Trail Puts Designers On The Map
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Design studios and craft workshops are opening their doors to the public on Friday, June 10th, as part of an ambitious plan to put the capital’s artisans and designers into the spotlight. One lucky customer will win the Designer Dublin Draw with a prize worth over €1,500.
The Designer Dublin ‘Craft Studio Trail’ is made up of twenty one studios and workshops, dotted along both sides of the city centre. With sculpture, fashion, jewellery, millinery, accessories and homeware craft studios all taking part, the public are invited to take a ‘behind-the-scenes’ look at the designers at work, between 5pm to 8pm on Friday June 10th.
The free event is being organised by the Dublin City Enterprise Board as part of the 2011 Year of Craft celebrations and 10,000 full colour maps of the Craft Studio Trail are now being distributed through city hotels, tourist offices or call into Dublin City Enterprise Board's office. The trail map is also available to download from the Designer Dublin website at http://designerdublin.ie/explore-craft/ and we encourage you to hop on a Dublin bike, where possible, to go from studio to studio.
“Designer Dublin aims to highlight the work of contemporary artisans in the city, bringing affordable craft and design to the people and visitors of Dublin,” said Eibhlin Curley, Assistant CEO of the Dublin City Enterprise Board and one of the main organisers behind the initiative. She added: “To encourage as many people as possible to visit studios along the trail, the designers are organising a prize draw for customers, with over €1,500 worth of craft and design pieces to be won. Many of the designers and makers are also offering discounts of between 10% to 25% to shoppers that evening, so it’s an ideal time to buy, or to commission, a piece of Irish craft.”
Designer Dublin organisers have confirmed the names of the workshops and studios which will be opening their doors to the public for the June 10th Craft Studio Trail. The Designer Dublin brochure and map, along with a list of the prize draw items and discounts for the Craft Studio Trail, can be downloaded from www.designerdublin.ie/explore-craft
Prizes for Designer Dublin Craft Studio Trail on June 10th
One purchase is necessary from one of the 21 participating studios and registering your contact details at the point of purchase to enter Designer Dublin draw.
Product Description, Retail Value and the Name of the Designer Maker
- Raspberry whirl drop earrings (€145) by Melissa C.
- Little Bird pendant, earrings and badge (€52) by Artysmarty
- Button Ring (€110) by Da Capo
- Sterling silver necklace with round brilliant cut diamond (€80) by Precious
- Drop earrings (€70) by Djinn
- Rangoli Beaded headpiece (€190) by Rangoli
- Gold branch necklace Gold orchid (€26) and blue jade earrings (€20) and Gold feather ring €10 by A Box for My Treasure
- Silver lace leaf pendant and chain (€70) by Breda Haugh
- Silver ingot style pendant and chain (€75) by Barry Doyle Design
- Sky blue dragonfly wrap, cashmere and lambswool (€70) by Heather Finn Knitwear
- Green ceramic vase (€70) Touch Design Ceramics
- Me Note (Ipad cover) (€67) Niki Collier
- Moth to a Flame candle and Wooden chopping board (€37) from the Irish Design Shop
- Eurofowl Sculpture Forms of Life, (€205) Raymond Kinghan (photo with article)
- Clay Mono Print titled 'The Lovers' (€54) by Ayelet Lalor
- Crystal Pewter Bracelet Sterling silver ( €50) by Ann Tyrell, Cows Lane Designer Studio
- Glass Fusion Pendant Glass (€40) by Deirdre Griffin, Cows Lane Designer Studio
- Hat – made to measure voucher (worth €65) by, Shevlin Millinery, Cows Lane Designer Studio
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