Get down to the National Craft Gallery quickly, by May 11, and you can see these beauties & more from the Irish Craft Portfolio. If you can't make it, enjoy these photos I took- there were many items that the camera/I didn't do justice to, but here are some that came across fine. (The buns are at the bottom of the blog- just wait!)
(Please let me know if I've mislabeled any makers!)
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| more 'Eye Candy' from Catherine Keenan |
The way light shone through the piece was gorgeous and warm- like a fire in the belly.
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| (help welcome- I've lost who made this spectacular table) |
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| Nuala O'Donovan's porcelain ceramic of a teasel flower- *want* but wouldn't want to dust ;-) |
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| wild and wonderful baskets were made by Joe Hogan, who also gives courses! |
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| think this is Karl Harron's again- the light played right through it |
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this photo does not do justice to Sabrina Meyns' delicate paper & silver botanical jewellery.
After the Craft Gallery, we headed across the street to Kilkenny Castle, where a brand new exhibit, Vera Klute's 'Blindganger' was having its opening in the Butler Gallery. We loved it, and I'm going to re-visit when it is not so busy. I have to miss the discussion on the show this Friday 13 May, but do go if you can- is free and at 1pm at the gallery. I think the exhibit is quite interesting- with some lovely drawing as well as video & sculpture, its playfulness and slight 'icky' factor to some pieces should appeal to school children as well; a great way to introduce them to gallerys/art.
Hungry, we made our way over to Stonehouse bookshop for Edward Hayden's Food To Love
cookery book demo. Foolishly, we 1st stopped off at Homemade & ate tasty spelt baugettes, drank fab coffee and ate fantastic buns. I say foolishly, because the very entertaining Edward made lemon cheesecake, multiseed scones, and chocolate biscuit cake & then shared them with the audience! We were too full of sweet overload to try them all- though we did manage a yummy nibble of scone!
Once again Kilkenny satiated our appetites, cultural and stomach-al ;-)
Disclamer: buns photos not at the bottom of blog- Blogger will only put the photos of them on the top! So I've added them to the Foodspotting bar at the top right side of the blog. |
Fabulous, can't wait to go!That food spotting gizmo is cool!
ReplyDeleteIt *is* a cool gizmo, wish my phone/the mobile app would behave itself & let me upload photos on the spot like it used to. It is really hard to remember/find time to update it otherwise. But it is fab for seeing what peeps in the area you are in/going to are recommending.
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