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Pictured are members of the craft group with their beautiful art piece. Photos: PJ Wright
Roscrea's Age Friendly Craft Group meet every Monday afternoon in the former Courthouse and what started off as a small group who wanted to practice and share their craft skills has grown to 25 members.
It’s a vibrant, friendly and productive team who have learned new skills as well as traditional crafts such as sewing, knitting and crochet.
Last year they had a very successful Christmas craft fair in collaboration with St. Cronan’s National School.
Last week, with the support of Tipperary ETB's Community Education Facilitator, Eoin Costello, the group decided to take on a project with ETB Tutor Lian Callaghan.
After consultation with the group and lots of ideas being discussed, the group decided to make a wall hanging depicting places in Roscrea which are significant for them.
They designed a series of panels celebrating a selection of the many historical and contemporary treasures in and around Roscrea.
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Pictured above at the Age Friendly Roscrea event are Eoin Costello (ETB), Mary MacMahon (Age Friendly Roscrea), Anne Keevey (Age Friendly Roscrea) and Lian Callaghan (ETB Tutor). Photo: PJ Wright
The medium used was appliqué and mixed media panels which were made by members of Roscrea Age Friendly Craft Group facilitated by ETB tutor Lian Callaghan with the assistance of Breda Reynolds and Magdalena Machowicz-Swiderska.
Most of the materials used were upcycled materials and the project included a wide variety of participants, including people from Ukraine, Crimea and Zimbabwe.
“We welcome visitors who would like to call in and view this wonderful piece of craft of which we are very proud”, Age Friendly Roscrea said.
“Sincere thanks to all the group who participated and shared their skills to produce it.
“We had a very enjoyable afternoon for the launch with friends and family members coming along to celebrate the completion of the project”.
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Pictured above are Magdalena Machowicz-Swiderska (Age Friendly Roscrea), Breda Reynolds (Age Friendly Roscrea), Lian Callaghan (ETB Tutor) and Mary MacMahon (Age Friendly Roscrea). Photo: PJ Wright
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