Louth crafters make their mark at Listoke
LOUTH Craftmark will host an exhibition of work by more than 30 of its members at Listoke House and Garden this summer.
The opening reception for ‘ The Gallery Listoke’ will take place on Saturday, June 17th at 3.3pm.
The exhibition will continue until August 13th and Listoke House, which is situated on the Ballymakenny Road, is open from 9am to 6pm daily.
Louth Craftmark is a network of makers and visual artists based in and around county Louth.
With 30 members taking part in the exhibition there will be a rich variety of work on show.
Exhibitors will include glass artist Grace Brennan, painters Patricia Murphy, Fiona Quigley and Orla Barry, ceramicists are Gillian Callan, Mary Cowan, Sarah McKenna, Fiona Kerbey, Sinead Gregory, Roisin Gregory and Louise Shaw.
Textiles artists partaking are Violet Shirran, Bernadette McCullogh, Mel Bradley, Rachel Tinniswood, Caóilfíonn Murphy O’Hanlon, Bernadette Fox, Caroline Moore, Breda McNelis, Eileen McNulty and Mary Larkin.
Jewellers include Garrett Mallon and Macdara Ó Graham. Printmakers are Robert Kelly and Martina Scott while Joe Lawlor is a furniture maker and Helen Marry works with stained glass.
Artists using drawing as a medium are Orlaith Cullinane, Gilly Cullen and Caoimhe McCarthy.
With so many disciplines and creative minds the work on show and its inspirations are many and varied.
Violet Shirran works with textiles taking ideas ‘from nature, its patterns, textures and colours’. Helen Marry makes stained glass pieces which are strongly influenced by the art and atmosphere of the great Neolithic cemetery of Newgrange.
Eileen McNulty, a textile artist, describes how her inspiration for sewing comes from nature. ‘Every day I am captured by the beauty of the the Irish countryside .I try to capture the essence and colour of this beautiful country and encourage the viewer to stop and look for a while.’