It’s important to try new things.

And if you’d like to do some good while broadening your horizons, two upcoming Cork workshops will see people crafting clay bowls to be used at a Peace Soup event to raise funds for Gaza.

Led by Irish fine art sculptor and ceramicist, Martha Cashman, the workshops are open to all in exchange for a donation of €25 and will be held on March 3rd and 10th at Nano Nagle Place.

“Empty bowls are a symbol of need and hunger, yet are also hopeful and beautiful. We are inviting people to come together in Cork to create clay bowls in solidarity with the people of Gaza, who are suffering so terribly at the moment” said Cashman.

 

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“Empty Bowls is a grassroots movement by artists and craftspeople around the world to help feed and support those in need. The Cork Empty Bowls Project will culminate in a Peace Soup event in April, with funds being raised for Medicins Sans Frontiers in Gaza.”

The first two craft workshops will take place at Nano Nagle Place on March 3rd at 11:30am and 2:30pm, with further workshops for decorating and glazing on March 10th (again at 11:30am and 2:30pm).

The bowls will be fired between the dates in The National Sculpture Factory. You can donate €25 to secure your place at the workshop now here.