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Call for Jury Submissions
From this issue, Stopress N become a monthly publication.The Copy date will be the I st of each month and it will become available between the 7th and 12th of the month. We have also added some new sections which we hope will become standards. One such new forum will be the Letters to the Editor section and we would like to encourage as much correspondence as possible.
CCol Quality Mark - Retail Gallery - Showcase New Faces & Village - MediaStore (Only Craftworkers Registered with the Crafts Council may be juried)
CCol Jewellery Course blows its Trumpet! Dear Editor, Earlier this year the CCol Jewellery Course Trainer, Jane Huston, called me and asked me to take on a trainee for a two week work placement. The assistance I felt I would gain from this was input in the development of one of our new collections. Not only has the student taken our idea from concept through to finished product, she has also made other beautiful new designs. If this is the quality of graduate the Jewellery Design and Production Skills Course produces, I look forward to using the course as a valuable source of talented, skilled craftspeople for my company. Regards, Eoin McDonnell, Jewel A r t Ireland.
The next Jury process is scheduled for Tuesday I Oth of August.
strongly urge you to take sufficient care in packaging your craft items.
General Jury Information Craftworkers must be on the Register of the Crafts Council of Ireland to submit work for selection.There are two jury sessions per year: one in the Spring and one in the Autumn. A notice will be put in Stopress approximately 6 weeks before the jury session, inviting submissions for selection.
Schedule Jury Submission Forms available from June 7th - phone 056 61804, fax 056 63754 for a submission form. Please indicate intention of submission, by Friday 30th July by returning the slip on the Jury Submission Form. Submissions will not be accepted from craftworkers who have not returned the Intention of Submission Slip. All submissions should then be delivered (marked FAO The Jury) Crafts Council, Castle Yard, Kilkenny on Thursday and Friday 5 & 6 August. Late submissions cannot be accepted. Craftworkers will be notified of Jury decisions in the week of 16th - 20th August. Items can be collected on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th August and Monday 16th through Friday 20th August. Any remaining items after this date will be donated to charity. Consider the use of couriers, SDS or Fastrack to transport your submissions, it can save you considerable time and effort. Whichever method you choose we
Each craftworker submitting work will first be juried for the Crafts Council Quality Mark which is a common requirement at any jury session.Those who have been selected for the CCol Quality Mark will receive a certain number of stickers free of charge. Further stickers will be charged at cost. Those juried successfully for the CCol Quality Mark may then (at the same jury session) be juried for Showcase Village and New Faces, the Retail Gallery and MediaStore. The jury panel of six is drawn from a panel nominated by craftspeople as follows: Kieran Whitelaw - lecturer Sean Taylor -Association of Artists Peter Johnson - interior designer Peter Meanley - lecturer Knut Klimmek - furniture maker Geoffrey Healy - ceramicist Deirdre McQuillan - journalist Francis Keane - retailer Richard Lewis - fashion designer Erika Marks - jeweller Mary Dowling - buyer Liam O'Neill - woodturner Ciaran Forbes - woodturner Denis Looby - architect
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Mark McSwiney - architect Belinda Brayshaw - ceramicist Angela Rolfe - specifier OPW Louise Kennedy - fashion designer Breda Haugh - jeweller Julie Griffiths - knitwear designer Alan Ardiff - jeweller Rudolf Heltzel - jeweller Robert O'Byrne - journalist Kieran Walsh - Siamsa Tire Michael Jackson - ceramicist David Comerford - woodturner Bernadette Madden - batiq artist Annie Brennan - retailer Colm O'Briain - arts officer Martina Gillan - jeweller & retailer Marie Doyle - buyer Andrew Klimacki - furniture maker Roger Bennett - woodturner Pat McCarthy - fashion designer
Resubmissions Should an applicant be unhappy with a decision made in relation to their work, six different members of the panel will appraise their work at the next jury session.
Crafts Council of Ireland Quality Mark All applicants will have their work appraised by the jury based on the following criteria: * Quality of craftsmanship shown in all presented work, whether design, art or heritage lead craft * Quality of creativity and innovation in design or art lead craft
Showcase Showcase represents a commercial opportunity for volume orders, and the selection of work of quality for the Village takes this into consideration. All applicants will have their work appraised by the jury based on the following criteria. * Quality of craftsmanship shown in all presented work, whether design, art or heritage lead craft
* Quality of creativity and innovation in design or art lead craft * Good quality promotional literature (brochures etc.) *That the marketing environment of the area being applied for is best suited to the presented work.
Subsidies Subsidy application forms are available from Bernadette Fagan at EUROFAIRS,8-9 Sandyford Office Park, Sandyford, Dublin, tel: 01 -295 8185 18 but ONLY to those who have booked a stand at the fair. These subsidies will not be available to exhibitors who have received the subsidy for 5 years and over. New Faces is an area set aside by the Crafts Council of Ireland for new and innovative exhibitors who have reached the high standard of quality set by our Jury panel. New Faces stands are charged at the Crafts Council of Ireland subsidised rate. *Note! If you have any queries on the Showcase jurying process, please contact Catherine Jordan on 01-294 2574. If you have queries on pricing or stand layouts please contact Bernadette Fagan, EUROFAIRS on 01-295 8185.
Retail Gallery Retail Gallery stocking policy favours innovation in design and production, short batch and individual production. The overall policy is based on the Memorandum of Association of the Crafts Council: 2. (a) "To promote quality in the design, production and marketing of all crafts, in order to strengthen the craft industry, protect existing employment and create new employment".
Note! For information on commission rates or further information on the Retail stocking policy please contact Lynn Stephens at CraftsCouncil@DESIGNyard on 01-677 8467.
Please note: Criteria for jurying work for the Retail Gallery and for Showcase are different. Acceptance for the Retail Gallery does not necessarily mean that the Village area represents the appropriate market opportunity for a particular type of work, and vice versa. MediaStore All applicants will have their work appraised by the jury based on the following criteria. ^Quality of craftsmanship shown in the presented work. *Design innovation shown in the presented work Note! For any further information on MediaStore please contact Joanna Quinn, Information Officer, 056-61804
Plan Expo 4th - 6th November 1999 Simmonscourt, RDS 1-ixpo Exhibitions are launching a new Interiors section which will be of great benefit to interior designers who had difficulty locating relevant companies at previous shows. If you are interested in booking a stand in the Interiors area at Plan Expo please contact Stephen Murtagh on 01-295 8181. The Crafts Council intend to promote a Quality Mark Trail for Crafts Council registered craftworkers who have achieved the Quality mark. Any such exhibitors at the show will have the quality mark on their fascia panel and will be part of a special promotion in the catalogue.
Craft Fairs, Exhibitions & Competitions
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The Information Section has many Information sheets available that may be of use to you. When new sheets are published you will be notified via Stopress.The list of Sheets available at the moment is as follows:
European Summers School 1999 Musee-Atelier duVerre - Musee departmental BP No 2 - 59216 Sars-Poteries - France Tel:+33O3 27 61 61 44 Fax+33 03 27 61 65 64
British Craft Fairs Contemporary Crafts oh Border Copyright Craft Centres Showcase New Product Awards General CCol Information Sheet Grant Aid Agencies Enterprise Board list Enterprise Ireland offices Leader groups Guilds & Associations Guilds General Information Health and Safety How to Get into Showcase How to Register with the CCol
Internet Irish Craft Fairs Jurying Information MediaStore Membership Information Sheet Outreach Information sheet Personal Accident Insurance Public Liability insurance Regional Craft Fairs Register Criteria Retail Gallery Scale Retail Shop/Submission Procedure Showcase Statistics SYOB-Quick Reference Guide Training Courses info sheets Business Course Outline Jewellery Course Outline Pottery Course Outline VHI Group Scheme
These information sheets will be published as articles in Stopress on an occasional basis.The first article on the Internet is on pag<
Ceramic Millennium Arts Festival 1999-The Netherlands The Ceramic Millennium is an international leadership congress for the ceramic arts involving two thousand delegates from sixty countries.The Arts Festival is the largest and most public part of this ambitious five-part event that also includes the 8th international Ceramics Symposium. (The RAI, Amsterdam July 13 - 17). A Century of Film and Video on Ceramics.The Ceramic Resources Fair. For further information, see the Ceramic Millennium web site http://www.ceramicmill.com or phone+31 (20)679-3411 Fax: +31 (20) 673-7306 E-mail: ceramics@eurocongres.com
The Festival for the World Craft Artists - The 99 Chongju Biennale. This is an international Craft Biennale which is to be held at Chongju City in the Republic of Korea.The exhibition will include the invited craft works of both nationally and internationally renowned craft arts of this century as well as award winning craft works. For further information, contact Organising Committee, (755, Sajik I dong, Heungdeok-gu, Chongju City, ChungchonbukProvince 361 101, Republic of Korea. Tel: +82 431 220 6275. Fax: +82 431 220 6280. E-mail: competition@chongjubiennale.com
Fiberart International 99 9 September - 30 October 1999 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Society for Contemporary Crafts Pittsburgh, PA. The 16th biennial exhibition of contemporary fiber art, organised by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, features 83 compelling works by 71 artists, including 15 from countries outside the USA. A public Fiberarts Forum featuring international artists in a roundtable dialogue is scheduled for Saturday, 23 October 1999. Web site: http://www.paznet.com/fiberartint I 99.html.
Irish Chairs The aim of this exhibition is to stimulate Irish Designers to reinvent this everyday object with attention to the form, function, aestheticism and imagination. Designers represent many styles and materials. They also represent a wide geographical spread. Venue:Aula Maxima, NUIG. Dates: 12 - 27b July 1999. Contact Hilary Morley,Tel/Fax: 091 -528524. Sean McCrum Tel/Fax 01 -6793279. E-mail: hmorley@esatclear.ie
Business Awards Today The Business Today Awards are open to companies with 50 employees or under, who have used Telecommunications in an innovative way to boost and develop their business. Each monthly award winner will be featured in the Irish Independent business and technology section. Entry Form and criteria available from: FREEPOST,Telecom Eire, SME Marketing Business Today Award, PO Box 6427, Phibsboro, Dublin 7. Fax to 01 701 2943. By e-mail to businesstoday@telecom.ie.Visit the
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of the annual Kerrygold Horse Show, August 4th-8th.
Castleconnell, Co Limerick. Tel: 061 377810
Exhibition "Breathing Spaces"
The work of Ireland's most talented craft designers will be seen by a wider audience this year, as the RDS is currently orgainising a touring exhibition of winners which will travel to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and Dundalk County Museum.
The Barrettstown Gang Camp Christmas Fair
Artists are invited to submit for selection, ideas for this exhibition of Installation and Sculpture work in Lough Key Forest Park near Boyle. The exhibition will run from July 23rd -August 15th 1999 coinciding with the Boyle Arts Festival. The idea is to create "Organic Spaces" at various locations which visitors will view by following a map. It is hoped that some work would remain in the park and be absorbed back into the environment. Deadline for Submissions is 21 June 1999. For further information please contact Tower Arts Project, Lough Key Forest Park,Tel: 079 63737
1999 RDS/EBS Crafts Competition The competition is a major event in the Irish crafts calendar. It allows professional and amateur craftworkers compete together for prestigious awards and gives them an opportunity to display their skill and innovation. The competition has successfully developed in the recent past and now has twenty categories with a prize fund in excess of £15,000. A special prize of £2,000 has been introduced this year to celebrate the arrival of the millennium. It is open to any craft discipline. The judging panel is made up of prominent craftspeople and academics from Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK.To maintain high standards, prizes are only awarded provided sufficient merit is shown. This competition is open to all craft workers resident in Ireland and Irish craft workers based abroad. The winning entries form part of an exhibition which is an integral part
Closing date for receipt of slides or photographs is Friday 18 June 1999. Application forms: Adrienne Dunne or Trixie Leahy at the RDS Arts Department Tel: 01 6680866
Midland Craft Guilds Summer Craft Fair This fair will be held at the Court Hotel,Tullamore, Co Offaly on Sunday 18 July from I lam to 6.30pm. Over 50 stalls, some stalls still available. Further information and bookings from Elizabeth Wynn 0506-21156.
Looking for a new venue to promote your work? The Barrettstown Gang Camp is holding its second annual Christmas Fair on Friday 3 December 1999.The Camp provides therapeutic programmes for seriously ill children helping them to cope with a difficult present and future and the event provides much needed funds for the Camp. Stalls are available from £80. Contact: Joanne Duffy, Events Manager, Barrettstown Gang Camp, Ballymore Eustace, Co Kildare.Tel: 045-8641 15. Fax: 045-864197.
Limerick City Centre & Gifts Exhibition Christmas ! 999 Saturday and Sunday I I and 12 December. City Hall, Merchant's Quay, Limerick City (supported by Limerick City Enterprise Board)
Dunlavin Festival of the Arts Now in its 17th year, the Dunlavin Festival of Arts will hold a Craft Fair in the village of Dunlavin on Sunday 10 June commencing at 12 noon.The Craft Fair encourages all areas of crafts and does not charge for the stands.Those interested in taking a stand should contact Matt Owens at 045-401255.
Castleconnell Craft Fair, October 24 & 25 1999 The Castleconnell Craft Fair which is one of Ireland's largest and most successful craft events invites applications from potential exhibitors for stands at this year's Craft Fair l999.The 2-day fair attracts craftworkers from all four provinces. For further details and an application form, please contact Mary O'Connor at the following address: (please note that all application forms must be returned by 30 June 1999) Ms Mary O'Connor, Coolbawn,
Limited number of stands available to craftspeople and gifts suppliers located in the region. Final date for booking Wednesday 30 June 1999. For further details and/or application form, contact Carousel Marketing, 17 Nicholas Street, Limerick,. Tel 061 401682.
PACE Craft Fair 2 0 & 2 I November 1999 PACE, a charitable organisation caring for the elderly in the Passage West area hold a Craft Fair annually. For further information please contact PACE, Main Street, Passage West, Co. Cork tel: 021 -863272
Wanted Wood turning equipment - just setting up so all equipment and accessories needed. Call Sheena 086 8386656
Courses Available Technical Training Workshops 1999
Craft Workshop/Centre Spinning/Weaving/Tapestry/Lace work/Patchwork Learn how to do the above in a wonderful 18th century setting at the Stable Buildings of Rockfield House.You can avail of many other activities during the course all at very reasonable rates. For further information, contact Imelda Daly 043-76024.
Metalwork,Technical Drawing, Small Scale Clay Forming Workshop, Large Ceramic Sculpture Workshop, Ceramic Press Moulding & Slip Casting, Basic Mouldmaking Workshop, Mouldmaking and Silicone Rubber, Waxwork Techniques, Stained Glass Workshop (for artists), Basic Glass Fusing Workshop, Uses of Transparency in Sculpture (for artists).
The Quay Westport, Co Mayo
For further information, contact Pauline O'Connell,Technical Coordinator.The Fire Station Artists' Studios Technical Training, 9 - I I Lr Buckingham Street, Dublin I, Ireland. Tel: 01-855 6735/855 5632 Monday -Wednesday. Fax:01-855 5176. E-mail: training@firestation.org.
Project Workshops for those who already have basic stained glass making skills, but have not the place or time, or maybe the impetus to use them. Each course is limited 3 participants to ensure maximum personal attention. Courses run from Monday to Wednesday from 10am - 5pm with lunch from Ipm 2pm.
Kinsealy Basketry and Crafts
Course Dates: May 10,11 andl2. June 14,15 and 16 Sept 6, 7, and 8 Nov 8, 9, and 10.
Basket making for beginners Saturday 17 July and Sunday 18 July 1999. Basket making for improvers Saturday 24 July and Sunday 25 July 1999 For further information, contact Samson Akinrinde Tel: 01 -8460014 E-mail samsonie@indigo.ie.
Summer Art Workshops: July Mullins Mill, Kells, Co Kilkenny Raku Kiln: 10-11 July Papermaking: 17 - 18 July Stained Glass: 24 - 25 July Times: Saturday I Oam - 4pm, Sunday I Oam - Ipm. Fee per weekend: £70 For further information, contact The Arts Office 056-52699. Organised by Kilkenny County Council and KRETE.
The Glasshouse Stained Glass Project Workshops 1999
Course Fee: £60 per day. Deposit £40 payable on booking, balance due on first day of course. For further information, contact Linda Mulloy.The Glasshouse,The Quay, Westport.Tel: 098 25484. Fax: 098 27726. E-mail: blackshell@anu.ie.
weaving holiday in South West Donegal Gaeltacht. Create original work in colour and texture. Expert tuition. Beginners to advanced.The programme includes: Introductory slide show and lecture, Natural dyeing using dyestuff such as leather on an open fire, Spinning on Donegal wheels, Designing for tapestry,Tapestry weaving. Course dates: July 5 - 9 , 12- 16, 1 9 - 2 3 , 2 6 - 3 0 . August 2 - 6 , 9 - 13, 16-20,23 - 2 7 Course Fee £100. For further information, contact Annie Tel: 073 30325/30372. E-mail tapieisgael@tinet.ie.
Paper Workshops Daintree's new handmade papermill is up and running.Various handmade paper workshops are available now. Introductory classes are held on an ongoing basis with more advanced classes available from July until September with an Artist. For further details, contact Ann Marie Tel: 01-4789079.
Craft Workshops Barbara Bailey,The Studio at the Old House,Templeboden, Leamlara, Co Cork.Tel: 021-642513. Courses: Spinning, Needlework, Cross-stitch, and Patchwork. All courses are run from I Oam to 5pm with excellent lunch and bottomless coffee pot provided. Please ring for course dates and prices.
Green Wood Chairs 3-day chairmaking courses in West Cork. Design and make your own "living wood" chair using unseasoned hazel. Courses run regularly throughout the Summer. For details, contact Alison Ospina, Green wood Chairs.The Wooden House, Rossnagoose, Skibbereen, West Cork.Tel: 028 21890. Fax: 028 21897.
Tapestry Weaving Natural dying, spinning and tapestry
To Let Craft Workshop in prime tourist area. Bright and spacious 1,000 square feet, very reasonable rent. Preference given to craft discipline complimenting existing crafts in Donegal Craft Village, Donegal Town. Blossoming cultural centre in the North West. Tel: 073-22225. Fax: 073-22015.
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Calling Craftworkers The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Regional Bursary Scheme
Conservation Skills register of Practitioners.
Kilkenny County Council in partnership with the Tyrone Guthrie Centre is offering a two week residency at Annaghmakerrig to artists from all fields, writers, painters, musicians and others, born or domiciled in County Kilkenny.
The Society plans to update the Register in the year 2000. If you are a thatcher, woodcarver, joiner, stone cutter/carver, signwriter, locksmith, clock restorer, decorative plasterworker, stained glass worker, paint conservator, gilder, terracotta or ironworker, with experience in restoration/reproduction, and would like to be included in the Register, please contact the Society for details. There is no charge for an entry in the Register.
The artist will be selected based on their previous achievements and the project they intend to further during their working residency at Annaghmakerrig.The selected Artist residency should take place between October 1999 and end of 2000. Application forms should be returned before 31 July 1999. Further information from the Arts Office, Kilkenny County Council, tel: 056 52699
The Craft worker's Year Book 1999 Price ÂŁ9.95 plus ÂŁ 1.00 post and packing. Available by post from The Write Angle Press, Mail Order Department, PO Box 560, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5ZY. Cheques payable to: The Write Angle Press. Order by telephone: 0181 770 7087,0181 298 0929. By E-mail: philip@wrangleguides.demon.co.uk. Also available from bookshops by quoting title, publisher and ISBN.
Rose of Tralee Online Shop Would you like to supply your Irish produced goods to the Rose of Tralee? Contact Kerry, tel: 068 31538. E-mail: kerry@roseof tralee.ie.
Irish Georgian Society Ireland's Architectural Heritage Society, 74 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6767053. Fax: 016620290. Traditional Building and
Book to Showcase Contemporary Ceramic Art and Pottery of Ireland Louise Ellen Cooley, an administrator of adult education at Michigan State University, USA and a member of the Lansing, Michigan Potters' Guild visited Ireland in March to research her pending book "A Celebration of Ceramics. A Guide to Contemporary Ceramic Art and Pottery of Ireland". This picture book will showcase contemporary ceramic art and pottery in Ireland and will provide information on how to locate individual artists, studios and potteries. Both utilitarian objects and adornments for the home will be featured. Mairead Dunlevy of the National Museum of Ireland/Collins Barracks will write the preface to the book. Louise will identify a contemporary Irish potter or ceramic artist to write the introduction to the book on the contemporary state of ceramics in Ireland today. Photographs of ceramic art and pottery of individual artists and potteries and potters working will be featured with artist/work and/or
historical copy and organised geographically according to province. Regional and local maps with symbols marking ceramic art and pottery studios and workshops will be included if so desired by the potter for ease of location with contact names, addresses, phone numbers and website or email addresses listed in the back resource directory of the book. Interested ceramic artists and potters may submit slides and/or transparencies of their work (slides of ceramic artists and potters at work may also be showcased), contact and/or studio name, address, phone, fax, email and geographic directions to studio. Only slides or transparencies will be accepted (deadline is I August 1999) to insure the highest quality of reproduction for this picture book. Mail to: Louise Ellen Cooley, 724 Elm Street, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, U.S.A., email: cooleyl@pilot.msu.edu
Situations Wanted Experienced photographer of Art and Craft available: Formats 35mm and 120.Will travel. For more information, contact Veronica Nicholson, Ballyvaughan, Co Clare. Tel: 065-7077076.
Finnish Goldsmith interested in suitable job within the industry in Ireland: Has made jewellery by casting, pressing and handwork. Has seated precious stones by utilising the most common techniques and has had practice in more special seating techniques. Contact Sami Auvinen, Jukolantie 12 D 25, FIN-08700 Virkkala, Finland. Tel:+358 40 5440169
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Situations Vacant Thrower needed: (full/part time)
The first in an occasional series of articles on issues of interest to craftworkers.
for small pottery in Co Clare producing domestic ware at stoneware temperatures. Contact Hannah at Ballymorris Pottery, Cratloe, Co Clare
061-357118. Cork City Jewellers: has a fulltime position available for a qualified jewellery/setter. Contact Irene at 021-27491 I. W a n t e d : Jewellery Designer/Craftsperson interested in marketing Australian Opals. Contact Box 1001 at Crafts Council of Ireland, Castle Yard, Kilkenny
For Sale 16 Shaft AVL compu-dobby loom: 1.5 loom including overhead beater, standard beam, sectioned beam, 4 box fly shuttle, tension box, track and mounting system, selvedge roller, MAC classic 2/40 computer with B/W design and weave program. ÂŁ5,500. Contact Northern Ireland 01504 31 1060 Dobby loom: 16 shaft, fly shuttle,
The Internet One of the most frequently raised issues in the crafts sector is that of the use of technology, and more specifically, the internet. Bookshops are awash with hefty, costly books purporting to explain all. However, very few people have either the time or the patience to delve through these books.This information sheet hopefully goes some way to providing a straightforward and simple explanation.
Q: What exactly is the internet? A: Initially conceived by the American Defence Department for exchanging information, the Internet has evolved on a worldwide basis to include some 100 million users.The word itself is derived from international and network. This network of networks is a core of computers linked by high-speed connections. To gain access, you simply connect your computer to any of these networks via an Internet Service Provider, such as Indigo.
l70cms/68" weaving width, good condition, complete with Reeds,
Q: What does it do?
shuttle, lags and pegs, bench. ÂŁ 1200.
A: Having gained access, you are now online.The thing to remember is that, internet use is not about computers, but people and communication.The most basic form of communication is electronic mail (e-mail), whereby the user can send a letter anywhere in the world for the cost of a local call. It's also possible to attach computer files to the e-mail, for example, a piece of artwork.
Contact Korinna Henke at 0508 81565.
Cromartie Kiln: 16 cubic foot toploader with programmer. Rathcliffe wheel, extruder, decorators banding wheels, throwing batts.AII in excellent condition. Contact Mark 041 31817 (9am -6pm).
Laburnum Tree: for sale. 50 years old, 30 feet high. Contact Denise 01-8401530 or 086-8290037.
With a bit of practice you can post questions you need answered, search/purchase books or visit art galleries.
Q: Do I need it for my business? A: In the last few years the Internet has become as basic a business tool as the telephone or fax machine. Whether you can make money from internet use is another matter. For instance, online booksellers, Amazon are selling huge numbers of books, but are yet to make a profit. Using the internet for direct sales seems to be growing in popularity, particularly products such as CD's or books. So rather than using the web to attract sales, it is more advisable to think in terms of interactive advertising.
Q: What is interactive advertising? A: Boosting your marketing tools with a website is probably advisable.You can post information about your products, provide customer support and use feedback as valuable market research. A website has the potential to widen your customer base by broadening the particular niche that your product is aimed at.
Q: How do I get started? A:The most popular method is with a PC, a telephone line and a modem. The modem is hooked to a service provider who gives an account to you.
Q: The buzzwords like "information superhighway" put me off, how difficult is use of the internet? A: As with all buzzwords, the actual meaning is usually quite simple. For instance, the information superhighway effectively means a huge library, where the user can find information at the click of a mouse. If you can type a letter on a computer, you can use the internet. If you don't have a computer, consider dropping into an internet cafe, where you can use a machine
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Q: I want to do this - where do I go?
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A:You should contact any one of the Internet Service Providers such asTinet, Esatclear, Ireland Online or Indigo. Indigo has a deal at the moment for putting your business on the Internet for less than a pound a day. The deal includes website facility, 5 email aliases to use for correspondence marketing and research, domain name registration, 10 MB Virtual Web Server and a website template. For further information phone 1850 73 00 73
Some interesting websites: www.calligraphycentre.com - work of John Stevens www.letterhead.com - Sign Artists site www.pegasusnet.com - Website designers specifically for arts organisations and the use of ecommerce www.stonecarver.com - Chicago based sculptor, Walter Arnold. www.ruffordceramiccentre.org.uk a history of studio ceramics in the UK http://www.the-chapel-ofart.freeserve.co.uk/page2l.html Project to collect hand-made floor tiles from around the world and each tile should represent the ceramicist, their work and their art. www.kompass.ie - directory of Irish companies www.design-council.org.uk
Chief Executive Business Development Manager. Administrative Officer. Information Officer. Accounts Officer. Secretary/Receptionists
Leslie Reed Emer Ferran Nuala McGrath .Joanna Quinn Mary Blanchfield Maggie Moran Breda Butler
Training (Kilkenny) Craft and Design Business Development Jewellery Design & Production Skills Course Pottery Skills Course
Anne Kennedy Jane Huston Gus Mabelson
Phone: 056 61804, fax: 056 63754, email: ccoi@craftscouncil-of-ireland.ie
Crafts Council@DESIGNyard, Dublin Retail Manager. MediaStore Development
Lynn Stephens Kaethe Burt-O'Dea
Phone: 01 6778467, fax: 01 6778482, email: kaethe@connect.ie
Showcase Showcase Co-Ordinator.
Catherine Jordan
Phone & fax: 01 -2942574, email: showcase@indigo.ie
Contemporary Crafts on the Border Development Officer.
Cornelia McCarthy
Phone: 042-73005, fax: 042-73022, email: craftcf@tinet.ie
Stopress/Bulletin Mailing List Craftworkers on the Register of the Crafts Council of Ireland receive Stopress and the Bulletin free of charge. This is part of the service associated with Registration. Interested individuals not on the Register may subscribe to the Stopress and Bulletin. Due to production costs it has become necessary to currently charge a nominal fee of ÂŁ10 per calendar year for those who subscribe. At the moment an update of the Mailing List of subscribers is being carried out.This update continues through June. We would like to encourage responses to our request for updated information so that we may provide an efficient service.
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While every care has been taken in the compilation of this Stopress, the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions. To advertise in Stopress, please contact Joanna Quinn at the Crafts Council's offices in Kilkenny tel: 056 61804, email: joanna@craftscouncil-of-ireland.ie.