'Making It '11' Exhibition, Bangor

I'm getting ready for a group exhibition which will run for the duration of August.  'Making It 11' is the name of Craft NI's business start up programme, which commenced in 2011 and which placed me at Flowerfield Arts Centre.  There are 5 other participants, who all have completely different approaches to craft so the exhibition at Seacourt Print Workshop in Bangor will show this diversity in a wide variety of works.

The other makers are:
Eamonn Higgins - Steel is Eamonn’s main medium. He pushes, then balances traditional blacksmithing skills with contemporary fabrication techniques, creating an ‘up-cycled’ material unique to him.

Diane Lyness - Diane is a designer and maker who produces unique pieces of fine, handcrafted jewellery and objets d’art, using precious metal, precious and semi-precious stones to make functional 3-dimensional pieces using traditional techniques that show precision and skill.

Alison Lowry - Her work is inspired by her interest in objects and antique Irish textiles. This fascination with lace and embroidery started with some family ‘heirlooms’ - a collection of beautiful and intricate Irish white work hand made by female relatives generations ago.

Katie Brown -Katie uses carefully calculated combinations of dye to add vibrant colour and graphic pattern to fabric, mainly silk. Katie works with screen-printing, combining digital with traditional techniques.  "My prints are inspired by the urban landscape and focus on transforming industrial images with soft, flowing silk"

Michelle Stephens -Her work combines quality craftsmanship and aesthetics with a highly conceptual approach. She utilises laser-cutting alongside woven construction techniques, with potential of adapting work to a variety of architectural and public spaces.

The exhibition opens at 7pm on 1st August and will run until 31st August.
Seacourt Print Workshop, Unit 20, Dunlop Industrial Estate, 8 Balloo Drive, Bangor BT19 7QY
Telephone: 028 9146 0595