There are many crafts people, artists and culture in Wicklow. Here are a few to check out.
Fashion
Carol Smith Millinery-Designed and made hats at Holiday homes https://www.carolsmithhats.com -Croneybyrne Courtyard 087 248 1134
Tweed in the valley-Beautiful hand made Irish designer brands https://lovemochuisle.com/-Avoca 086 354 6997
Design Loft- Local high quality produced gifts – https://www.designloft.ie – Enniskerry 01 2748181
Glendalough Woolen Mills-Range of Irish knitwear & blankets-http://www.glendaloughwoollenmills.com/ -Laragh (0404) 45156
Shuttleknit-knitted clothing http://shuttleknit.com/ -Wicklow (0404) 25641
Avoca hand weavers & Mill http://www.avoca.ie/home/ -Avoca (0402) 35105
Pottery
Crannmor Pottery http://www.crannmorpottery.com -Glenmalure 087 6254884
Geoffrey Healy Pottery – http://www.healy-pottery.com/index.htm – Studio- Kilmacanogue (01) 282 9270
Woodwork
Hill picket Studio- woodwork instrument making courses – https://www.hillpicketstudio.com -Avoca 087 263 0588
Painting
Irish school of landscape painting-weekend painting courses with artists- Nun’s cross,Ashford. For all levels www.irishschooloflandscapepainting.com -easy to learn 4 stage method (0404) 42884
Theatre/Film/Music
Here are 3 great venues for some cultural experiences with creativity, imagination and artistic expression. Well worth catching one of the performances.
The Whale Theatre- https://whaletheatre.ie – Greystones (01) 201 0550
The Mermaid Theatre – https://www.mermaidartscentre.ie – Bray (01) 272 4030
The hot spot – https://thehotspot.ie – Greystones 087 291 7519
Organic training centre
Carraig Dulra organic & permaculture training centre – http://www.dulra.org – Glenealy
Cookery
Ballyknocken cookery school- http://thecookeryschool.ie/ -Renowned celebrity chef Catherine Fulvio- Glenealy (0404) 44627