A. Rubanesque is now seeking creative submissions for a new pop-up exhibition space!

This is an opportunity for students to showcase their work in a prominent window of our shop. We are particularly interested in innovative and unexpected ways of working with textiles.

Each successful applicant will be required to install their work, and shall have the exhibition space for 1 calendar month.

Those interested in having their work considered should submit:

Your contact details
Brief biography
Artist statement
Proposal: describe the work you intend to show and give details of the form it will take including

dimensions, materials and any specific requirements it might have.

Images of the work you intend to submit in jpeg form.

The exhibition space has 4 windows, the measurements are as follows:
1st window: 90cm wide x 200cm high
2nd window: 62cm x 200cm
3rd window: 30cm x 200cm
4th window: 65cm x 200cm
The back wall measures : 90 cm wide and 200cm tall.

There is one suspension rail to hang lightweight artwork from. The exhibition space is enclosed by glass and has one solid concrete wall to the back (this wall cannot be hammered or drilled).

Please send your submission by email to ribbons@arubanesque.ie

 

We’ve created some stunning Christmas decorating and wrapping ideas with beautiful ribbons and wrappings papers, all available in store this Christmas. A special thanks to Nimble Fingers Toy Shop in Stillorgan for collaborating with us on our Santa’s Workshop Christmas window 2010. Santa’s elves have been busy making all the wooden toys in our window and Nimble Fingers stock them too!!

In collaboration with Nimble Fingers, Stillorgan www.nimblefingers.ie

This Hallowe’en we’ve been inspired by the world of the Apothecary. Lotions, potions and poisons have been represented by our zesty jars of buttons, billowing bows and distressed and printed ribbons from the selection available in stock. Our cauldron has exploded with bubbles of buttons, releasing beautiful fairy wings by Kristen Mulgrew incorporating our beautiful satin, gros grain and organza ribbon from the buttony liquid concoction! We had fun creating it, we hope you like it too.

We have arranged our carousel ponies in two layers, putting just a few in the foreground to create greater depth.

Frills, floral tapes, buttons and jacquard weaves have been used to embellish our painted ponies.

To reveal all of the detail that we embellished the ponies with, we have hung lengths of the same decorative ribbon in the background.

A view from inside the shop… we included fairy lights to our installation to make the display twinkle at night.

In the frame!

Our Easter window this year has been inspired by traditional Dutch decorative eggs. We’ve wrapped ours in ribbons, buttons and lace and hung them with embellished bird houses to create a spring garden.

We stock original jewellry pieces by French designer Celine Conan. Celine uses vintage etched mother of pearl, rose quartz, fresh water pearls and precious metals in her work. We have a small selection in store but for her full range of unique creations you can contact her at www.celinec.com or pop in to her beautiful boutique, BOUDOIR, off Baggot St. in Dublin.

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