Blog http://www.fire.ie/ en leszek@fire.ie Copyright 2012 2012-05-17T08:33:46+00:00 ‘LeCool’ makes us feel toasty! http://fire.ie/blog/article/lecool/ http://fire.ie/blog/article/lecool/#When:08:33:120 We hold LeCool in such regard that it makes our toes curl with delight when they give us a good review and this one made us feel especially toasty. We're deadly chuffed with this exhibition as it completes a lovely circle for Barry and ourselves and just looks beautiful.

The new space we've opened, specially built and finished in time for the show to hold the volume of Barry's work, has given us an opportunity to try some bolder moves and we hope to be announcing a very exciting addition to Barry McCall's show in the next couple of days.

Barry is hosting two artists talks over the next two Tuesday nights, an evening on 'Fashion and Celebrity' with all invited and the second night, for practising photographers, 'An Evening with Barry McCall'.

In the meantime, here's a few images of the most magic night for us...

 

Posted to Uncategorised]]> Uncategorised 2012-05-17T08:33:46+00:00 Umbrellas for the civil but discontent man http://fire.ie/blog/article/umbrellas_for_the_civil_but_discontent_man/ http://fire.ie/blog/article/umbrellas_for_the_civil_but_discontent_man/#When:10:28:120 Why be caught out in a shower looking soggy and ill-prepared when you could be defying the drizzle by wielding one of these very fine umbrellas! 

These come from Chicago-based designers Materious. Have a look at their other clever ideas here.

Posted to Design, Fun, Gadgets, Product Design]]> Design, Fun, Gadgets, Product Design 2012-05-10T10:28:52+00:00 Pho20graphy - a 20 year retrospective http://fire.ie/blog/article/pho20graphy_-_a_20_year_retrospective/ http://fire.ie/blog/article/pho20graphy_-_a_20_year_retrospective/#When:17:33:120 We're absolutely tickled pink to be hosting Pho20graphy, a 20 year retrospective of photographer Barry McCall's work in our Copper House Gallery next month, from the 15th of May to the 10th of June.

This exhibition has a special resonance for us as Barry started his brilliant career in our studio and there was a delicious irony in our asking him for 'a job' earlier this year. Thankfully, he gave us the gig and we can't wait to show you a set of fabulous images hanging on our walls soon.

Barry has allowed us to edition many of his works and proceeds from the sale of Barry McCall prints, available from our Gallery, will go to the ISPCC, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

The good news is that Barry will be hosting two artists evenings, the first of which will be 'Barry McCall on Fashion and Celebrity' on Tuesday May 22nd 6.30 - 8.30pm and all are welcome. Barry will give a guided tour of the exhibition and explain the pleasure (and pain) of his practise.

Barry will also host an evening, Barry McCall on Pho20graphy, for practising photographers on May 29th, 6.30 - 8.30pm, where he'll be delighted to discuss his work and engage in a technical Q&A session with his peers. Please RSVP orla@fire.ie to reserve your place.

Posted to Exhibitions, Fire Fine Art, Fire Print, Photography, The Copper House Gallery, Workshops]]> Exhibitions, Fire Fine Art, Fire Print, Photography, The Copper House Gallery, Workshops 2012-04-20T17:33:01+00:00 Just a perfect day http://fire.ie/blog/article/just_a_perfect_day/ http://fire.ie/blog/article/just_a_perfect_day/#When:15:59:120  

This morning was just wonderful for us as we came in to be greeted by this review from Kate at LeCool.

To say we got emotional and feel extremely grateful would be a wee understatement...

Posted to Exhibitions, Fire Fine Art, Fire Print, Illustration at Fire, The Copper House Gallery]]> Exhibitions, Fire Fine Art, Fire Print, Illustration at Fire, The Copper House Gallery 2012-04-19T15:59:37+00:00 Our ‘Fierce Critics’ answered! http://fire.ie/blog/article/our_fierce_critics_answered/ http://fire.ie/blog/article/our_fierce_critics_answered/#When:11:58:120 Well, we could only laugh out loud when we saw this photograph!

We just couldn't believe the serendipidity of this image of a stage set when set against our 10th scale mannequins from three posts back.

A weird case of life imitating art only in reverse. These super photographs and cut outs were conceived, photographed & made by Ros Kavanagh. We produced the figures as Lambda digital C-type prints which we mounted to black extruded PVC for Ros to skilfully finish and give acting lessons to before sending them out on stage.

Speaking of stages, it's a great show if you're looking for something to go to with beautiful production from the lovely folk at PanPan Theatre!

Posted to Uncategorised]]> Uncategorised 2012-04-11T11:58:36+00:00 I Love Egg http://fire.ie/blog/article/i_love_egg/ http://fire.ie/blog/article/i_love_egg/#When:16:23:120

We do like a good egg here in Fire, chocolate-y or chicken-y, we love em all. Here's a not at all disturbing little ditty, sung in praise of the humble fresh egg (via I Love Egg, naturally). Enjoy and have a happy Easter!

Posted to Animation, Fun]]> Animation, Fun 2012-04-05T16:23:34+00:00 The Exile’s Return by Kevin McSherry http://fire.ie/blog/article/the_exiles_return_by_kevin_mcsherry/ http://fire.ie/blog/article/the_exiles_return_by_kevin_mcsherry/#When:11:22:120 We're gearing up for the opening tomorrow evening of The Exile's Return, an exhibition of paintings and prints by Kevin McSherry. Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan T.D., will open the exhibition here in The Copper House Gallery.

 

The works in this exhibition deal with the artist's recurrent theme of cultural disconnection. He relates his narrative-laden paintings, sometimes with humour, other times more darkly, but all his works play with the viewers imagination and wit, stretching both, with his intentionally absurd compositions.

 

The show runs until 14th April. Admission is free and all are welcome. The opening party starts at 6pm. Hope to see you all there!

Posted to Art, Exhibitions, The Copper House Gallery]]> Art, Exhibitions, The Copper House Gallery 2012-03-27T11:22:16+00:00 Fierce Critics - Fine Art Print & Exhibition Design http://fire.ie/blog/article/fierce_critics_-_fine_art_print_exhibition_design/ http://fire.ie/blog/article/fierce_critics_-_fine_art_print_exhibition_design/#When:22:18:120 We've been busy making hundreds of these little acrylic models and are delighted that they'll be popping up and being used all over Ireland over the coming months. They're 1:10 scale and we'll be using them with photographers, artist and students to help plan and design their exhibitions and graduate shows. (Think PhotoIreland 2012). The little men and women also star in our exhibition design masterclasses and facilitate perfect visualisation of how your work will look on the wall. Every college student coming into us for their photographic and fine art prints gets a set together with a maquette of their exhibition space. You're more than welcome to a set too whether you're planning a show, making prints or just plain curious. Just call down to us in The Copper House and say hi - the only snag is, we promise to tell you about all we're up to so be warned!

Posted to Exhibitions, Fire Fine Art, Photography, The Copper House Gallery, Workshops]]> Exhibitions, Fire Fine Art, Photography, The Copper House Gallery, Workshops 2012-03-19T22:18:59+00:00 Illustrated, as advertised http://fire.ie/blog/article/illustrated_as_advertised/ http://fire.ie/blog/article/illustrated_as_advertised/#When:16:42:120 ‘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.....

Posted to Art, Exhibitions, Illustration, Illustration at Fire, The Copper House Gallery]]> Art, Exhibitions, Illustration, Illustration at Fire, The Copper House Gallery 2012-03-06T16:42:44+00:00 Really small galleries - exhibition design & planning http://fire.ie/blog/article/really_small_galleries_-_exhibition_design/ http://fire.ie/blog/article/really_small_galleries_-_exhibition_design/#When:16:01:120 We saw this image and felt we'd love to both acknowledge it as a beautiful object and to use it to illustrate our open call for participants in our series of free masterclasses in 'Design & planning exhibitions'. The image is by David Anthony Hall and is taken from his deservedly acclaimed website www.one2fifty.com which showcases his work and which uses scale models to facilitate visualisation of his work at full scale.

Our masterclasses in exhibition design and planning use models or maquettes together with simple vector programme techniques to build a physical 3D model of your exhibition or project and are a huge help when editing and curating work towards a show. The files produced are of direct application for producing labels, vinyl text and interpretive panels. The maquette itself is of great help when installing the show and images as it is to scale and contains all dimensional information needed.

We're running the classes for over 130 photographic and fine art students at present and have now been asked by several practicing photographers and artists to extend the classes to them. Please let us know if you'd like to attend a class or if you can raise a group of between eight and twenty individuals then we'll be delighted to look after you. The masterclasses are free and are part of the Fire and Copper House Gallery initiatives to support the arts in Ireland.

Posted to Uncategorised]]> Uncategorised 2012-02-28T16:01:04+00:00