Art/Craft Stores and supplies

Larianne

Just a few to help people out if looking for certain things.


Please feel free to add to the list or to comment on the stores that are mentioned. What you thought about them and what you were able to get there.

K & M Evans Art Supplies - it's just off Capel st. at 28 St. Mary's Abbey it's along the Luas line. This place is brillant for nearly everything!!! This is where a lot of teachers that there stuff for school. Paper, card, plastacine, modelling clay, pipe cleaners, pencils etc etc. This is the cheapest place I found when in Art college. And the staff are really helpful.

There's O'Sullivan's Graphi Supplies just off Camden St. 23-25 Grantham Street. This place is great for getting display card for exhibitions etc. So much stuff in this store. Kinda pricey though. Also has a good selection of portfolios, basic and professional, if your heading to art college or want one to show off your work. Also millions of pens and paints etc. I'd shop around for the smaller things you need first. It's more graphic based so not a lot of make 'n do items. I'm pretty sure you can get a discount on certain days if you're a student. [Mod update Oct. 2016: O'Sullivan's is no longer open!

Reads on Nassau Street is great for things like card, glue, pens, pencils, plastic pockets, paint which would be better priced than Eason's RIP OFF CITY!!!! Also good for photocopying cheaply. It's also reasonable for getting business cards made up.

Star School & Office Supplies - There's a few : Artane, Ballymount, Blackrock, Dun Laoghaire and Sandymount. They usually give good discounts to students and are good for paint, pencils, oil pastels, sketchpads, notebooks etc.

Art & Hobby Shop - There's loads scattered around the country. I, myself, never buy much from them. Too overpriced for my liking but they have stuff like Face & body paint which is cool and different art kits.

Okay, so there is a few of the shops I frequented when in Art college. Hope it helps you find what you want. I wouldn't really recommend Eason's at all. It's overpriced and the staff, normally, haven't a clue about the products. If you can't find what you want in the stores I mentioned, ask them in the shop and they may help ya with what you're looking for. I find the staff in most of them really helpful.

Also, check out charity shops for unusual materials use in your art/modelling/jewellery/fashion.

snorlax

Inspiring ideas is also pretty good,( 1st floor st stpehens green shopping centre, go up the stairs in the shop), they'r about in average in price but you can buy handmade paper, foam, feathers, stamps, beads, metal sheets, fabric paints, stencils, books, absolutely anything in fact to with crafts.

Kennedys (harcourt street) expensive but it's good if you want a wide selection of materials/ mediums to choose from. they also have books on art, a wide selection of good quality paint, art pads/ paper and brushes.

Hickeys (ground floor stephens green shopping centre and Henry street) great for material, beads, threads and embroidery. look for the remlents box if you don't want to pay over the odds for the material.

Evans i secound, cheap for buying especially in bulk (for any art teachers out there), if you need loads of paper/ big tubs of paint/ clay and terrcotta clay, wire, moulds, masks, facepaints, large sheets acetate, glass paints, fabric paints. they'v also a special offer on at the mo for buying A2 art pads, buy 2 get one free.
Evans is kinda hidden and isnt open at the weekend, its between the Jervis and four courts luas stops (on the right coming from o'connell street), look for green gates and a language institute, looks like an alley.

ill add more places as i think of them (if anyone knows of any crafty pr arty websites/ places around the country post them up!)

Larianne

snorlax wrote:

Inspiring ideas is also pretty good,( 1st floor st stpehens green shopping centre, go up the stairs in the shop), they'r about in average in price but you can buy handmade paper, foam, feathers, stamps, beads, metal sheets, fabric paints, stencils, books, absolutely anything in fact to with crafts.

Forgot about this place. I went to the one at Blanchardstown S.C., it's not in the main centre but in one of the outlets and got an A2 sizedd portfolio case there for £10! Was 5 years ago but still worth checking out for prices.

Gaspode

I can heartly recommend ...

www.craftsupplies.ie is an online craft supply shop, but the delivery time is excellent. I ordered stuff on a monday and was opening my parcell on wednesday. It takes laser as well as the usuall credit cards so its handy.

I have to admit I find Inspiring Ideas a rip off shop. They sell their fabric by the yard ? Who works in yards anymore. And they are so so stingy with their measurements .... I have never gotten anything the smallest bit bigger than a yard.

snorlax

Inspiring ideas has some nice stuff although i guess they are slightly pricey, although most things are in dublin .

thanks for the link though, it might be useful for those who don't live in dublin to shop online.

TipGal

enough with advertising my own site. I have decided to redeem my evil ways and ask DeVore or one of the admins about buying some banner time rather than pimp my website in every single post I have made so far. I am really sorry for my pimpage. It will never ever happen again.


edit LoLth: thats good to hear.

davros

Wraptures on Francis Street. I can't really comment on range and pricing, having only been in there once. Friendly shop though.

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snorlax

i should add two more stores;

Eason's on O'Connell street(upstairs)


Downstairs in Reads (Nassau street), they sell cheap paper/ art pads if you look and compare prices, i'd say they'd be a really good place to get coloured paper/ textured kids paper if you wer'e ooking to make greeting cards.

Larianne

snorlax wrote:

i should add two more stores;

Eason's on O'Connell street(upstairs)

To be honest, I wouldnt go here unless you've searched everywhere else for what you're looking for. It is soo overpriced!!! Yeah I've got stuff in there before but as a last resort. Rip-Off Merchants!!

I posted about Reads in my first post, Snor!

smileygal

CORK

Read's in Cork too - Patrick St.
Doesn't feel quite as Rip-Off Republic as Easons.

Cork Art Supplies good, but no late opening.

snorlax

sorry Larianne i didnt mean to edit your post i think i clicked the wrong button.

Anyway considering reads is probably the cheapest it probably deserves to be mentinoned twice, pity they don't have a bigger selection though !

Larianne

snorlax wrote:

Anyway considering reads is probably the cheapest it probably deserves to be mentinoned twice, pity they don't have a bigger selection though !

Yeah, you're right there!! I lived in that place when at college. It's really good for presentation stuff as well. A1 sheets of card and plastic pockets and folders etc. Get all your college stuff there.

snorlax

www.ebay.com and the irish version: www.ebay.ie often sell crazy/ wacky things if there's anything your looking for in particular that isn't available in the stores (and it's 2nd hand so prices won't be too high, although expect to pay higher delivery costs if its from the US), make sure to keep refining your searches on the site.

websites for stores already mentioned

• also http://www.artnhobby.ie/ (art and hobby shop website for products and stor locations)

• and Inspiring ideas http://www.inspiringideas.com/pages/storedetails.htm (directions to Blanchardstown centre and stephens green centre)

• Cork art supplies (on Prince's street) (broad range of materials online, delivery etc)
• http://www.corkartsupplies.com/store/store.asp?action=show&category=37

Geordie_Girl

Lakeland Limited do some really nice stuff and a lot of it is REALLY cheap.
Only thing is they are based in the UK, so currency conversion/shipping might add up if you were buying a lot. Nice selection though.


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smileygal

Lakeland is fab - I devour their catalogues - home stuff too. Their attention to detail and genuine respect for the customer sets them aside from other companies.

They have lots of shops in the UK, so I stock up when over and avoid the postage, even though it's great for amil order of heavy things, cos based on order value rather than weight!

nicodemus

Just have to mention www.imag-e-nation.com. These guys are fab. Cheap, cheerful, answer all u r questions and even replaced my missing peel offs without prompting. Reply to mails quickly and offer to refund postage on returns if faulty.
No links to them - just best on the net for my money!

Fajitas!

NCAD have an art shop on Thomas St, it's outside the campus, so as far as I know it's open for all. It's in an old bookies if your looking for it. Pretty good prices.

Tiriel

Joyce's, on Prince's St., a beautiful shop in general but they stock lots of bits and pieces like glitter, beads, buttons, feathers, masks etc. etc. It's great for teachers, but for everyone else in between too. Oh and great for handmade paper..

paulaa

Hi,
Take a look at my new webstore http://www.acornpapercraft.ie.

I stock card-making and scrapbooking supplies from Holland, UK, US and of course Ireland. Postage is only €2.00 and the payment system is linked to AIB on a secure server.

Hope you like it

Paula
Acorn Papercraft Supplies

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Ste05

Fabric Gallery in Bray is pretty good... lot of stuff from the UK not widely available here... great for textile artists they have a web site too think they said they were updating it www.fabric-gallery.com .... staff are really helpful and chatty

tintinr35

Cormicans art shop on Abbey Street is just after opening a new extention to their premisis and they have the full anita's do craft range in stock, they do mail order aswel really looks great since the extention well worth the trip
www.cormicans.com

tintinr35

just to let everyone know in the roscommon area, cormicans have 10% off all art and craft supplies all next week, was in there again today, really good shop

Tree

Cork wool store int eh market arcade
Youghal knitwear on princes st

Cork craft shop in paul st shopping centre

BigPapaPado

My wife uses : www.scrap4keeps.com

She ordered stuff on Sunday & it got here by tuesday. It's based in Dunshaughlin in Meath.

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davros

davros wrote:

Wraptures on Francis Street.

Closing for good on Sunday, Jan 29, 2006. Everything reduced 50-75%.

Beckie

Hi There
I am a scrapbooker and cardmaker who got so hooked on it all that I now have my own online store! We supply some fabby papers and embellishments and at the moment we have a SALE on!:D
We also run scrapbooking classes and crops.
Go For It ... Get Creative:D

www.bumbleberrycrafts.com


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peachesxcream

I like Treasure Bin in Letterkenny...loads of little thingys lying about everywhere but it's not that cheap!


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a4art.ie

HI, just to correct the above post, A4 Art is the new name for the Art supply shop Thomas St, Dublin 8.

(There is still no sign outside the shop but it is just past NACD after the clock pub and is bropwn on the outside)

You can view more contact details here http://www.a4art.ie

We are open MonFri 10-6pm & Sat 10-5pm

We hope to bring in new and different products that the other larger shops are just ignoring or overpricing.

We don't want the quality to go down and we do want value, a hard nut to crack.

SO our policy is to try strike a balance between Price/Quality & also to try and find new and exciting art & craft materials. We are happy to hear all suggestion and comments good or bad.

Well anyhow, I hope this isn't regarded as spamming the forum but I just wanted to clarify an earlier post.

If you log onto the site and send us a mail we will keep your email for future new products and special offers. Of course this data will be private and only used for expressed pruposes.

Thanks.

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magz2006

New online store www.craftfactory.ie, lots of fantastic cardmaking and scrapbooking accessories, cheaper than anywhere else and free shipping, lovely stuffff:)

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Scrapmad

Another online craft shop that wasn't mentioned:

www.thescrapbookstore.ie

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Damppie

Cregal arts or Specialist arts in Galway have a huge selection

johnjadams

The IN in Dalkey
this is a great space to have exhibition and the rates are handy too, they include wine!had a show and sold around 4 k worth of paintings but i had to do all the promotion as this is just a venue not a gallery.

GIve them a ring for more details.
Ta

nicedub

Hi

I'm looking for supplies for Candlemaking and soapmaking ?:)

penny Toolan

I hate to blow my own trumpet, but.... :-)
I run an online (Irelands first) patchwork fabric supply business - http://www.justcotton.ie
Feel free to let me know what you think - about the site and the selection.
Biggest problem to date is peoples reluctance to buy on line - but word is spreading slowly!
Regards,
Penny

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faithj

The woolen mills is great for sewing & knitting supplies. Needles, Patterns, Fabric & Wool etc. You can also buy wholesale for some items. I buy bags of buttons for baby cardigans and get them way cheaper than hickeys etc. They're at the end of Liffey St, near the Ha'Penny Bridge.

smileygal

Yes that's a great shop - I got bamboo knitting needles there - look and feel nicer than plastic. Great location too.

Magic Eight Ball

Anyone know where I could find a drawing board or table?

Reef

nicedub wrote:

Hi

I'm looking for supplies for Candlemaking and soapmaking ?:)

Hey nicedub...

Click below -
Candlemaking Supplies

johnjadams

hi

www.artmaterialsco.com

I am an artist and have had great help from this site.As to there prices and product there is an amazing spectrum to be found here.From artist to student quality and they deliver on time.One time they didnt have what I ordered so they sent me a better brush, now how often will art shops do that.Really I have been to 90% of the shops on the replies sent in the only other that I now go to is EVANS.They are one of the best for canvas and are helpful to as far as discounts and delivery.Remind them about being an artist to get your discount.

www.johnjadams.com just incase you think I work for an art shop.lol

Keep painting
john

lilaa

Again, this is self-promotion and may be edited away by the powers that be should they so desire...

This is Knit is our online & real-life shop (operating in the Blackrock Market at weekends).

We have an excellent range of knitting yarns, needles and modern knitting patterns. We also offer Knitting Classes on Saturday mornings for absolute beginners and for intermediate knitters. They're always great fun and a really enjoyable part of what we do...

If you want further information please do sign up for our newsletter through our site www.thisisknit.ie

frosty66

what time does k&m evans open on Saturday please?

AnFearDearg

Agree with John that www.artmaterialsco.com is excellent. I used to use www.dickblick.com (US based behemoth art supplies chain) and found them good but the shipping charges can be high, plus I think artmaterialsco is an Irish enterprise so it deserves support.

frustrated1

What do you think of this site?

www.babystitchup.com

A friend of mine was doing christening blankets in spare time and they are just fabulous and we all said they should do them on a website...

what you think??

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Elphaba

Went down to Stephens Green SC at lunchtime to find that Inspiring Ideas is closed and Hickeys is closing today. Nooooo!!!!!

yvontune@iolfre

Hello Everyone
I am new to this board.
And would like to mention Card Art Originals in Wicklow
which is mainly a supplier of Decoupage here in Ireland, we stock over 2000 different sheets from top brands, dufex, mamekok, die cut decoupage, angel whispers, papertole, and heritage crafts to mention a few, if you would like to visit my site just click the link. http://www.cardartoriginals.com

many thanks Yvonne Tune

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osullsp

Hi everyone,

O'Sullivans are now open 10-5 on Saturdays plus we give 10% off for students. Also we have relocated from Grantham st to a fabulous new shop on Camden street (on the right hand side as you come from Rathmines just opp the Ulster Bank and beside Ladbrokes). If you are buying in bulk you can ring our warehouse which is now in tallaght (it might suit you better to pick up from there).

We hope to see some of you soon

Regards
D O'sullivan Graphic Supplies

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karen harper

Hi I have just been pointed in the direction of this forum and I am very impressed. I email a newsletter, NOTICEBOARD, every two weeks to all artists and crafts people in Ireland. At the moment I have over 400 people on my mail list.
This forum is something I will definately be recommending. I send it to everyone from fine artists to potters, patchworkers to jewellers and anyone in between.
If you would like to join this growing group, email me at
harperkaren@eircom.net
Finding somewhere to join others in the plight to find good suppliers and great deals is always high on priority!
Keep up the good work, Karen

See the new blog www.irishcraftupdate.com/blog

'Connecting Artists and Crafts People in Ireland'

Reef

hey all,

Just found this new card making and scrapbooking site from cork art supplies - it's www.cardznscrapz.com great selection of brands including papermania and die cut with a view (they're also cheaper than art n hobby!) worth a look.

snickerpuss

I thought I should just say how good www.craftsupplies.ie is.
I've gotten a load of stuff from there and it's ridiculously efficient. Orders are shipped the day after you order them and I usually get them the following morning. (I ordered something Sunday night, got it Tuesday morning)
And they take laser which makes me love them more.

ciggy

Hi there, I have just starting crafting in november, so it is good now that i have theses websites. my sisterinlaw bought me a bead set for xmas. where you can press your own designes in to material, jeans etc, it is brillaint, she got it in heatons.

DangleDevil

Hi.... i am wondering does anyone know anywhere in dublin (city centre or dun laoghaire) where i would find rhinestones/jewels suitable for sticking onto the face??? I know there are plenty of places online but i need them quick!!!!

Thanks
Jackie