The Stones of Ireland

Twining with Marilyn Moore

October 6 - 14, 2010

Galway • Mulranny

Marilyn Moore returns to Ireland for an eight-day residential workshop, with tours and relaxation time, a unique holiday experience for the creative individual and those accompanying them. No experience necessary!

Itinerary

Day 1. Wednesday, October 6 – Arrive in Gaway, Ireland
Arrive in Ireland at Shannon airport and catch the airport bus to Galway (1.5 hours) or arrive in Dublin and catch the train or Aircoach bus to Galway (3 hours). From the bus or train depot in Galway, you will travel to the hotel, which will have a room reserved for you (and a roommate unless you have purchased the single supplement).

Galway is a friendly pedestrian city with many musicians, lively pubs, bookstores, restaurants, and shops. It is a fun city to explore and small enough to get around on foot and not get lost. The hotel should be within easy walking distance to the downtown area. Your Beadventure leader, Cheryl Cobern-Browne, will meet the group at 6 p.m. in the lounge for drinks, followed by a welcome dinner. Meal included in Beadventure package today: Dinner

Day 2. Thursday, October 7 – Tour Galway/Travel to Mayo
After breakfast the group will meet in the hotel reception area for a walking tour of Galway city. You will have a good portion of the day to shop and explore on your own. In mid-afternoon the group will meet back at the hotel for transport to the Mayo residence in the seaside village of Mulranny (near Achill Island) for the next five nights.

Here you will have your own room with some sharing of bathrooms. Meals will be served at the residence and also at some local pubs and/or cottage restaurants for a variety of eating experiences. There are great scenic views from any of the sitting rooms overlooking Clew Bay and Croagh Patrick Mountain. You can see the ocean, the beaches, the mountains, and the green hills with grazing sheep. The studio is located on the premises. Meals included today: Breakfast, Dinner

Days 3 & 4. Friday & Saturday, October 8 & 9 - Workshop
Workshop – details to follow. Meals included today: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5. Sunday, October 10 – Tour Irish Countryside
Experience four different places on a half-day tour. First is the beautiful old ruins of Burrishoole Abbey. Photography shots here are wonderful, especially if the sun is shining.

We then will explore Rockfleet Castle, one of Grace O’Malley’s residences (Granuaille, the Pirate Queen). She has several of these castles dotted around the coastline, but Rockfleet is where she spent her last days before she died in 1603. You will be taken to Newport to see the famous Harry Clarke stained glass windows. After a pub lunch there will be a drive up the old bog road where Michael Joe Ginnelly will tell you about the amazing blanket bogs of Ireland and stories about life as a sheep farmer. He will have you rocking the bus with laughter! Meals included today: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 6. Monday, October 11 – Workshop
Workshop continues. Meals included today: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7. Tuesday, October 12 – Tour Ireland
Full day tour of Achill Island. Travel the scenic Atlantic drive and stop for a walk amongst the ruins of the Deserted Village from famine times. Meals included today: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 8. Wednesday, October 15 – Return to Galway
Back to Galway by private bus on the scenic route through Connemara. You will stop for lunch in Leenane and drive alongside Ireland’s only fjord. You will pass Ashleigh falls and beautiful scenic mountain ranges. Spend the night in Galway City with a special evening in a musical pub after a farewell dinner. Meals included today: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 9. Thursday, October 16 - Depart
Depart for onward journey. Meal included today: Breakfast

Marilyn's Project Designed Just for this Beadventure: The Stones of Ireland
This pendant was created while thinking about the ever-present stones in Ireland. Amidst the green there are always piles and lines of stone walls everywhere you look.

Using wire cloth and wire twining together, you will create a lovely pendant that will remind you of Ireland’s wonderful vistas of green and blue.

Twined with either green or blue blended with copper, learn how to work with wire cloth, prepare spokes for weaving (the melted ends of the wire spokes provide the "stones") and blend the colors together gradually for a stunning addition to your jewelry collection. Embellish with pearls if you choose!

About Marilyn . . .
Working in fibers is a natural medium for Marilyn. As a child she learned to embroider, knit, crochet, and sew. Her love of fiber work continued into adulthood adding spinning, weaving and basketry to her fiber vocabulary.

As a basket artist she has shown her work nationally and regionally, and has taught at national conventions and conferences. She has written several articles for publication in such periodicals as The News Basket, Basket Bits and Piecework. Her work can be seen in Fiberarts Design Books, three, four, and five, as well as Baskets A Book for Makers and Collectors, by Billie Ruth Sudduth and Baskets Tradition and Beyond, by Leir, Peters and Wallace, Textile Techniques in Metal, for Jewelers Textile Artists and Sculptors by Arline Fisch. Her work can be found in public and private collections around the country and she has won awards for her work at every level.

She holds a BFA with an emphasis in fiber from the University of Washington. Living in Seattle Washington, she continues to explore the vessel form physically and metaphorically. As a long time member of the Seattle Weavers Guild and the Vi Phillips Northwest Basketry Guild Marilyn has more recently joined the, National Basketry Organization, Friends of Fiber Arts International, Northwest Designer Craftsmen, Northeast Basketmakers Guild, Association of Michigan Basketmakers, and the Indiana Basketmakers Association.

See more of Marilyn's work at Marilyn Moore Fiber Artist.

Trip Cost

$2500 (US Dollar)
Includes: Lodging, meals, land transport, tuition, site visits.
Does not include: Airfare, project supplies, tips.