Craft Village ‘bombed’ for Voluntary Arts

A top-secret creative campaign led to the ‘bombing’ of the Craft Village on Thursday night, in celebration of Voluntary Arts Week, ​​which got underway on Friday and runs until May 18.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th May 2014, 17:30 BST

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Craftbombers and Yarnbomb Agents pictured as they stage their publicity 'bomb' at Londonderry's Craft Village ono Thursday night to mark Voluntary Arts Week.INLS-20-1405-GMI-02)Craftbombers and Yarnbomb Agents pictured as they stage their publicity 'bomb' at Londonderry's Craft Village ono Thursday night to mark Voluntary Arts Week.INLS-20-1405-GMI-02)
Craftbombers and Yarnbomb Agents pictured as they stage their publicity 'bomb' at Londonderry's Craft Village ono Thursday night to mark Voluntary Arts Week.INLS-20-1405-GMI-02)

​The craftbomb was led by local woman Margaret Crabtree​, of Keep Her knit and included contributions from men, woman and children from across the city. Visitors to the Craft Village are now being greeted by an array of creativity including dream catchers, bunting, hundreds of pompoms, crocheted flowers and knitted totem poles.

​Over the last few months, ​Margaret​ has been​ leading weekly class​es​ at the Central Library where anyone interested could come, learn more about crochet, embroidery and other techniques as well as meeting like​-​minded people​ to help create the CraftBomb​.

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​“It’s been so much fun being involved in this project and meeting so many other crafty people. To see all our hard work on display in the Craft Village was a great moment and I hope everyone enjoys it,” said Margaret.​

Craftbombers and Yarnbomb Agents pictured as they stage their publicity 'bomb' at Londonderry's Craft Village ono Thursday night to mark Voluntary Arts Week.INLS-20-1405-GMI-02)Craftbombers and Yarnbomb Agents pictured as they stage their publicity 'bomb' at Londonderry's Craft Village ono Thursday night to mark Voluntary Arts Week.INLS-20-1405-GMI-02)
Craftbombers and Yarnbomb Agents pictured as they stage their publicity 'bomb' at Londonderry's Craft Village ono Thursday night to mark Voluntary Arts Week.INLS-20-1405-GMI-02)

Voluntary Arts Week ​is a celebration across UK and Ireland which is organised by Voluntary Arts Ireland, based at the Verbal Arts Centre, and the CraftBomb is the showcase event of the week.

Kevin Murphy, Chief Officer of VAI said: “There are so many phenomenally talented creative citizens who do not seek the limelight, who create art solely for the love of it and it is these people who Voluntary Arts Week is for. We want to see people celebrate their creativity and hope many more will join in the celebrations during the week.”

Find out more at http://voluntaryartsweek.org/, www.facebook.com/voluntaryartsweek and Twitter @VolArtsWeek​ / #CraftBomb

For more information on Keep her Knit and the classes they provide, they can​ be ​ found on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keep.her.knit.crochet ​and​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KeepHerKnit

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