Welcome to Craft Workshops

TO BOOK any of the workshops described below, go to eventbrite or to avoid booking fees, you can use our Show entry system by following these steps:

• Go to the top right of this screen and 'Log in' to log in or create account.
• Click 'My Account'
• In the Competitions box, click '+ Create Entry'
• Click 'Workshop Activities'
• Scroll to the Workshop you wish to attend and add
• You then have the option to submit and pay, submit and book another workshop (Enter more classes) or submit and buy more tickets (enter same class)
• Submit payment when you have finished

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PAINT YOUR OWN FAIRY DOOR with Louise Cherry

Time - 10.30am
Location - Village Green Marquee
Duration - 40 minutes
Age - 3-8 (under 6 must be accompanied by an adult at all times)
Cost - €10
Capacity - 10

This workshop allows younger children not only to imagine what lies behind the magic door but to decorate it themselves. Will your door become a pitstop for the tooth fairy, an addition to a fairy garden or something we haven’t even thought of? This is where children’s imaginations, fairy doors and a guiding artist come together to create something special.

Bring your fairy door home. You will be responsible for varnishing / weather proofing for outdoor use.
 

PAINT YOUR OWN BIRD BOX with Louise Cherry

Time - 11.30am
Location - Village Green Marquee
Duration - 40 minutes approx
Age - 6+
Cost - €12
Capacity - 10

For older children (this includes adults!), Louise will guide you through some of the methods by which you can decorate your bird box. What do we think about when we think about birds? What sort of rest spot would a bird like? You’ll enjoy this workshop and be able to bring your bird box home. 

The bird boxes themselves have kindly been made and donated by our charity partners Open Door, Bray and the proceeds of this workshop will be returned to them.

You will be responsible for varnishing / weather proofing for outdoor use.
  

MAKE YOUR OWN CLAY ANIMAL with Rose O'Driscoll


Time - 1pm
Location - Village Green Marquee
Duration - 20 mins - 1 hour+ depending on detail required
Age - 8+
Cost - €10
Capacity - 10

You will be guided through a workshop using professional grade air-dry clay to build your own clay animal. This can take the form of a moulded wall tile or, with Rose’s guidance, you can take a little more time to make an animal bust from scratch. There is room for some frivolity here and the workshop is also open to adults.

You can bring your creation home on the day, it will dry to a terracotta finish. If you wish, you can paint once fully dry (we recommend acrylic paint).
 

About the artists
Louise Cherry is a multi-disciplinary artist with an extensive art practice that includes painting, photography, film, sculpture, performance and writing. She has considerable experience in running art classes and workshops for children and has exhibited nationally and internationally. Cherry holds a first class masters degree in Visual Arts Practice from The Institute of Art, Design and Technology (2009), and a first class degree in Photography from The Dublin Institute of Technology (2001).

Rose O’Driscoll is a self-taught artist who specialises in clay pottery characters (she goes by Clever Cow Ceramics) and utilises her learning experience and love of animals to teach others. Rose has a home studio in the Wicklow Hills that is open to craft days and evenings.