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Cork + South West Cork

Artists, Crafters, Galleries + Studios

A

• Julie Aldridge Beara, Review by Dr John Goode
• Katrina Avotina Artist

B

• Bandon Pottery Bandon
• Mark Barry Artist, Clonakility
• Patrick Barry Sculpture, Cork
• Kathryn Best Artist, Clonakilty
• Boland Kinsale Crafts Irish handcrafts, Kinsale
• Cormac Boydell Ceramics, Beara
• Mike Brown Photography, Courtmacsherry
• Johnny Buglar Artist, Cork
• Rachel Burke Cork
• Christine Byrne Sculptures, Cork

Creative Cash, 6th Edition: How to Profit from Your Special Artistry, Creativity, Hand Skills, and Relatedknow-How
A featured selection of Book-of-the-Month's Crafter's Choice Book Club, this book includes the real-life stories of over a hundred professional craftspeople, designers, artists, teachers, publishers and writers in my home-business network. Each of them share valuable tips and advice to help you achieve the kind of success they now enjoy.

C

• Eleanor Calnan Lace Maker, West Cork Craft + Design Guild
• Rosemary Canavan The Works, Cork
• Paul Cialis Artist, Skibbereen
• Karina Collins Cork
• Rory Conner Culter, West Cork Craft + Design Guild
• Cork Art Trail Cork
• Cork Artists Collective Cork
• Finola Cooney @ McBride Gallery, Beara
• Deirdre Crowley Artist, Timoleague
• Cronin's Forge Wrought Iron Products, Bantry
• Cunnamore Galleries Cunnamore

D

• Wendy Dison Artist
• Dunbeacon Pottery Ceramics, Bandon

E

• John Eagle Art Beara
• John Eagle Artist: Paintings and Photography, Beara
• Eden Jewellery, Cork
• Enchanted Art + Craft Shop Run by Sharon Rose - Designer, Skibbereen
• Enibas Silversmith, Sabine Lenz, Schull
• Errisbeg Studio limited edition prints and photographs

F

• Fastnet Candles Skibbereen
• Fenton Gallery Cork
• Sara Flynn Ceramics, CCoI
• Sara Flynn Ceramics, Leap
• Kate + Phillip French Gallery 23 Kinsale

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford Paperback Reference S.)
Based on the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of Art, this is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to Western art from ancient Greece to the present day. For this third edition, new entries have been added on younger artists, and many existing entries have been revised and updated. This is an ideal book for students and anyone who enjoys visiting art galleries

G

• Gallery Catoire Kinsale
• Alice Gillilan Artist, Skibbereen
• Alice Gillilan Art Work for Sale
• Alice Gillilan Art Work for Sale
• Glucksman Cork
• Tim Goulding Beara Peninsula
• Greenwood Chairs, Alison Ospina Skibbereen

How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist, 5th Ed.: Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul
Caroll Michels is a life long art consultant who has written this book to share her experiences and expertise with the fine art community. Well written and with plenty of helpful references, Michels' book is an excellent addition to any artist's library

H

• Kieran Higgins Woodturning and Wood Sculpture, Skibbereen
• Kieran Higgins Wood - West Cork Craft + Design Guild - Skibbereen
• Hillary Hale Woodturner, Kinsale
• Simon Hassett Wood worker, Ballydehob
• Heron Gallery Ahakista and Schull
• Etain Hickey Rossmore Pottery, Rossmore
• Etain Hickey Ceramics, West Cork Craft + Design Guild
• Etain Hickey Collections Clonakilty
• The Catherine Hammond GalleryGlengarriff
• Carol Hodder Artist, Cork
• Sara Hodson Artist, Rosscarbery
• Sheila Hooks - Artists + Tutor Interview with Virtu - Art
• Sheila Hooks The Barn Gallery & Studio, Drimoleague
• Georgia Hopkins Artist, Cork
• Tuula Harrington Golsmith + Designer, Cork
• Flicky Howe Artist, Designer and Jewellery Designer
• Rob Howe Woodturner, Kilbrittian, kinsale
• Hubberts Crafts Rosscarbery

I

• Imagination Attic Handmade Wedding Stationery + Personalised Greeting Cards, Clinakilty
• Inspired-Glass Stained + fused glass Jewellery + Gifts, Ballydehob
• Irrealist Gallery Clonakilty
• Island Crafts
  Shirkin, Clear, Hair Island, Baltimore

J

• John Jermyn Artist, Crosshaven, Cork
• Shane Johnson Artist, Cork

K

• Thomas Kay Bantry
• Thomas Kay Sculpture, Painting, West Cork craft + Design Guild
• Keane On Ceramics Craft Gallery, Kinsale
• Sally Kearney Union Hall
• Kenmare Art Gallery Gallery + Art Advisory Agentcy, Kenmare
• Kent Gallery online Kinsale
• Keltic Leather Crafts Ballingeary
• Drirdre Keohane Artist, Castletownbere
• Kinsale - By Design Craft shop, Kinsale
• Kinsale Crafts Kinsale
• Kinsale Crystal Kinsale
• Kinsale Silver, Jewellery Kinsale
• Kinsale Pottery and Art School Kinsale
• Marianne Klopp Pottery Ceramics, Beara
• Knifecraft Bantry

L

• Matt Lamb The Art of Success
• Lamb Project On-line
• Matt Lamb The Paintings of ..
• Latitude Paper Working - Decoupage, Kinsale
• Rob Lee Ceramics, Ballydehob
• Lee Gallery Cork
• Lee Rivers Belts Leatherwook, Cork
• Susanne Leutengger Artist, Cork
• Caroline Levis Artist, Bantry
• Lynes & Lynes Cork

Dictionary of Artists' Models
Introductory essays focus on themes such as the experience of modeling, the model in literature, and the model as artist. The Dictionary includes an Appendix that gives brief biographical details of lesser-known models, and an extensive index of artists and works. The Dictionary of Artists' Models will prove an invaluable reference work for art historians, librarians, museum and gallery curators, as well as students and researchers.

M

• Mary Mackey Bandon
• Marina Gallery Kinsale
• Charley Mahon Island Pottery, Cork
• Ann Martin Fine Art Watercolours, Cork
• Medulla Furniture Cork
• Sally Miller Soap Maker, Rosscarbery
• Miriam Bailey Art Gallery Bandon
• Paula Marten Arts Holidays, Machine + Hand Knit Workshops, Baltimore
• Paddy McCormackCopper, Iron, Bronze
• Paddy McCormack Iron, Copper + Bronze, West Cork Craft + Design Guild
• Patricia McCoy Ceramics, Enniskeane
• Dara McGrath Photographic Artist, Cork
• Louise McKeon Kinsale
• Methuselah Stained Glass Ann Dex + Geoffrey Phillips talk to Virtu - Art
• Methuselah Stained Glass Drimoleague
• Mill Cove Gallery Castletownbere
• Mojo Metal Designs Clonakilty
• M Moriarty An Artist of water-based paints, Cork
• Martin Murphy Artist, Cork
• Ray Murphy (Art.com) Artist, Cork
• Ann Murray Fine Art, Cork
• John Phillip Murray Irish Contemporary Artist, Cork

Making Art Safely: Alternative Methods and Materials in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Graphic Design, and Photography
Making Art Safely is a master guidebook and unique visual reference for avoiding physical risk in your studio or workplace, without sacrificing the quality of your art. This incomparable guide first identifies chemical and physical hazards currently found in art, design, printmaking, and photographic studios, then shows you how to easily replace them with nontoxic materials and safer art-making practices that will not distract from, or jeopardize, the quality of your output. Making Art Safely is also brimming with personal stories of highly accomplished artists who have reformed their art-making approaches and chosen safer, healthier ways to practice their craft. Accompanying these discussions are over 200 beautiful color and black-and-white photographs of work that has been executed "safely," with minimal risk to its creator.

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• Nature Art Ballydehob
• Mary Neeson Ceramics, Macroom
• Giles Norman Photographer B/W Landscapes, Kinsale

O

• D-ri O'Connell Photography + digital Art
• Aoife O'Mahony Jewellery, Skibbereen
• Alsion Ospina Green Wood Chairs - Virtu - Art Interview
• Greenwood Chairs, Alison Ospina Greenwood Furniture
• Alison Ospina Green Wood Chairs, West Cork Craft + Design Guild
• Marika O'Sullivan Jewellery, Enamelling, West Cork Craft + Design Guild
• Geraldine O'Sullivan Artist, Castlefreke
• Hagen PelzelSalt + Light Art, Dunmanway

P

• Luca Paradisi Fine Art Photography from Ireland, Drimoleague
• Hagen Pelzel Artist Inchigeelagh, Interview Virtu - Art
• Hagen Pelzel Art Work for Sale
• Michael Prior Photographic Artwork, Kinsale

R

• Luc Racine Furniture, Macroom
• Radharc Gallery Skibbereen
• Michael Ray Contemporary Glass, West Cork Craft + Design Guild
• Red Rag Irish Art Gallery Cork Art Galeries
• Ben Russell Woodcarving + Photography, Hands on Craft Courses
• Enchanted Art + Craft Outlet Run by Sharon Rose, Skibbereen
• Diane Ryan Textile Design, Kinsale

S

• Maria Safaei Artist Interview - Skibbereen
• Maria Safaei Art Work for Sale - Skibbereen
• Baerbel Schulz-Voss Jewellery, West Cork Craft + Design Guild
• Chris Scotti's West Cork Art Foundry Drimoleague
• ShazCards Sharon o'Driscoll - Hand Made Cards of Distinction, Skibbereen
• David Seeger Ceramics, Sculpture and Painting
• Silverstone Dimensions Cork
• Sally Smart Textiles, West Cork Craft + Design Guild
• Juilian Smith Ceramics, West Cork Craft + Desgn Guild
• Karin Smith Photographs - West Cork Sunsets 1 - 11, Rosscarbery
• Stable Door Pottery Orla O'Rourke, Dunmanway
• Kathleen Standen Sculptural Ceramics, Leap
• Mairi Stone Ceramics, Dunbeacon, Durrus
• Helen Stringer Felt Maker: West Cork Craft + Design Guild

T

• Nick Taylor Artist, Skibbereen
• Tayt GalleryArtists Co-op, Clonakilty
• The Barn Gallery & Studio, Sheila Hooks, Drimoleague
• The Barn Gallery - Sheila Hooks - Artists + Tutor Interview with Virtu - Art
• The Barn Studio George Maguire - Photography, Rosscarbery
• The Ewe Art Retreat Glengariff
• The Great Barrington Pottery Beara
• The Hammond Gallery - Glengariff
• The Kinsale Art Gallery, Kinsale
• The Radharc Gallery Skibbereen
• Tiernan Roe Fine Woodworking, Ballydehob
• The Gate Gallery Skibbereen
• The Sirius Arts Centre Cork
• Alison Trim Textiles, Bantry
• Jim Turner - Ceramacist Interview with VIrtu - Art
• Jim Turner Rossmore Pottery, Rossmore
• Jim Turner Ceramics, West Cork Craft + Design Guild

V

• Van Maanen Studio Gert J v Maanen, Dunmanway
• Gert J van Maanen Raindrops!!... A Touch of Irish Landscapes
• Gert J van Maanen West Cork Landscapes - Origional Artwork For Sale
• Gert J van Maanen Drizzzzling Landscapes - Origional Artwork For Sale
• Gert J van Maanen Icescapes - Origional Artwork For Sale
• Gert J van Maanen Irish Art Compendium
• Virtu - ArtA Stall Holders Lot
• Virtu Heads .. Who are these Guys?, Rosscarbery
• Art - Glass Virtu - Art creators Karin + Tony Smith, Rosscarbery

WXYZ

• Sarah Walker Paintings, Castletownbere
• West Cork Artists A Celebration 2007
• West Cork Arts Centre Gallery
• West Cork Artists Online Magazine
• West Cork Artists Galleries Directory
• Catherine White - Artist The Pike, Clonakilty
• Wild Goose Studio Kinsale
• Janey Winchester Textiles, Dunmanway