At the invitation of the Crafts Council we are once again hosting a stand at Bloom in the Phoenix Park from Thursday to Monday 3-7th June.  Last year thousands of people visited our stand every day and the sun was splitting the stones.  This year we are located in the “Engaging Spaces” area (see map [...]

The International Feltmakers Association held their AGM in Prato, Itlay on May 8th during a Felt Symposium hosted by the Italian feltmakers group – Feltrosa. Nine Irish feltmakers attended and joined in all of the activities -workshops, demonstrations and the opening of the felt exhibition The Climate is Changing.

A group of 18 Irish feltmakers attended the Felt in Focus symposium in Denmark in 2009. It was a fantastic event with a wide range of international tutors, shops, fashion show, exhibitions – a real treat for anyone interested in feltmaking.  The organisers are holding another symposium in 2011 with a very impressive line up [...]

We had the best fun ever at our AGM last Sunday – about sixty people turned up and we had stalls from the Yarn Room in Ashford, the Fabric Gallery in Bray, Craftspun Yarns and the Wool Initiative. Thanks to all the stall holders who made the journey to join us. We had our first [...]

“Uncommon Threads” is an exhibition by Filament  a group of very talented fibre artists – most of who are also members of Feltmakers Ireland. This show features work by all eight members of the Filament group. The work is inspired by the natural world and responds to elements such as the figure, rural landscape and [...]