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Tuesday, 6th March, 2012 / Posted by: Ciara

Illustrated, as advertised

‘Illustrated, as advertised’ is Steve Simpson’s first solo show since Miss Baker pinned his ‘Birds of the British Isles’ series to the cork board in 3rd class. That exhibition lasted a whole term, you only have a mere 3 weeks to see this one! Steve was the winner of Fire's 2011 ILLUSTRATION at FIRE competition and this exhibition will showcase a selection of recently commissioned and self initiated projects, from a career that spans nearly three decades. The Show opens tomorrow, Wednesday 7th March at 6pm at The Copper House Gallery and all are welcome, so drop by to see some award-winning illustration and find out more about the mysterious Magic Monkey.....

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Wednesday, 28th September, 2011 / Posted by: Ciara

Illustration at Fire

Join the creative uprising at Fire, where we are redefining the concept of Art Space, Engagement and Resource. To mark this seismic change, we call on the Illustration Brigade to mobilise and create original work on the theme of Revolution. The time is now!

Illustration At Fire is a competition for Illustrators run by Fire as part of their €150,000 Arts Award. It is open to all Illustrators living or working in Ireland. Everything you need to know about the competition is available in a pdf download from the print section of the Fire website; competition details, entry form and rules. If you have any questions please give us a call or drop us an email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), we are only delighted to answer them for you. Don't forget we are now on Twitter and Facebook so keep up to date and follow us today.

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Tuesday, 27th September, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Official Opening this Evening

It's hurtling towards 7.30pm and the official opening of The Copper House Gallery by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan T.D. Our debut exhibition is a selection of  work from members of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland. A big thank you to all of the members who contributed their work which was printed, mounted and hung, with love by us here in Fire for our Copper House Gallery. We can't wait for you all to see it!

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Monday, 26th September, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

The Sunday Business Post

We were in the Sunday Business Post yesterday for the imminent official opening of The Copper House Gallery, "YAY" (Thanks for the picture Mario).  It's hard to believe that it's all happening tomorrow from 7.30pm! But we are ready and really looking forward to the event.  Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan T.D. will officially open The Copper House Gallery with a exhibition from members of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland.

The IGI members exhibiting tomorrow evening are: Una Gildea, Peter Donnelly, Eoin Coveney, Brian Fitzgerald, Brian Coldrick, Martin Beckett, Annie West, PJ Lynch, Steve Simpson, Donough O'Malley, Mario Sughi, Karen Nolan, Brian Gallagher, Margaret Anne Suggs, Jesse Campbell-Brown, Jon Berkeley, Stephen McCarthy, Isabel Reyes Feeney, Adrienne Geoghegan, David Rooney, Orla Roche, Cathy Dineen, Kevin McSherry, Olivia Golden, Matthew Griffin, Fintan Taite, Ali Mercado, Padhraig Nolan and Phil McDarby.  On the night we will also be launching Fire's Illustrators Competition as part of our €150,000 Arts Initiative. 

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Friday, 23rd September, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Illustrator Isabel Reyes Feeney

Isabel is an Irish illustrator living and working in Madrid, Spain and another member of IGI that will be exhibiting at the official opening of The Copper House Gallery. Isabel works in both digital and traditional mediums in design, editorial illustration and children's books, check out her work on the book 'The Magnificent Toby Plum'. The piece above is called 'Two for Tea'. To truly appreciate how gorgeous this illustration is in the flesh, you will just have to come to the opening. Another little fact on Isabel is that she is a member of Munchausen Collective. Munchausen is a group of three creatives who share a common love for design, illustration and music and have mixed it all together to create music and event promotional material. 

The official opening of The Copper House Gallery is Tuesday the 27th of September at 7.30pm. To open the Gallery we are having an exhibition by 'The Illustrators Guild of Ireland'. Let us know you're coming on facebook and follow us on twitter to keep up to date with all of the latest news.

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Thursday, 22nd September, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Artist & Illustrator Una Gildea

Artist, illustrator and organiser extraordinaire for the Illustrators Guild of Ireland, Una Gildea will be exhibiting at the official opening of The Copper House Gallery. Una is a collage artist and creates abstract, odd and, very often, obscene images that come with a healthy dollop of humour and irreverence that I so much enjoy. Una has produced commercial work for The Irish Times , The Sunday Tribune, WomenMeanBusiness and Cara Magazine. On the night Una will be exhibiting some of her recent collage work and the animation above called 'Resurrerection,'. I'II leave Una with the final word on the piece,"Christ was betrayed and crucified as were a generation of Ireland's children. The only difference is that the latter really happened."

You can see Una's work along with that of other members of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland at the official opening of The Copper House Gallery on the 27th of September at 7.30pm. Attend our event on facebook and follow us on twitter to keep up to date with all the news.

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Wednesday, 21st September, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Digital Artist Phil McDarby

Phil McDarby is a digital artist, photographer, composer and one of the member of the Illustrators guild of Ireland who will be exhibiting at our official Gallery opening and launch on Tuesday the 27th of September at 7.30pm. Phil specialise in creating fantasy and sci-fi characters and environments. He has won over 50 international award and been featured in Expose 6 & 7 as well as many international magazines included Advanced Photoshop. The work Phil will be exhibiting on the night is called 'An Encounter at Greenspindle,' it depicts  the first meeting in the woods between the Apple Dragon and the Fire fairy. This piece took months of work, mixing photography and painting layer upon layer in Photoshop and at the end of it all a nice gig and a half of rendering. I couldn't tell you exactly how Phil does it but luckily enough for me Phil posted a fascinating insight into his process on his blog. Check out: 'The Green Man Awakens - A Walkthrough.'

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Tuesday, 20th September, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Illustrator Peter Donnelly

Peter Donnelly illustrator and animator will be exhibiting as part of a group show of work by members from the Illustrators Guild of Ireland at the opening of The Copper House Gallery on Tuesday 27th of September. Peter has illustrated over thirty books for clients including, Fras na nGaeilge, Leabhar Breac, Mentor Books and the Educational company of Ireland. He has also worked as an animator in Europe for Don Bluth Studios, Hahn film Berlin and in America for DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox.

Peter will be exhibiting his latest project/concept for an illustrated children's book on the German fairy tale Rotkappchen (Little Red Ridding Hood). For this particular project Peter used a Germanic woodcut style really suited to the fairy tale. I love the graphic shapes, lines and block colours the style captures the more sinister undertones of the story, it's definitely one of my personal favourites. Come to the opening to see the piece in it's entirety on Tuesday the 27th of September at 19.30pm. Let us know you're attending on our  Facebook events page, keep up to date by following us on twitter and check this blog for more posts on the IGI members exhibiting at our Gallery Opening.

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