GIFT GUIDE
Imagined, Designed, Made in Ireland.
Lambswool Cushion & Throw
CUSHENDALE WOOLEN MILLS €35.00 / €95.00
Blown Glass Necklace VIVIEN WALSH
€95.00
Motte & Bailey Carving Board
BUNBURY BOARDS
€149.00
Hand-Knit Thaw Cable Hat STUDIO DONEGAL
€39.00
‘Dream A Dream’ Limited Edition Leather & Canvas Shopper LISA RYDER
€390.00
‘Bear Chatting to a Bee’ Lino Print FAWN
€49.00
Pyjama & Irish Legend Storybook Set
MCCUL CLOTHING
€28.00
Green Onyx Earrings JUVI
€95.00
Set of 4 Coasters
ANNABEL LANGRISH
€16.00
Chunky Rings – Anodized Aluminium FILLIP VANAS
€95.00
Toolbox
WOODBOFIN
€65.00 Mille & Maud Sock Dogs RED RUFUS
€27.95
Wise Imagined, Designed, Made in Ireland. Here’s some of our favourite Irish craft gifts this winter.
Leather Clutch
SUSANNAGH GROGAN
€180.00
Hand Cut Bauble
THE IRISH HANDMADE GLASS COMPANY
€19.95
Silver Pig Necklace Round Neck Sequin Dress JENNIFER ROTHWELL
PIERCE HEALY
€130.00
€495.00
Business Card Holder CARVE ON
€24.99
Dark Rose & Myrtle Candle LA BOUGIE
Walnut & Maple Wooden Car
CRAFTWOODS
€28.00
€19.95
18ct Yellow Gold Necklace Fire Opal, Diamond And Yellow Citrine
FREDERIKE GRACE
€3,565.00
Chunky Faceted Aqua/Amethyst Chalcedony & Vermeil Rings JUVI
€129.00 ea Cloicin Catch On Freshwater Pearls
GARRETT MALLON
€175.00
Silver Wide Ring with 12 x 18ct Yellow Gold Studs INGA REED
€380.00
Large Silver Pendant with Rose Gold Charm MARTINA HAMILTON
€198.00
ADORNation Jewellery – Imagined, Designed, Made in Ireland.
18ct Yellow Gold ‘Long Spike’ Ring with Diamond
NATASHA HEASLIP
€2,435.00
Silver and Gold Torc Pendant
ANN CHAPMAN
€240.00
Fine Day Out Cufflinks
Cast Silver Ring
ALAN ARDIFF
€250.00
LLOYD BREETZKE
€185.00
Lana Necklace
CHRISTINA BELLE
€390.00
Silver Textured Band Ring with 4 Gold Lines
BREDA HAUGH
€175.00 ea
Amazonite Gold Raspberry Jade Vermeill Cone Drop ALI NASH
€75.00
‘Let’s Fly Away Together’ Bird Bangle CHUPI
€119.00
Adornment is a practice that is as old as this island. Contemporary goldsmiths work with the same metals as our forefathers did; but while the creations of this generation are anchored in contemporary design they retain the tactility of the handmade – a factor that draws the piece to the wearer.
Gold Cupid’s Arrow Bracelet
CHUPI
€109.00
MAKE A STATEMENT Juvi Designs’ affordable statement jewellery celebrates the natural beauty of semi-precious stones. The husband and wife team Vincent Tynan and Julie Danz have a concession in House of Fraser, Dundrum, Arnotts, and are stocked in The Kilkenny Shop on Nassau Street plus their branches in Swords, Galway and Killarney. juvidesigns.com Beautiful Heart Silver Eardrops
ENIBAS
€65.00
COLLECTABLE COLLECTIVE West Cork-based Enibas is a glorious shop and online retailer run by jewellery designer Sabine Lenz and her husband Len Lipitch. Adornments include Lenz’s ‘Your Life Your Journey’ pendant, Aoife O’Mahony’s nature-inspired creations and the kinetic designs of Alan Ardiff. enibas.com
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Jeweller Ann Chapman runs Stonechat Jewellers in Dublin’s Westbury Mall. The designer also stocks some of Ireland’s rising fine jewellery stars including Marion Woodburn, Michael O’Dwyer and Seamus Gill. stonechatjewellers.ie
TALENT SPOTTER The Cat and the Moon gallery is a beacon of Irish craft and design in the north-west. Founded by jeweller Martina Hamilton in 1989, the Castle Street premises in Sligo is a great place to watch the goldsmith at work and survey the wide range of homegrown talent she has on display. thecatandthemoon.com
BE INDEPENDENT Breda Haugh uses age old goldsmithing techniques to craft her collections which are inspired by Irish design and history, and meant to be worn by independent thinkers. Her ball cufflinks are particularly popular. brendahaugh.com
Gunmetal Gold Leaf Necklace
VIVIEN WALSH
€85.00
FASHION FAVOURITE
VIVA VIV
Chupi’s everyday designs are a fash pack favourite. Celebrity fans of her affordable creations include Welsh songstress Marina Lambrini Diamandis, better known as Marina and the Diamonds, and Ruby Wax.
Vivenne Walsh rocks colour and loves a statement necklace. Her Monkstown shop is a feast for the eyes, a place where you can treat yourself to a special piece.
chupi.ie
vivienwalsh.com
Handmade Raku-Fired Wall Piece
Home is where the hearth is. Irish product designers have taken elements of our past and reinvented them for modern living while celebrating our materials, culture and heritage.
REBEKA KAHN
€125.00
Take me COLOUR KING Andrew Ludick’s hand built ceramics ooze personality. They appeal to modern aesthetes who want pops of colour to punctuate their clean-line homes.
HOME Imagined, Designed, Made in Ireland.
andrewludick.blogspot.com
Black Diamond Geometric Notebook
I HEART TECH
PLAY DATES
For the men in your life Carve On’s masculine accessories make technology look unique. Their range includes wooden and vegetable tanned leather phone covers, all of which can be personalised.
Limerick-based Magic Forest Toys will make you wish you never grew up. Their cuddletastic long -eared rabbits, quizzical owls and hipster foxes will be loved by parents and children alike.
carveon.com
limerickcraftanddesign.com
GLASS ACT
THE MEMORY MAKER
The founders of the Irish Handmade Glass Company cut their teeth at Waterford Crystal. The master glass blowers have taken a modern approach to cut glass.
The spongeware of Nicolas Mosse is made to be used every day to create mealtime memories that can be passed on from generation to generation. Each piece undergoes a 20-step process before it is table ready.
theirishhandmadeglass company.com
JANE HAYDEN
€6.00
nicholasmosse.com
White and Blue Jug ANDREW LUDICK
WARM AND FUZZY FEELING
€65.00
McKernan scarves, a family business that makes their scarves on historic Hattersley domestic looms, combine fashion colours and historic textures with a woven selvedge edge. They are everyday items you’ll want to wear again and again.
Bunny Rabbit Doll
MAGIC FORREST TOYS
€68.00
mckernanscarves.com
PINCH ME Polish born Karolina Grudniewska is a self-taught ceramicist whose heart-shaped pinch bowls make great presents. Use for condiments. wieloryba.wix.com/karoart
Bubble Scarf
Clover Pasta Bowl
MCKERNAN SCARVES
€59.95
NICHOLAS MOSSE
€38.90
Tilt Tealight Holder
KLICKITY
€17.50
Twig Pot in Spalted Beech MATT JONES
€15.00
Bird House Decoration
MARY NEESON
€35.00 Single Copper Robin
Wenge Wood Business Card Holder
LIAM BUTLER
€130.00
HUGH CUMMINS
€52.00
Limited Edition Butterdish — Mr. Mouse
100g Shaving Soap Puck & Ceramic Shaving Dish
KAROART
€59.50
THE HANDMADE SOAP COMPANY & CASTLE ARCH POTTERY
€25.00
Passport Cover CARVEON
€39.90
‘Hugs & Kisses’ Walnut Trinket Box with Sycamore Inlays IAN HAWTHORNE
Espresso Cup & Saucer
€190.00
SLIDING ROCK CERAMICS
€24.95
Votive/Tubler THE IRISH HANDMADE GLASS COMPANY
€29.95
18ct Yellow Gold Ring with Ruby & Diamond FREDERIKE GRACE
€1,950.00
Festive ‘Cinnamon & Cedar’ Scented Natural Wax Candle BROOKE & SHOALS
€18.95
Reflection Porcelain Bowls MICHELE HANNAN CERAMICS
€20–€40
Undulating Twill Blanket
STUDIO DONEGAL
€79.00
Ski Hat
KENNEDY OF ARDARA
€18.00
Where to
BUY
giveirishcraft.com makes gifting easy, offering a comprehensive choice of jewellery, ceramics, home, fashion and textiles, and gift ideas from hundreds of Irish makers.
Our extensive network of retailers nationwide brings Irish-made crafts to the consumer instore and online. ADRIGOLE ARTS Cork www.hungryhillgallery.com
THE GUINNESS GALLERY Dublin
AN CLACHÁN Donegal
HOUSE OF FRASER Dublin
www.anclachangallery.com
www.houseoffraser.co.uk
ARDMORE POTTERY Waterford,
HOUSE OF IRELAND Dublin
ARNOTTS Dublin
INDIVIDUALS Cork
ARTIST’S GIFT GALLERY Co. Dublin
THE IRISH CRAFT COLLECTION
www.ardmorepottery.com www.arnotts.ie
www.artistsgiftgallery.ie
Westmeath, ballinahowncraftvillage.com
IRISH DESIGN SHOP Dublin www.irishdesignshop.com
THE BEACH HOUSE GALLERY
KILKENNY DESIGN CENTRE Kilkenny
T. 053 912 3159
BLARNEY WOOLLEN MILLS
www.blarney.com
LITTLE FISH DESIGNS Dublin www.littlefishdesigns.ie LOUTH CRAFTMARK Louth
www.louthcraftmark.com
Kildare, www.bobandkates.ie
MAKERS & BROTHERS
BOHEM Mayo www.originalgifts.ie
MAYFLY Dublin
BOW Dublin
www.bowpowerscourt.com
CARRAIG DONN Nationwide www.carraigdonn.com THE CAT & THE MOON Sligo
www.thecatandthemoon.ie
CLEO Dublin
www.irishclothing.ie
CRAFT GRANARY Tipperary www.craftgranaryonline.com DESIGN CENTRE Dublin
www.designcentre.ie
www.makersandbrothers.com www.mayfly.ie
MCAULIFFE’S CRAFT SHOP Donegal
T. 074 913 6135
MEADOWS & BYRNE Nationwide
www.meadowsandbyrne.com
MOURNE ANTIQUES Donegal
www.mourneantiques.com
THE NARROW SPACE Tipperary
www.thenarrowspace.com PROJECT 51 Dublin
www.project51.ie
O’REILLY & TURPIN Mayo
THE DESIGN HOUSE Dublin
T. 098 28 151
DESIGNWORKS Cork
T. 026 41 198
DESIGNYARD Dublin
Nationwide, www.shaws.ie
ENIBAS Cork
SLIDING ROCK CERAMICS Galway www.slidingrockceramics.com
www.thedesignhouse.ie
www.designworksstudio.ie www.designyard.ie
www.enibas.com
ETAIN HICKEY COLLECTIONS
West Cork www.rossmorepottery.com FORGET ME NOT Donegal
www.forgetmenot.ie
FOXFORD WOOLLEN MILLS Mayo
www.foxfordwoollenmills.com GIFT VENUE Clare
www.giftvenue.ie
irishdesignshop.com
arnotts.ie
www.leitrimdesignhouse.ie
THE BLUE POOL GALLERY Kerry
T. 064 662 9049
The Irish Craft Collection, in the department store’s gift department, showcases the best in contemporary Irish craft and design; quality work that is imagined, designed and made in Ireland. Each gift tells the unique and authentic story of its maker. The store’s regular ‘Meet The Maker’ events introduce the art of fine craftsmanship to department store shoppers.
www.kilkennyshop.com
LEITRIM DESIGN HOUSE Leitrim
THE LOFT Dublin www.theloftmarket.com
BOB AND KATE’S GIFT & HOME
ARNOTTS DESIGN DEPARTMENT
www.kilkennydesign.com
KILKENNY GROUP Nationwide
BLUE EGG GALLERY Wexford
www.blueegggallery.ie
Founded in 2008 by jewellers Clare Grennan and Laura Caffrey, the Irish Design Shop champions the best in homegrown ceramics, woodwork, textiles, jewellery and furniture. Their second shop location popped up in the RHA Gallery as a temporary space in March 2011. Twentytwo months later they’re still there. Their accompanying online store provides an international shop window for Irish design.
T. 021 481 3805
Arnotts, Dublin www.arnotts.ie
BARKERS Wexford
DUBLIN DUO LOVES DESIGN
www.houseofireland.com
BALLINAHOWN CRAFT VILLAGE
Waterford, thebeachhousegallery.com
Independent retailers around the country take a chance on new talent; they love them, support them and sell them, putting new names on the radar of larger stores. Salute retailers of Irish craft by supporting their endeavors.
www.guinnessgallery.com
Contributors: Content: Alanna Gallagher Brian McGee, Emma McGrath Design: Zero-G Product photography: Neil Hurley Styling: Eleanor Harpur Cover Illustration: Peter Donnelly For more information about Irish craft visit giveirishcraft.com or email info@ccoi.ie
For information on availability of the items featured in this supplement and many more unique pieces, contact or visit any of the exclusive gift and craft stores throughout the country. For a full list of participating stockists please visit: giveirishcraft.com/stockists Prices listed are recommended retail prices (RRP). All prices and gifts are correct and available at time of print. Not all products are available in all stores.
QUINLANS OF MACROOM Cork SHAWS DEPARTMENT STORES
STONECHAT JEWELLERS Dublin
www.stonechatjewellers.ie
THE MOOD GALLERY Co. Mayo
www.themoodgallery.com
TUCKMILL GALLERY Kildare
T. 045 879 761
WEST CORK CRAFTS Cork
www.westcorkcrafts.ie
WESTGATE DESIGN Wexford www.westgatedesign.ie