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Our final pair of new members are Sophie Mawhinney and Heather Eves.Sophie of Flourish and Fonts creates graphic posters...
12/06/2026

Our final pair of new members are Sophie Mawhinney and Heather Eves.

Sophie of Flourish and Fonts creates graphic posters, postcards and artworks incorporating local maps, landmarks and scenes.

Heather is the textile artist behind Heather Eves Simply Creative Heather designs and sews her quality bags, purses and cases using beautiful fabrics, appliqué details and accessories.

Our new members bring our total membership to 40 makers, working across a wide range of disciplines and offering high quality art and craft at all our upcoming events. We can’t wait to get started!

Joining us as new members are Fiona Kerr, Creinagh Townsley and James Kelly. This trio brings us jewellery, textiles and...
11/06/2026

Joining us as new members are Fiona Kerr, Creinagh Townsley and James Kelly. This trio brings us jewellery, textiles and art to add to our creative collective.

Fiona Kerr Jewellery is a long established silver and goldsmith creating exquisite jewellery for all occasions.

Creinagh•Colourful merino knitwear creates colourful knitwear for those who love a pop or two of colour in their wardrobe and life.

James Kelly is well known for his graphic representations of local landscapes and events in a retro style. James also creates atmospheric original artworks.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s post for our final introductions of our new members.

Please help us to welcome our next three new members to the Collective.Bringing her wonderful skills and creativity are ...
10/06/2026

Please help us to welcome our next three new members to the Collective.

Bringing her wonderful skills and creativity are printmaker Joanna Browne of Joanna takes great inspiration from her surroundings of Strangford Lough in creating her beautiful Lino prints and delicate picture maps.

Castlewellan based Micheal Morris of blends his own stunning fragrance ranges for his sought after hand poured candles.

of Bangor joins our ranks, specialising in ceramics but also teaching painting and glass work workshops.

Keep tuning in to find out who else will be bringing their creative businesses to the North Down Craft Collective events.

Our recent call-out for artists and craftspeople to join our collective resulted in a deluge of applications from makers...
09/06/2026

Our recent call-out for artists and craftspeople to join our collective resulted in a deluge of applications from makers across Northern Ireland. While we had to disappoint a large number of applicants, we are delighted to welcome a selection of high quality creatives to NDCC.

This week we will introduce our new members to you starting with the very talented a glass artist working in Strangford.

Also joining our team is Donna Hardy of based in Bangor, who creates beautiful felted artworks.

And rounding up our first three introductions is Duncan Legate of creating the most beautiful wooden furniture, home furnishings and serving boards.

We can’t wait to invite all our new members to our Craft Festival event at Castle Espie on 15 & 16 August where you’ll be able to enjoy their wonderful creations!

Congratulations to NDCC member on her fantastic exhibition that opened today at WWT Castle Espie. Sylvia’s stunning woo...
23/05/2026

Congratulations to NDCC member on her fantastic exhibition that opened today at WWT Castle Espie. Sylvia’s stunning wood fired ceramic vessels, shown alongside Colin Dales’ paintings were a real joy to behold and were richly commended by everyone who attended the special opening this afternoon. The warm tones of wood fired earthenware sat beautifully alongside Colin’s layered and textured large scale paintings.

The exhibition continues in the Gallery until 21 June, open daily from 10-5pm.

18/05/2026

NDCC member is hosting an exhibition of her beautiful wood fired earthenware ceramics at WWT Castle Espie, opening next weekend. Exhibiting alongside artist Colin Dales in the Graffan Gallery, Sylvia’s rich toned ceramics provide a sense of history that sit comfortably alongside Colin’s highly textured artworks reflecting a more digital age.

Exhibition preview 2 - 5pm on Saturday 23 May. Continues daily 10 - 5 pm until Saturday 21 June.

16/05/2026

THANK YOU to everyone who applied for new membership of North Down Craft Collective. We are thrilled to have had so many applications from some wonderful creatives!

We are working our way through all the applications and will be in touch with everyone who applied in the the next few weeks.

Applications are now closed and we will only be inviting new Expressions of Interest in Spring 2027.

Keep watching our socials to find out what’s happening next with NDCC CIC!

Save the date(s)! This August as part of we will be hosting a two day craft festival at our favourite place WWT Castle ...
16/05/2026

Save the date(s)!

This August as part of we will be hosting a two day craft festival at our favourite place WWT Castle Espie, Comber.

Alongside our highly popular craft market our members will be running workshops and demos. You’ll not want to miss it!

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