Chairmaker Alison Ospina’s most recent collaboration sees her teaming up with artist and printmaker Shane O’Driscoll resulting in the production of limited edition traditional chairs combining ‘soft’ organic and hard edge abstract forms. Alison has been designing and making her graceful chairs and stools, using locally coppiced hazel, since moving […]
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Life is work and work is life for artist Dubhaltach Ó Colmáin, who uses a multi-disciplinary approach to his sculptural work and has become fascinated with the process of working with metal, which he views as a metaphor for life; gouging into, melting down, deconstructing and reassembling a hard, cold, […]
When you live in a place for a long time it can be easy to take it for granted and to stop noticing what is incredible about your town. I hope that the West Cork Literary Festival, presented in July this year, never becomes an event that fades into the […]
Much has been written over the years about the surprising, witty, icon-flipping paintings and sculptures of Australian artist John Kelly. His monumental bronze, ‘Cow Up A Tree,’ is instantly recognisable, and has graced the boulevards of many cities throughout the world, from Melbourne to the Hague, ever since its first […]
2024 marks the 20th edition of the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival (CIGF) and everyone is invited to Guitartown from September 19-22 to mark the occasion. Over these last 20 years Guitartown has established itself as a renowned jamboree that venerates artists — from young to old, from virtuosos to three-chord […]
For the month of August, Gallery Asna, Clonakilty, presents ‘Ikigai – Happiness in the making,’ a joint exhibition by celebrated ceramicists Etain Hickey and Jim Turner. “Ikigai,” Hickey explains, “is about becoming completely absorbed in your art; it is about taking pleasure in your work, and losing all sense of […]