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Homo Faber Fellowship

The Homo Faber Fellowship programme is closed for applications 15 March 2024.

Homo Faber Fellowship is a yearly 7-month sponsored professional integration programme designed for duos of master artisans and craft graduates. Participants will develop business and marketing knowledge, as well as design and hands-on practical skills through transmission from one generation to the next.

The Homo Faber Fellowship is presented by Design & Crafts Council Ireland in partnership with the Michelangelo Foundation, powered by the Young Craft Booster and co-funded by European Union.

2023 Selected established artisans for Ireland

Mike Byrne & Noel Donnellan, Van der Kelen Logelain, Irish, Ceramics
Mike Byrne & Noel Donnellan, Van der Kelen Logelain, Irish, Ceramics
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Seamus Gill & Claire Mooney, Ulster University, Irish, Silversmithing
Seamus Gill & Claire Mooney, Ulster University, Irish, Silversmithing
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Stephen O’Briain & Richard Butler, Atlantic Technical University, Irish, Cabinetmaking
Stephen O’Briain & Richard Butler, Atlantic Technical University, Irish, Cabinetmaking
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Sasha Sykes & Jackson Byrne, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology, Irish, Furniture making
Sasha Sykes & Jackson Byrne, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology, Irish, Furniture making
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2023 Selected established artisans for Ireland

Participation in the Homo Faber fellowship programme, is a fantastic opportunity for Irish master craftspeople to be part of a highly prestigious international platform. It’s exceptionally important for us at Design & Crafts Council Ireland to cultivate these partnerships. Working with Homo Faber will enable our outstanding designers and makers to shine on a world stage as well as creating a new generation of master craftspeople. Design & Crafts Council Ireland is delighted to be involved.

Rosemary Steen

DCCI CEO

The Michelangelo Foundation announces the selection of 20 duos for the first edition of Homo Faber Fellowship.

  • The first edition begins in September with a month-long creative and entrepreneurial masterclass at Joana Vasconcelos’ atelier in Lisbon.
  • Certified by ESSEC Business School, the masterclass will equip fellows with key creative and entrepreneurial skills.
  • The 20 established artisans will then welcome their fellow for a six-month sponsored placement in their workshops.
  • The workshops of the participating artisans are in France, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain.
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Hear about the positive impacts of the Homo Faber Fellowship from 2023 Irish duo, ceramist's Mike Byrne and Noel Donnellan.
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Applications now closed for Homo Faber Fellowship 2024

We will provide an update as soon as we have more information on the selection process