Creative Peninsula 2023

Kiri Cottage Creative Peninsula 2023

Kiri Cottage Crafts is very happy to announce we are participating in the hugely popular Creative Peninsula again this year! 

This is happening up and down the Peninsula between 27 July – 13 August 2023.

The Creative Peninsula is Northern Ireland’s premier celebration of professional Art and Craft.

Now in its 22nd year, and with some exciting changes afoot, this thriving annual event features exhibitions, workshops and demonstrations, all taking place in the picturesque Borough of Ards and North Down.

Our Borough is well knows for its many resident Artists and Makers and during Creative Peninsula visitors have the opportunity to view their work, make a purchase or a commission or try their hand at making something unique.

Follow the below links to explore the workshops I am running for this event. 

Learn to spin on a spinning wheel, and help to keep a traditional craft alive.
Kiri Cottage Craft Session Senior Clubs
This simple form of weaving teaches everyone, kids included, the basics of traditional weaving.
Kiri Cottage Finger Loop Braiding
Fingerloop braiding is a very old technique, with examples that date back to the Bronze Age.
Kiri Cottage Beads 1
We will use a wide range of beads of different colours and sizes
Kiri Cottages Mandalas and Dreamcatchers
Mandalas and Dreamcatchers come in many forms, using different materials, shapes and sizes.

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Kiri Cottage Craft Demonstrations 1

Craft Demonstrations

As part of Ards and North Down Council’s Creative Peninsula, craft demonstrations were set up in the North Down Museum in Bangor on Sunday 3 August.

I brought several lucets, a Scandinavian braiding tool, for demonstration. Lots of chat with interested visitors, and a few who tried it out Lucets were used to create decorative braids and trimmings for clothings and household, and also to make more practical cordage and fine rope.

Kiri Cottage Opportunity for Creativity 1

Opportunity for Creativity

Ards and North Down Council kicked off Creative Peninsula on Friday 1 August in the square in newtownards. A number of us did some demonstrations in the Arts Centre, offering opportunities for the visitors to have a go at the crafts on display.
I had brought a number of peg looms and had plenty of customers, aged from under 10 to over 80.

Peg loom weaving is fun, easy to learn and provides an opportunity for creativity.

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