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 of all the artists chosen.

First of all Ellen McDermott

I only just recently came across Ellens blog. Its one of the funniest Irish blogs I’ve come across in quite a while. She is also an excellent artist and photographer, with some fabulous portait photos.

If ever anybody was made to be a blogger, I would say it’s Cliodhna Quinlan. Her ethereal art is refreshingly unique. She also does some lovely embroidered handbags. And she’s a wonderful storyteller to top it all. Have a look at her latest entry on artisan revolution.

Cristina Colli is a self taught mosaic artist. Originally from Tuscanny, Cristina describes very eloquently her art on artisan revolution.

Michael Ray is an award winning glass sculpturer. Again, I think Michael is showing he has an excellent sense for blogging already and that combined with his outstanding art bodes well.

Lynne Durie is a young jewellery maker, who was hesitant about  writing on the blog as she felt she wasn’t experienced enough to have anything to say. In the end she followed my advice  and just wrote in  her natural voice.

Emma Barone is another artist with a unique style of her own. She is opening an exhibition called the Shoe Show on Friday 16th Nov in Birr theatre & arts centre. Here’s how Emma introduces the show.

Mairead De Blaca is an abstract artist. Máiréad’s abstract style uses colour and texture to marry together the emotional with the physical. Heres what Mairead has to say about a recent exhibition and her experience of Africa.

Patrick Naughton is a photographer who normally does landscape. Here’s his description of an experiment in photographing people.

Sandra Richardson of Feltpix.ie makes handmade original wall art for children. Again this is a unique product and I think ideally suited to blogging. Sandra describes her pieces naturally on artisan revolution.

Ed Parkinson is an artist who mixes painting with digital art to create his images. His Art is very much focused on spirituality and highly original.  Ed has already started a blog for himself and looks very at home in the medium.

Thats it for now, need to think of a name for the group now…. all suggestions welcome.

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