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Tips from Neil Gaiman on what to do if you find yourself in a fairytale, especially for Vanessa Valencia, who looks like she could do with this advice;-)
Continuing my series on top Artisan Bloggers, check out the amazing work of Judy Wilkenfeld.
Did you know that I have a beard? I respect men with beards and [...]

Last week the Irish Arts Blog got featured on the Irish Examiner and things are looking good for the blog.
But I don’t want to just focus on Irish Artists in this blog. There are some really wonderful international artisan bloggers out there and in this post, I am going to draw your attention to [...]

Portals by Michael Ray

I’m promoting the Irish Arts Blog this week so I thought I might highlight a few posts from some of the artists. The image above comes from Michael Rays interesting post on Portals. Cliodhna Quinlan tells us about the story of the Greedy Giant and I learn a little bit of greek [...]

Ok, time for recollections and predictions.
I’ve done a number of things this year. Firstly, I left my job in the summer. The best decision I ever made (’I hope’).
I’ve now decided at the tender age of 42 to try and start my own business… a bit scary I know and [...]

Ok, I’ve set up the blog now for our group of Irish Artisans. I’ve also picked Cliodhna Quinlan for the free solo blog. Well done to her. For now, I’m going to soft launch the blog and wait until after Christmas before I do any serious work on it, as I believe most of the [...]

So, at last we have come to picking the final 10 artisans for our group blog.
Would sincerely like to thank all who have applied. It wasn’t easy picking who to go on the blog. In the end we went for the people who we felt would adapt quickly to blogging. So here is a summary [...]

Cliodhna Quinlan is another artist who has applied for my group blog offer. Her paintings are very dreamlike and unique and would fit very well in a blog setting in my opinion. She also makes some very interesting embroidered handbags.

Added to that, she has a talent for storytelling, a quality I associate with the [...]

Now a series of posts on some of the painters that have applied for the group blog. First up Máiréad deBláca.
This is from her About page:
Máiréad’s abstract style uses colour and texture to marry together the emotional with the physical. Her work is of a very personal nature and she works instinctively, blending her feelings [...]