A piece by Feltmakers Ireland guild member Tamzen Lundy, “Fragmented Landscape”, has been selected for the exhibition ‘Rhythm’ at the CraftNI Gallery in Belfast, UK. This event is part of the island-wide August Craft Month.
The exhibition features contemporary craft works that highlight the connections between making and music, traditional or contemporary. As Belfast prepares to host the annual Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, local makers share with us how music, with its rhythms, harmonies or lyrics, informs their making.
Participating makers: Adam Frew, Céline Traynor, Corinne Price, Eddie Doherty, Eimear Malone, Fiona Kerr, Hannah Ferguson, Joel Smyth, John Piekaar, Karen Hamilton, Kevin Callaghan, Natasha Heaslip, Nicola Dalton, Peter Meanley, Stuart Cairns, Sue Cathcart, Tamzen Lundy, Ursula McGivern.
The opening is Thursday, 23rd of July, at 6 PM and runs for the month of August.
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Inishbofin Island is hosting an arts festival this weekend. Amongst the several textile-related activities is an exhibition that includes the work of Feltmakers Ireland guild member Audrey Murray.
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On Friday, the 21st of November, Fibreshed Ireland will gather at The Richmond Education and Event Centre, Smithfield, for their annual Symposium to hear from growers and practitioners who work in line with Soil-to-Soil principles of circularity, compostability, and agroecology.
Speakers
● Jennifer & Tristan Lienhard of @appleoakfibreworks ● Katarina Hruskova of @woolstoreireland(Katarina is a member of Feltmakers Ireland!) ● @kathykirwan_theartofnature of the Flax 405 project ● Mary Ann Williams, editor of the book @textilesofireland ● Michelle McCabe, researcher exploring the connections between textile craft and wellbeing with ATU Sligo ● @ryankoenigstudio — 16th-century experimental textile archaeology about the knitted Ballybunion wool cap ● Sarah Babiker — Threads of Story: Woolcraft a Language & Memory between Ireland and the Arab World
Textile Market
Saturday will be an Open Day of craft demonstrations, workshops, shopping opportunities, and community building at Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, from 10 AM to 3:30 PM. Admission to the demonstrations and shopping is free, but each workshop requires a ticket.
Feltmakers Ireland will demonstrate felting with Irish-raised wool!
Local fibres and textiles from a selection of Fibreshed Ireland members will be available: Included are two Feltmakers Ireland members –
Juliane Gorman of FeltHappiness will vend her Cyanotype-printed, Irish wool hats
Katarina Hruskova of WoolStore Ireland will vend locally raised wool that she has processed.
Workshops
● Upcycling workshop with Eimear Greaney (@upsew.ie), from 10 AM to 12:00 PM ● Aran knitting with @ryankoenigstudio, from 10 AM to 12:00 PM ● Weaving Circle with Lucy Hyland (@ourselfcarerevolution), from 1 to 3 PM ● Movement session for crafters with @aideen.macken, from 3:30 – 4:10 (FREE, with optional donations to support Fibreshed Ireland’s work)
Where: Dublin (different venues each day)
Optional social dinner in @fidelitydublin on Friday, the 22nd of November (book at checkout)
Discounts for students and Fibreshed Ireland members!
Nine of the Sow’s Ear Collective will have their work exhibited at the dlr Mill Theatre in Dundrum, South Dublin. Included in the show are Feltmakers Ireland members Fiona Leech and Sandra Reynolds. The collective’s work encompasses a range of media, including art, ceramics, felt, embroidery, and more.
When: The show runs from the 2nd of November to the 10th of January, 2026.
The opening is this Sunday, the 2nd, from 4 to 6 PM. All are welcome to attend.
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Feltmakers Ireland and 40 other local textile exhibitors will be at the Dublin Fibre Festival THIS Saturday, the 18th of October. This is THE opportunity to touch yarn and fibres in person, attend textile workshops, and watch spinning, felting, and other fibre arts demonstrations! To see a taste of last year’s event, there’s this blog post – https://feltmakersireland.com/2024/10/29/recap-fantastic-day-at-the-dublin-fibre-festival/
The Map and Vendor List
We will be there!
Have you wanted to purchase a copy of Feltmakers Ireland’s book ‘Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking’but have not had the opportunity? Come to the Dublin fibre event of the year: The Dublin Fibre Festival. In addition, we will have several guild members demonstrating needle and wet felting. These include felting artists such as Eva Salamon @feltedvision and Irina Lampadova @irinalampadova1
Good Bog, Bad Bog – Collaborative Felting Project – Enniskerry, Co Wicklow
‘Good Bog Bad Bog’ sees wool-based landscape representations of a functioning bog and an eroded one, highlighting the ecological importance of Wicklow’s peatlands, sparking conversation around biodiversity loss, climate resilience and water quality.
This exhibition features felted pieces by Sharon Wells, along with a collaborative community project guided by Sharon. Amongst the artists are guild members Loli Cox and Margaret Ryan Collins.
Gort Arts Second Annual Members’ Exhibition – Co Galway
Guild member Joanne Foley is exhibiting work as part of the Gort Arts second annual members’ exhibition, which opens on Culture Night at 7 PM, with live music and refreshments.
When: The show runs from Friday, the 19th to the 28th of September, 2025
FORMDesignMade Exhibition – Tullow Library – Co Carlow
FORM Designmade has a retrospective exhibition showcasing the exceptional talent of 10 craft practitioners from County Carlow. Guild member Leiko Uchiyama is among the artists.
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Several of Feltmakers Ireland members are participating in this year’s Culture Night – Friday, the 19th of September.
Art Exhibition – Sutton, Co Dublin
Guild members Sandra Reynolds and Fiona Leech are amongst the artists who are exhibiting as part of Sow’s Ear Collective at the Bayside Community Centre. “Taking Shape” is the second group exhibition from the Sow’s Ear Collective, a gathering of multidisciplinary artists working across painting, sculpture, textiles, and more.
When: 7 PM – 10 PM, on Friday, the 19th of September.
Tamzen Lundy and her colleagues at GATHER Kildare will be hosting an open night. Watch live demonstrations of traditional and contemporary skills, including feltmaking, wood carving, and glassmaking.
When: 4:30 PM – 6 PM, on Friday, the 19th of September.
If you are a guild member who is participating in a Culture Night event, please let us know – FeltmakersIE@gmail.com
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Every year, the Olivier Cornet Gallery invites an artist to reflect on one of their works in the context of the theme chosen by the National Heritage Week organisation. The theme this year is about “Exploring Our Foundations”, so they have asked David Fox to consider his painting ‘The Ridge of Capard’.
The discussion will take place on Thursday, the 21st of August 2025, at 6:30 PM.
David Fox will be joined by some of the artists whose work features in our current group show, ‘Out of Lines’. They will also say a few words about their work. The artists confirmed so far are Annika Berglund, Hugh Cummins, Colin Eaton, Nickie Hayden, Miriam McConnon, Yanny Petters and Vicky Smith.
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The Design and Crafts Council of Ireland presents ‘Common Threads’, an exhibition curated by Sarah Ross, showcasing the intricate and expressive work of artists from Feltmakers Ireland and The Quilters’ Guild of Ireland.
The exhibition opens at the National Design and Craft Gallery (NDCG) on Thursday, the 7th of August and runs until the 1st of November.
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Feltmakers Ireland will have TWO events where we will teach wet felting as part of this year’s August Craft Month –
CIE Sports Hall, Inchicore, Dublin, on Sunday, the 17th of August
St James Hall, Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath, on Sunday, the 24th of August
Our events run from 11 AM to 3 PM, offering both morning and afternoon sessions for students. While our Dublin event is already fully booked, there are still spots available for our Kilbeggan event. Please note: These remaining places are reserved for non-members—we want to share the joy of felting with new faces!
At both events, we’ll need volunteers to welcome and guide students throughout the day. Members will also have the chance to exhibit (and sell) their felted creations!
New this year: We’re inviting members to use the Open Day as an opportunity to actively work on their own felting projects. It’s an excellent way for the public to see the creative process behind the finished pieces.
If you are a member and want to be part of our Open Days, please email us at feltmakersIE@gmail.com
Members’ ACM Felting Activities
Several of our members have their own August Craft Month events!
Needlefelter Emily Thompson has a month-long exhibition of her wool landscape paintings at the Carrigaline Library, Kilnaglery, Carrigaline, CoCork, P43 HA25.
On the 9th of August, Zivile Zeniauskaite will be part of the Makers of Blackwater Valley in Fermoy, Co Cork. She will demonstrate how she creates felted slippers – https://augustcraftmonth.org/acm-event/meet-the-makers/
If you are a guild member and we overlooked your event, please accept our apologies. A lot is going on during August Craft Month!
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