Also as “Fire and Fibre” at Market House Craftworks, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford.

Contemporary Tapestry Artists Ireland (CTA) is a group of professional tapestry weavers working in studios all over the country who come together to collaborate and exhibit their work to raise the profile of this textile medium.

Without a long tradition of tapestry weaving in Ireland, CTA works at every opportunity to show the amazing diversity of work that is possible. In this exhibition each member is show-casing the development of their work in recent years. 

Slow time with a Butterfly emerged as a travelling exhibition in 2022. 

CTA members, Muriel Beckett, Frances Crowe, Mary Cuthbert, Lorna Donlon, Terry Dunne, Angela Forte, Anne Harte, Theresa McKenna and Lisbeth Mulcahy, (1945-2023) all established artists in their own right first came together in 1990 to give a platform to handwoven fine art tapestry. By its nature a solitary occupation this group gives its members an opportunity to connect, network and collaborate. These artists come together because of woven tapestry and the influence of this textile medium informs their body of work be it in fibre, paper or collage.