Sep 02
Jam Art Factory
Following on in our series of Irish Shops We Love, today we’re featuring Jam Art Factory, a gallery and design shop which aims to promote up and coming Irish based artists and designers. Their aim is to give students around Ireland the chance to showcase their work as well as working with established artists resulting in an exciting blend.
Tell us a bit about the shop
We are a gallery and design shop on Patrick Street and have recently opened a new premises on Crown Alley, Temple Bar. We specialize in selling Irish based art and design. We try to have a diverse range of stock from ceramics, paintings, jewellery, photography, t-shirts and whole load of other pieces. A lot of the work we stock have a quirky and contemporary edge to them. We’ve been open for two years now and long may it continue!
What inspired you to open your outlet and how long have you been up and running? We opened the shop two years ago to try showcase the talent the our little island has to offer. Ireland seems to be a hub of design activity over the last few years. I think the influence of a lot of different cultures and ideas from different nationalities living in Dublin and the Irish themselves has had a great effect. Also the locations we opened up in are very busy with tourists so we wanted to offer them something different than they usual leprechaun inspired souvenirs to bring home. However, in saying that, our customer base is around 50/50 with Irish and tourists.
What’s your favorite part of having your own shop? Describe a typical day for us My favourite part of having my own shop being able to pick and choose my favourite pieces of design and being able to put them all in one place. Working in the two shops day in, day out is made a whole lot easier when you are surrounded by beautifully crafted pieces. Also, there is an immense sense of pride in seeing it grow.
Have you spotted any trends for SS2014 you can let us in on? Trends I’ve noticed for SS2014? Em, in jewellery design I’ve noticed a lot of up and coming designers using industrial inspired designs mixed with geometric shapes and maybe a strong neon colour mixed in for contrast. It’s really effective and eye catching.
How can we find you?
You can find us at:Jam Art Factory Web Site
and Instagram:
jam_art_factory
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