Following on from the success of ‘An Irish Wall’, five makers based in Ireland were invited by the Festival at the end of last year to produce a work in response to Vasconcelos’ Valquíria Enxoval, working with collaborators of
their choice.

This exhibition charts their journey to the finished work and will include notebooks, photographs, prototypes, samples and statements that illustrate the process and the narrative of each collaboration.

Collaborations:
Printer & weaver Trish Belford with designer Dr Barbara Dass
Basket maker Joe Hogan with fibre artist Suzie Sullivan
Textile & ceramic artist, Inga Hamilton with a team of potters & weavers Artist & teacher Helen Robbins with gentleman’s tailors Tom & Michael Johnston of Tullow
Artist & lecturer Tara Ní Nualláin with Perspex & laser engraver Colin Power

Materialisation:
Mapping the Making
Curated by Anne Montgomery
VISUAL Carlow, Link Gallery
6th June – 31st August
Anne Montgomery - is a freelance textiles advisor and curator, and was previously Course Director in the School of Art and Design, University of Ulster.