I want to share some of the Craft highlights form this years Kilkennys Arts Festival….
Andrew Ludick bowls in ‘A Makers Journey’
Mark Campden ‘A Makers Journey’
Gus Mabelson ‘A Makers Journey’
Andrew Ludick ‘Form a Line ‘ exhibition
Above are some of the amazing paper pieces on show in the National Craft Gallery
and Lucy McKenna’s hauntingly beautiful ‘Darker Wood’ in the Castle Park.
The Year of Craft is well underway with lots going on and hopefully people are becoming more aware of the word craft and what it means in 2011. To mark the National Ceramics Month there was a lovely photo and 3 page article in the Irish Times magazine two weeks ago on some Irish Ceramic makers(I’m way behind on this one as we were in the States for a while) it featured Andrew (third from left on the sofa) the promotion continues in the Kilkenny shop in Dublin if your up that way take a look at the exhibition of work in the windows.
Andrew and I both have work in the Irish Design Shop which is popping up in the National Gallery of Ireland this month. Also in Dublin is the super exhibition ’transFORM‘ organised by Ceramics Ireland as part of the Year of Craft Program, this is taking place in Farmleigh. This features some amazing work by Irish ceramic artist based here and living abroad including some of Andrews work.
The wonderfully talented stylist Eleanor Harpur has featured Andrew Ludick ceramics and a little of my own work in the last couple of issues of House and Home magazine. The issue below was shot on location in a beautiful old cottage in the grounds of the Discovery Park..
Some of Andys beautiful vases…..
Stacks of my plates and bowls look great in this beautiful dresser from Eclectic Interiors….
More of Andys ceramic fish and vases..
It was such a lovely surprise to open the Sunday Times Culture section today, to be greeted by a huge picture of Andy’s pots (there was a lovely one in last weeks Sunday Times as well). It is for the winter Exhibition in The Lavit Gallery, Cork and what lovely things they say about his work……….
‘Andrew Ludick’s lively ceramics steal this Christmas show with their hand-formed shapes and strong patterns, driven by thin black lines and a rich use of limited colour. The Pineapple Vessels in the window are a favourite, but his bowls are equally covetable.’
These vases are available from the gorgeous Lavit Gallery, Rosemarie Durr Pottery, theMADE in kilkenny pop up shop, Kilkenny and The Irish Design Shop, Dublin
At last the daffodils are out…..these are the first of the year from my garden, brightening up the shop and looking great in Andy’s vase. Andy’s work looks beautiful all on its own but introduce a few colourful flowers and its magic!
