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Recap: Basic and Beyond – Bagmaking Workshop with Annika Berglund

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On Sunday, the 7th of June, 18 students gathered for this year’s Basic and Beyond Workshop, a Felted Bagmaking course taught by member, artist, and tutor Annika Berglund.

We had much to accomplish within one day—laying out fibre, rubbing, rolling, fulling, shaping, and transforming the wool roving into stylish, one-of-a-kind bags with a flap, strap, and pocket!

There are tons of photos from the day—here are some of them! (Next time, we will individually photograph each member with her completed project, as that would have been nice.)

Annika demonstrating how to shingle the wool onto the resist.
The CIE Sports Hall was excitingly decorated by a Polish organisation that booked the hall for the evening.
Annika is spraying the water on with a ball brush/water sprinkler.

So Many Choices

Students created their bags using DHG Merino wool in black or dark grey, plus brightly coloured Merino wool in green, navy, orange, red, or lilac from LeikoFelt. After laying out the fibres, the students could decorate the bags with pieces of prefelt in black, white, grey, and/or black roving. Annika brought many samples to show the variety that could be created. And if you scroll towards the bottom of this post, you will see that no two bags are the same!

Annika shared samples of other ways to create the bags, including using Bergshaf wool, the Cracked Mud technique, and additional methods.

In Process Pics

Loli and Margaret are laying out their bags.
Mairead is working on her bag.

Each student decorated her layout uniquely. Here is a small selection to show.

After Laying Our Fibres….

After layering the black and coloured wool around a resist, the students began the feltmaking process: Rubbing, rolling, massaging, and throwing.

Alison rolling her felt.
Suzette tossing
Christine and Adrienne tossing

After Felting

After the students had shrunk their bags, they had the exciting adventure of creating the strap and pocket.

Lorna is cutting the strap of her bag.
Healing cut edges.
Working on the strap.
Shaping the bags – Egle is shaping her dark blue bag.

Some Finished Bags

Below are some of the bags the students and class helpers created. There will be a few more photos to come! Email feltmakersIE@gmail.com to include your Felted Bag from the class.

Click on the images to see the bags better.

Mary’s bag
Loli’s bag
Alison’s bag
Linda’s bag
Egle’s bag
Fiona’s bag
Juliane’s bag
Suzette’s bag
Margaret’s bag
Lorna’s bag
Siobhan’s bag
Mary’s bag
Adrienne’s bag
Brid’s bag

Áine‘s bag

More Information

After the course, students received written instructions via email.

For those interested in learning more, Annika mentioned that the method of creating the bag’s clever handle was adapted from Mandy Nash‘s book, ‘Making Felt Bags’, which, while out of print, is nonetheless available via Dubray Books’ website – https://www.dubraybooks.ie/product/making-felt-bags-9781785008627

Screenshot of the Dubray website.

Thanks to All

Special thanks to our helpers, Dee, Fiona, Sam, Suzanne, and Juliane, who helped the students, filled up water containers, mopped the puddles, and served the cake. Also, special thanks to committee members (and Bag Making students) Adrienne, who helped sign in the attendees, and Lorna, who made the Burco work.

We didn’t manage to photograph all the helpers.

Fiona helping shape a bag
Sam: a blur of helping
Suzanne with water

Our BIGGEST thanks go to our tutor, Annika Berglund, who worked tirelessly to prepare for and teach this Basic and Beyond Felted Bagmaking Workshop! Thank you for another excellent course!!!

Unexpected Decor

A Wire and Wood Nymph Decoration from another organisation graced the adjacent CIE hall and received much appreciation. Seeing our ‘usual space’ transformed for festivities was fun!


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Exhibition: Guild Member Annika Berglund in Group Bloomsday Exhibition – Olivier Cornet Gallery – Dublin

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Poster of Annika Berglund's art deco inspired artwork. Olivier Cornet Summer Show Group Show - 'Out of Lines' for Bloomsday.

The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present Out of Lines: A Bloomsday group exhibition.

The exhibition features new work by Annika Berglund, Hugh Cummins, Mary A. Fitzgerald, David Fox, Nickie Hayden, Miriam McConnon, Sheila Naughton, Yanny Petters, Kelly Ratchford, Vicky Smith and Colin Eaton.

As this year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1925 Paris Art Deco Expo, the Bloomsday exhibition at the Olivier Cornet Gallery will be an artists’ response to this period during which James Joyce’s Ulysses was published. The show will feature work by our gallery artists and invited artists who have explored exterior signs of art deco in Dublin, from architectural features in government buildings, cocktails and flappers, through bathing shelters, libraries, to hotels and cinemas. The show will also showcase personal interpretations of that period from family lore through shared stories to current events.

Official opening: Sunday, the 15th of June 2025, 3:00 PM.

This exhibition is part of the 2025 Bloomsday Festival’s official programme, organised by the James Joyce Centre Dublin.

For more information, visit the Olivier Cornet Gallery – https://www.oliviercornetgallery.com/out-of-lines-bloomsday-group-show

Link to the Bloomsday Festival – https://www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/

Link to the James Joyce Centre – https://jamesjoyce.ie/


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Open Call: IMMA Residencies 2026 – Dwell Here

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Dwell Here poster for IMMA 2026 Residencies

The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) has launched an open call for the second year of ‘Dwell Here’, its Residency Programme supporting creative practices in visual arts, design, architecture, curation, and related humanities.

Selected residents will engage in independent research aligned with suggested thematic areas and participate in a series of research assemblies held throughout the year.

Dwell Here is comprised of three different residency opportunities:

  • One-Year Residency
  • One-Year Studio Residency
  • One Month Residency

Closing Date for applications: Tuesday, 22 July 2025.

For more information, visit their website – https://imma.ie/residency-programme/open-calls/

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Of Interest: Open Morning at Liberties College – Dublin

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Open Morning - LIberties College the 20th of Mya, 10 AM to 1 PM. City of Dublin.

Liberties College will have an Open Day tomorrow. If you are interested in courses starting in September 2025, the teachers will be available to answer any questions on Tuesday, 20th May, from 10 AM to 1 PM. 

Note: Several of Feltmakers Ireland’s guild members are students at the Liberties College and greatly enjoy their studies and the school. The cost is very reasonable.

Where: Bull Alley, Dublin 8, D08 A8N0

For more information, visit their website – https://libertiescollege.ie/course_category/creative-arts/

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News: Feltmakers Ireland AGM 2025 – this Sunday

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Poster for Feltmakers Ireland's AGM 2025 - This Sunday with guest speaker Lieko Uchiyama - picture of Leiko and some of her hand-dyed wool fibres.
Leiko Uchiyama with a selection of her hand-dyed fibres

All members* of the Feltmakers Ireland Guild are invited to our AGM on Sunday, the 11th of May.

By starting promptly at 10:30 AM, we aim to complete the meeting’s formalities promptly, allowing us to listen to the Textile Journey of our Guest Speaker, Leiko Uchiyama, an artist, educator, and master dyer, who lives in Co Carlow.

Additionally, we will feature a Sellers’ Area and a Display Area this year.

Image of wool and wool & silk fibre that LeikoFelt sells and will provide at the AGM for members to purchase.


Leiko brought a selection of her gorgeous hand-dyed fibres during the Pine Needle Felting Workshop in January. She will have similar supplies available to purchase this Sunday. Other guild members will be bringing felted artwork and supplies too. IF you want to be included in this Vending Opportunity, please RESERVE a spot by emailing feltmakersIE@gmail.com

There is no cost for members to sell at the AGM.

Agenda

1.     Address by the Chair, opening the AGM (Suzanne Phelan will act on behalf of chairperson Deirdre Carroll, who is away)

2.     Address by Secretary (Lorna Cady)

3.    Treasurer’s Report (Annika Berglund)

4.    Wool Project Wool Report  (Annika Berglund)

5.    Motions for AGM

6.    Election of Chair and Committee 2025/26. Election of other Officers will be held at the June Committee Meeting. We always welcome new faces on the Committee—if you’re interested in helping to keep our Guild active and thriving, your support would be greatly appreciated!

7.    Guest Speaker is Leiko Uchiyama, a feltmaking artist originally from Japan and now living in Borris, Co Carlow. Her journey has taken her from Japan to New Zealand, Indonesia, and France, where she developed her feltmaking techniques. Leiko creates wearable pieces made of wool and silks, which she dyes using her own colour recipes. She also makes functional pieces for the home. She teaches Felting workshops throughout Europe, America, Australia, and Japan, and has exhibited her work in many countries.

Leiko will also have her dyed wool roving for sale at the AGM. She will bring Merino, Corriedale and a Silk/Merino mix of roving, which is ideal for the craft of felting.

8.    A Bursary Draw for €250 is open to all paid-up members and will take place at the AGM. The winner can participate in a Felting course and then provide a short recap article with photographs. (In 2024, guild member Adrienne Dempsey won the award. You can read about her experience in this blog post.)

9. Sellers’ Area: Members can sell their work, fibres or supplies at the AGM. Methods of receiving payment, whether by cash, credit card, Revolut, or PayPal transactions, are the seller’s responsibility. The guild will provide tables, but NOT coverings or other displays. Please RSVP to participate in the Sellers’ Area. feltmakersIE@gmail.com

10.  Display Area: Members can also take the opportunity to display and discuss a small selection of their work with other members. Members will need to bring props to display their items. Make sure that your name is on your piece. The guild will provide two table coverings. There is no need to RSVP for the Display Area.

11.  Refreshments and chat. Refreshments will follow. If you could bring a little something, home-baked or not, we’d be delighted. We always appreciate goodies with our cuppa. If you have a travel cup, please bring it so we can reduce the waste of single-use paper cups. As always, we will provide the coffee and tea!

*We kindly ask non-members to become members in order to attend the AGM.

Zoom Access

Members who cannot attend in person can use the Zoom link, which will be emailed to members today. This session will not be recorded.

Leiko’s Instagram: @leikofelt


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Events: Feltmakers Ireland AGM 2025 – 11th of May

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AGM

All members of the Feltmakers Ireland Guild are invited to our AGM on Sunday, the 11th of May.

By starting promptly at 10:30 AM, we aim to complete the meeting’s formalities in a timely manner, allowing us to listen to our Guest Speaker, Leiko Uchiyama, an artist, educator, and master dyer, who lives in Co Carlow.

Additionally, this year we will feature a Sellers’ Area and a Display Area. See below for more information.

Agenda

1.     Address by the Chair, opening the AGM (Suzanne Phelan will act on behalf of chairperson Deirdre Carroll, who is away)

2.     Address by Secretary (Lorna Cady)

3.    Treasurer’s Report (Annika Berglund)

4.    Wool Project Wool Report  (Annika Berglund)

5.    Motions for AGM

6.    Election of Chair and Committee 2025/26. Election of other Officers will be held at the June Committee Meeting. We always welcome new faces on the Committee—if you’re interested in helping to keep our Guild active and thriving, your support would be greatly appreciated!

7.    Guest Speaker is Leiko Uchiyama, a feltmaking artist originally from Japan and now living in Borris, Co Carlow. Her journey has taken her from Japan to New Zealand, Indonesia, and France, where she developed her feltmaking techniques. Leiko creates wearable pieces made of wool and silks, which she dyes using her own colour recipes. She also makes functional pieces for the home. She teaches Felting workshops throughout Europe, America, Australia, and Japan, and has exhibited her work in many countries.

Leiko will also have her dyed wool roving for sale at the AGM. She will bring Merino, Corriedale and a Silk/Merino mix of roving, which is ideal for the craft of felting.

8.    A Bursary Draw for €250 is open to all paid-up members and will take place at the AGM. The winner can participate in a Felting course and then provide a short recap article with photographs. (In 2024, guild member Adrienne Dempsey won the award. You can read about her experience in this blog post.)

9. Sellers’ Area: Members will have the opportunity to sell their work, fibres or supplies at the AGM. Methods of receiving payment, whether by cash, credit card, Revolut, or PayPal transactions, are the seller’s responsibility. The guild will provide tables, but NOT coverings or other displays. Please RSVP if you wish to participate in the Sellers’ Area, as space is limited. feltmakersIE@gmail.com

10.  Display Area: Members can also take the opportunity to display and discuss a small selection of their work with other members. Members will need to bring props to display their items. Make sure that your name is on your piece. The guild will provide two table coverings.

11.  Refreshments and chat. Refreshments will follow. If you could bring a little something, home-baked or not, we’d be delighted. We always appreciate goodies with our cuppa. If you have a travel cup, please bring it so we can reduce the waste of single-use paper cups.

Zoom Access

Members who cannot attend in person can use the Zoom link, which will be emailed beforehand on Friday. This session will not be recorded.

Leiko’s Instagram: @leikofelt

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Recap: Fine Felt Technical Workshop with Annika Berglund – 2025

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The results of the workshop captured by Hélène Dooley

On Saturday, the 26th of April, 20 students gathered around artist and Feltmakers Ireland guild member Annika Berglund to learn about Fine Feltmaking. In the morning, we concentrated on flat, two-dimensional wet felting, and during the afternoon, we focused on creating a three-dimensional vessel.


What is Fine Felt?

With this type of wet felting, the aim is to create dense, smooth felt. It is not a fast process. She shared that she came across the slow approach during her research for the guild’s Irish Wool Project. One of the wool tester’s felted samples were exceptionally smooth and tight. In querying this person, she deduced that our usual method, which involved a bit of rubbing and a lot of rolling, needed to be reexamined. By slowly compressing the fibres, the results are better!

Consequently, during the Fine Felt Technical Workshop, we didn’t toss or throw. Instead, we took it slow. Annika said we might never seek this patience-requiring method again, but we would know and have the option to use it in our future felting. Nevertheless, Annika reminded us that “Felt is Forgiving”.

Throughout the workshop, the students used only two colours: black and white. This simple limitation allowed us to experience how colours combine through the feltmaking process. Similarly, we learned about the differences between the wispy and the blunt ends of a wool shingle and how they can impact the final project. There was a lot to think about!

Annika demonstrating layout of Merino wool fibres.
Annika demonstrating layout

Morning

In the morning, we worked on a flat square of felt. We learned how to carefully lay out Merino wool roving to a specific size and then gently transform the fluff into felt. Annika explained the hows and whys of why we might want to shrink our samples more or less. Interestingly, we worked in imperial measurements (inches) because the percentage shrinkage was more obvious. As we shrank down our pieces, she reminded us to remember the edges!

Annika is demonstrating compressing the fibres

Afternoon

In the afternoon session, the students concentrated on creating a three-dimensional sphere. We used a flat, circular-shaped resist to make this hollow form, a vessel. Interestingly, the afternoon vessel layout was a quicker process. However, similar to our morning education, this felting process needed a delicate touch. Annika reminded us that with rolling, it can get bumpy; the resist inside may bunch up, but you’re in control.

Annika is demonstrating how to lay out a three-dimensional sphere.
Annika is demonstrating how to lay out a three-dimensional sphere.

Busy Hands

Laying out the fibres.
Compressing the fibres through the bubblewrap.
Making a flat square
Microfulling in pointy corners.
Rolling in hands.
Checking shrinkage.

Additional Information

Educator and artist Vanda Sousa has several excellent blog posts about wet felting. This one on how to create fine felt is helpful – https://www.vandafsousa.com/blog/tutorial-how-to-make-fine-and-flexible-felt. 

If you are more experienced with three-dimensional felting, Vanda Sousa has an upcoming online course that may be of interest. It is for designing resists to make felted slippers, shoes and boots – https://www.vandafsousa.com/resists-made-easy-for-footwear


Appreciation Time

Many thanks to the volunteers who assisted in setting up the room and helping the students: Loli Cox, Adrienne Dempsey, Hélène Dooley, Marie Dunne, Sam Fagan, Juliane Gorman, Fiona Leech, Caitríona Nolan, and Suzanne Phelan.

Sam was invaluable, continually lending a hand behind the scenes.

Sam Fagan filling the Burco.
Sam filling the Burco with more water.


A special thanks to Lorna Cady for taking care of the CIE Sports Hall and the tea, coffee, and sweet treats!

Lastly, a huge thanks to Annika Berglund for taking on this workshop for the Guild. She has a marvellous way of getting the students’ attention and also making us laugh!

A Video of the Day!

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Of Interest: This Sunday Dublin Hat Walk – World Hat Walk scheduled for 58 Cities

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World Hat Walk this Sunday, in 58 Cities, including Dublin. Meet at Fusiliers' Arch at noon.

Editor’s Note: Feltmakers Ireland member Juliane Gorman co-founded and organised the Dublin branch of the World Hat Walk. At last year’s event, she was the only person to wear a hand-felted hat made of felted sheep wool. For 2025, let’s add our FELTED HATS to the 2nd Annual World Hat Walk! They need not be pink-coloured, and can be wet or needle felted or a combination of textile techniques.

Do You Make Hats?

Many feltmakers create hats – are you one of them? If so, are you ready to flaunt your headgear in style? Come and join the Dublin Hat Walk, a delightful event that’s part of the larger World Hat Walk, happening this Sunday, the 27th of April, 2025.

Origins

Our event in Dublin is part of the larger World Hat Walk, organised by London Hat Week, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2024. Of course, the grandmomma of all Hat Walks is the Passejada amb Barret – Barcelona Hat Stroll, which celebrated its 20th anniversary on the same day! (Do check out their photos – such wild hats!)

It’s a Global Phenomenon: 

Our event is part of the second annual World Hat Walk Day, which was started by London Hat Week (LHW). In 2024, the LHW founders coordinated the first-ever World Hat Walk, with over 2,000 hat wearers participating in 21 cities across 17 countries, showcasing the strength of the hat-loving community worldwide.

This year, Hat Walks are scheduled for 58 cities on 6 continents! There is a nifty interactive map on the World Hat Walk website. Impressively, there are EIGHT hat walks scheduled in Nigeria – https://www.londonhatweek.com/world-hat-walk/?_country_hat_walk=nigeria

When:

In Dublin, get ready to strut your stuff starting promptly at 12:30 PM. However, let’s gather slightly beforehand, at noon, to admire the unique hat styles and capture some memorable photographs!

Where:

We will meet near the Fusiliers’ Arch, at the entrance of St Stephen’s Green, opposite Grafton Street. The Green Line LUAS stops nearby, making it convenient for everyone to join in the fun!

Dress Code:

Let your creativity shine! Wear whatever attire you fancy, but PLEASE remember to wear a hat! Whether it’s hand-felted or not, let your headgear shine!

All Are Welcome:

The Dublin Hat Walk is an inclusive event, open to everyone who loves hats and wants to participate in this vibrant celebration of headwear. Bring your friends, family, and furry companions along for an afternoon filled with fun and fashion! 

Last year, we were on page 3 of the Irish Times!

Photograph by Tom Honan featured on page 3 of the Irish Times for the Dublin Hat Walk in 2024
Photograph by Tom Honan for the Irish Times.

Stay Updated:

For any last-minute updates or exciting announcements, make sure to follow our social media pages.

Dublin Hat Walk’s Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/DublinHatWalkIE

Instagram @dublin_hat_walk_ie


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Education: Registration Open for two in-person Wet Felting Workshops – Marjolein Dallinga and Pam de Groot – ONLY Pam’s Workshop is still open

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NOTE: MARJOLEIN’S CLASS IS NOW FULL – as of 28th of April.

Feltmakers Ireland is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting TWO exclusive, wet felting workshops this year with renowned international tutors! We haven’t hosted an international workshop in a long time and are super excited!

Each workshop runs for three days and is limited to twelve students.

Registration is now open to non-members of Feltmakers Ireland. (Guild members have already received emails announcing the workshops.)

  • The workshop with Marjolein Dallinga is appropriate for intermediate to advanced feltmakers.
  • The workshop with Pam de Groot is appropriate for most feltmakers.

Marjolein Dallinga – Beyond resist – Sculptural felting workshop

Poster for Marjolein Dallinga 3 Day workshop - 16th-18th of May - 25 euros non-members.

Workshop Description from Marjoelin:

It is from the dance of often conflicting emotions that creativity and art are born. Though sculpture is usually perceived as static I see it more as movement, and in this workshop the movement of wool fibers into felt.

And as long as there is movement there is life and possibilities.

This 3-day workshop will deepen the consciousness about experiences learned from sculpting with wool and other fibres. We will explore different techniques for sculptural form ideas, with themes like: folding and unfolding, building relief clamping, binding, etc. All to become more aware of how and why we want to use this medium. This workshop is inspired by different ideas to make three-dimensional sculptures with conceptional, intuitive and sensual sources to create from.  We will play with the processes of shortening, thickening, tightening, shrinking, and other transformations of the felted surfaces.

All out of the experience of discovery and surprise when working with this surprising wool medium.

WHEN: Friday, the 16th through Sunday, the 18th of May, 2025, 9 AM to 5 PM

WHERE: Kilteel Hall, Kilteel Lower, Co Kildare

COST: 255 euros per person.

Pam de Groot – Fibre Jewellery

Workshop Description from Pam:

“In the workshop, we will learn several skills useful for fibre jewellery making. We will make one or more pieces of felted jewellery depending on the complexity of the individual design. We will look at how to design the piece for wearing, and how to construct various closures and attachments. You can also learn how to incorporate foreign objects if necessary.”

WHEN: Friday, the 18th through Sunday, the 20th of July 2025, 10 AM to 5 PM

WHERE: Bayside Community Centre, Bayside Square N, Sutton, Dublin, D13 X8H4

COST: 250 euros for members / 265 euros for non-members

More Information about the Tutors

Marjolein Dallinga’s website – https://www.bloomfelt.com/?lang=en

There is an interview from 2020 with Marjolein Dallinga on our blog – https://feltmakersireland.com/2020/01/30/interview-with-marjolein-darllinga/

Pam de Groot’s website – https://pamdegroot.com/

There is an interview from 2019 with Pam de Groot on our blog – https://feltmakersireland.com/2019/07/03/interview-pam-de-groot/

HOW TO REGISTER

NOTE: As of 28th of April, Marjolein’s workshop is NOW FULL.

To apply for PAM de GROOT’s workshop, please email committee member Annika Berglund at annika@annikaberglund.com

Please include the tutor’s name in the ‘Subject Line’ of your email.

All participants will be notified via email and provided with a payment link for secure payment using a credit or debit card. 

Additional Information

Supplies are not included in the workshop price. Once registered, we will email students the supply list provided by each tutor.

Cancellation & Refund Policy for Workshops

If you need to cancel your place in a workshop, please notify the Guild by email at least 7 days before the start of the class. A €10 handling fee will be deducted from your refund.

Cancellations made less than 7 days before the workshop are not eligible for a refund. However, if you are able to find a replacement student to take your place and inform the Guild within this period, you will receive a refund (minus the €10 handling fee).

Please note: In exceptional or unforeseen circumstances, the committee may consider refund requests at its discretion.

Feltmakers Ireland is very grateful to have received grant money from the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland to partially cover the costs of these two workshops.


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Open Call: Sculpture in Context 40th Anniversary Exhibition – Application Deadline in 1 Week

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Sculpture in Context Logo and that it is their 4oth year

Sculpture in Context will celebrate 40 Years of showcasing sculpture in Ireland this September. The DEADLINE for applying is next Friday!

Exhibition entries are open to artists working in three dimensions in any medium. They encourage the broadest possible definition of sculptural practice, encompassing object-making, installation, performance, video, and emerging hybrid forms, both permanent and ephemeral.

Note: In the past, several feltmakers have submitted and been accepted to exhibit in Sculpture in Context shows. Search ‘Sculpture in Context’ on our Feltmakers Ireland website to read about some of these members’ pieces.

The exhibition attracts numerous visitors and offers significant visibility and potential for selling work.

The large sculptures will be showcased in the garden’s natural setting, creating a dialogue between art and nature. The indoor gallery will showcase a curated selection of works, offering an intimate and thoughtfully arranged viewing experience.

Entrance is by open submission, and selection is made by an independent panel of judges.

DEADLINE: 11:59 PM, on Friday the 25th April, 2025.

How to Submit

Up to three submissions per artist are allowed, with an entry fee of € 16 for each submission.

The online submission process requires support documentation. Please note that if you close the portal mid-entry, your application will not be saved.

For more information and to submit your application, visit their website www.sculptureincontext.ie

Sculpture in Context’s Instagram – @sculpture_in_context