CRAFT


“We need to make weaving a thing of the future rather than the past. I believe that this is achievable by respecting and learning the craft from the masters and using design and creativity to make something new and exciting.”


- Fiadh Durham


GLASS GARDENS Bianca Divito


Across the country, in Coolgreaney, Co Wexford, glass artist Bianca Divito is bringing stained glass into contemporary homes. "Master craftsmanship with an innovative aesthetic" is how she describes her work. A trained conservator, who worked on restoring the glass in St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, she now mainly works on private commissions and runs classes from her charming country home, The Old Schoolhouse. “Traditionally, a family would have sponsored a stained glass window for an ecclesiastical setting,”


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she says, “whereas nowadays private clients are commissioning me directly to create a special piece for them for their homes.” She met her husband, garden designer Damien Keane, when looking to explore collaboration on glass panels for gardens, and together they brought the idea to the Chelsea Flower Show in 2012, where she earned a certifi cate of merit for outstanding presentation. Divito believes


networking (both on and offl ine) has made a huge diff erence to both how she works, and how


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