Creative Textiles Level 6 at CSN - "a cut above"

The 2009-2010 year saw amazing work produced in the areas of fashion, jewellery, interior design and surface manipulation in Creative Textiles.

Congratulations are due to student, Laura Vaughan, who completed an internship with designer Liz Nilson, in Dublin.

We welcome new students to the course this autumn, including CSN students from ACCESS with Design and Art, Craft and Design. Returning to CSN, to complete the City and Guilds Higher Diploma in Professional Arts, is Textiles student, Carmel Creaner.

We would like to wish past students the best of luck in their further studies in Crawford College of Art and Design and Sherkin Island/DIT Degree in Art.

Above photographs include (L) finished work by Hilda de Lacey (2009-2010) and (R) Luisa Cardoso, (2009-2010).

For further information on the course, contact: j.hickson@csn.ie (021) 4961020

NEWS Update from ACCESS with Design 2010-2011

This year we are launching a new and 'approved' Access with Design course. Learners will now complete our programme over five mornings per week in one full year. Students will further experience a range of exciting design-based techniques and projects. We will offer more time in core subjects, such as drawing and colour work, in a supported learning environment. Please refer to our CSN website main page for details: Access with Design; Department of Art and Design.

We are pleased to see that applications are high this year. Classes will begin on September 20th 2010.

Watch for us at Cork Art Trail's "road rolling" project (in November 2010) when printmaking students will collaborate with Cork Printmakers on a "large scale lino project".

We will also be 'out and about' in the city, documenting our 'impressions' of urban life, collecting material and imagery for our design projects.

A big congratulations to all this year's outgoing design students. Results were fantastic. Best of luck to those who are continuing in artistic studies at Crawford College of Art and Design and returning to CSN in Level 6 Textiles and Ceramics.



For further information, contact: Jenny Monks. Course Director, j.monks@csn.ie

Creative Ceramics 2009/2010, a review

We are looking back at an exciting year in ceramic practice at CSN, where students have explored their potential in the area of sculpture, vessel and ceramic surfaces. Two students, Judy Fisher and Christopher O’Reagan have focussed in particular on experimental firing techniques, producing burnished and smoke fired pieces and building a paper kiln. Further extra curriculum activities included two Raku firings, a field trip to Kilkenny and Thomastown and a participation at the Ceramic Workshop and Visiting Lecturer Day at the Crawford Art College. While some students continue their own professional practice, others will study at third level Colleges in Ireland and abroad. We wish everyone the Very Best for the future and a continuous enjoyment of being creative. To view more images click here.