bernadette Falvey wins award at the Crafts Council of Ireland's 'Tread Softly' Exhibition

Congratulations to Western Branch member Bernadette Falvey who won a prize for her piece in 'Tread Softly', an exhibition by The Crafts Council of Ireland. The exhibition was launched at the Knitting and Stitching Show in the RDS in October. The exhibition will travel to the OPW Pheonix Park Visitor Centre from 2nd to 26th February, 2011 and to Cork Public Museum from 4th March to 30th April, 2011.

The theme for the exhibition was the WB Yeats poem 'He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' . Bernie stated her idea as

'Heaven is all about love, love for God, God’s love for us, being with loved ones again and feeling loved. The hearts in my piece represent heaven and represent Yeat’s love for the woman of his dreams. The inspiration the poem gave me, was to create something of such a size that you would feel enveloped by love and drawn into it. The dim and dark cloths and night, light and half light inspired me to order the hearts from light to dark to show that love and heaven remain constant whatever the light. The line “tread softly…” conjured up the image of light footprints making their way across his heart and his dreams and the heavens. The poem speaks of the richness of the heavens’ cloths and the literal paucity of his worldly situation which inspired me to create something simple with a hint of gold and silver in the stitching and the stars ro represent the richness of the heavens and the richness of his love.'

Her quilt looked fabulous at the RDS and we are all very proud of her well-deserved win!