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20/07/2023
Traditional Skills Showcase At 'Festival Of Making'
The Ulster Folk Museum and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) NI have announced a new 'Festival of Making' to celebrate traditional crafts & heritage skills.
Over the weekend of Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th August, the festival will showcase a wide range of Ireland's unique building traditions such as thatching, stone masonry, limewashing and drystone walling.
There'll also be talented makers sharing their crafts including signwriting, stained glass, and straw rope making; and the museum's team of in-house craft demonstrators will be working in blacksmithing, willow, textiles, wood and more.
The Ulster Museum said: "As well as a chance to see at-risk skills in action, we will also be hosting a craft fair in collaboration with Craft NI, where you'll be able to purchase works from some of the high quality craft makers and applied artists working with heritage materials to make beautiful objects, homewares and decorative pieces.
"We'll have traditional music sessions, food trucks, screenings in our original picture house, and activities for all ages to get stuck into. So come along and be part of the revival of our treasured heritage skills."
Book your tickets here → www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/whats-on/festival-making
Over the weekend of Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th August, the festival will showcase a wide range of Ireland's unique building traditions such as thatching, stone masonry, limewashing and drystone walling.
There'll also be talented makers sharing their crafts including signwriting, stained glass, and straw rope making; and the museum's team of in-house craft demonstrators will be working in blacksmithing, willow, textiles, wood and more.
The Ulster Museum said: "As well as a chance to see at-risk skills in action, we will also be hosting a craft fair in collaboration with Craft NI, where you'll be able to purchase works from some of the high quality craft makers and applied artists working with heritage materials to make beautiful objects, homewares and decorative pieces.
"We'll have traditional music sessions, food trucks, screenings in our original picture house, and activities for all ages to get stuck into. So come along and be part of the revival of our treasured heritage skills."
Book your tickets here → www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/whats-on/festival-making
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