Private traditional Irish craft workshops. Galway. Guided
Private traditional Irish craft workshops. Galway. Guided
Learn an Irish traditional craft, workshops include: cyanotype printing, etching, basket weaving, storytelling, bog wood carving, woodworking, sean-nós dancing, wool spinning demonstrations & basket making. All year. Min 1 Max 4/8
Duration
8 hours
Details
Private workshops/Classes include:
Woodworking. Using hand tools, together with your traditional woodworking guide, you will take a rough piece of Sitka Spruce wood from the forest and make a wooden spoon. Full day/8 hours. MAX 4. Available all year.
Bog wood carving. Using hand tools, together with your traditional bogwood carving guide, take a small piece of wood and work with it to reveal the story of the bog wood, using hand carving tools, chisels and sand paper. Full day/8 hours. MAX 4. Available all year.
Mono printing. Together with your mono printing guide, use a variety of textures and lines to create an image with ink on a flat surface which can then be transferred to paper. Full/half day. 4 /8 hours. MAX 8. Available all year.
Cyanotype. Cyanotype is one of the oldest photographic processes we know of, and has a distinctive blue colour. Cyanotypes are made by treating a surface, paper, cloth or leather, with iron salts which then react to UV light. Originally used to document botanical specimens by placing them on treated papers and exposing them to the sun, it was also an early way to create copies of drawings, especially architectural drawings, thus the name “blueprints.” Full/half day. 4 /8 hours. MAX 8. Available all year.
Drawing. Together with your drawing guide experiment with drawing blind, as well as drawing with right side of the brain techniques. Full/half day. 4 /8 hours. MAX 8. Available all year.
Etching. Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. Together with your etching guide, you will do simple drypoint etching onto plates of either aluminium, plastic or tetra pak. Full day/8 hours. MAX 8. Available all year.
All profits from these experiences go directly back into the Interface Inagh Woodland Restoration Project
Itinerary
Meet Point
Inclusion:
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Private, guided craft workshop of your choice
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Expert instruction from experienced local artisan
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All materials and tools required for the chosen craft
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Personal creation to take home
Know Before You Go:
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Some workshops have a maximum of 4 or 8 participants and may be held indoors or outdoors depending on the craft.
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Other Workshop can select half day of full day
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Activities suitable for all levels; children welcome with adult supervision.
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Workshops run all year.
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Please wear comfortable clothing.
All profits from these experiences go directly back into the Interface Inagh Woodland Restoration Project
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