Hot Glass at Flowerfield

Over the next few weeks there will be quite a bit of hot glass activity happening at Flowerfield Arts Centre.

Renowned american glass blower Scott Benefield will be bringing his portable furnace to the Arts Centre in order to offer workshops to University of Ulster students and also for 5th and 6th form students of local schools to view glass blowing demos. This will take place from Wednesday 17th -Friday 19th April.

On Saturday 20th April from 11am-3pm there will be public glass blowing demos by Scott and Catherine Keenan. This is a rare opportunity to see the process of manipulating and blowing molten glass.

Scott glassblowing at Flowerfield last year

For the first time resident artist Catherine Keenan will be teaching a night class in lampworking. This is due to start on Tuesday 16th April and run for five weeks, from 6.30-9.30pm every night.  This course will allow her to help students get a firm grip on making beads and also learn and experiment with form and pattern application. Fee: £82, £77 concession

She will also be teaching a one day class on Saturday 4th May from 10am-4pm.  Students will learn how to make a basic bead and also a variety of colour and pattern techniques. Fee: £55

For more information or to enrol on either lampworking class contact Flowerfield: 028 70831400

Lampworking class

'Beside the Seaside' Embroidery Exhibition

The Northern Ireland Embroidery Guild are currently exhibiting a collection of members response's to the title 'Beside the Seaside' in Flowerfield's Gallery.  There are a total of 63 works by over 30 different artists, so the breadth of techniques and styles on show is fascinating. It is particularly interesting to see the variety of approaches to the seaside theme.

The exhibition will run until Saturday 30th March.

The Embroidery Guild invite interested parties to attend their monthly meeting, held on the 3rd Saturday of the month at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra from 10.30am-noon.
Contact them on: info@nieg.org.uk

'Holidays', Judy Cinnamond
Batik on cotton, hand and machine embroidery

'Seaview', Eleanor Hutchinson
Machine pieced and embroidery

'Puffin', Rosemary Frayne
Stem stitched with stranded cotton on linen

'Blowing in to Duck Rock', Joanne MacMahon
Manipulated felt with attached oyster catchers

'Deserted Beach', Patsy Browne
Machine embroidery

'Liberty 1', Patsy Browne,
Machine embroidery on silk and linen

'Tied to the Ocean', Anne French
Hand embroidery on dyed cotton 

'If all the World were Quilters', Irene MacWilliam
Free machine work

'If all the world were Quilters', detail