Bricks in the Rain - Ceramic Exhibition

Hi Everyone, There is a fantastic ceramic exhibition running in the Culture Box Temple Bar until 25 Feb, I would really encourage you to go and look at the work both for ideas and inspiration. The exhibition is based on a group of ceramic artists that travelled to China in 2011 to create a body of work for an Irish  ceramic pavilion in an international ceramic centre.
The trip made such a deep cultural impression on them that they decided to explore this journey through a new body of work which resulted in Bricks in the Rain.

Cora Zhang from Raheny enjoying a work by Frances Lambe. Photo: Donal Murphy Photography

Artist Sinead Glynn with her work. Photo: Donal Murphy Photography

This exhibition will tour to Cork in April so catch it while it's on in Dublin! It's well worth a visit!

Surface Decoration for Tiles!

Hello there, hope you're having a nice weekend. This week in my pottery class in the Donahies we'll be decorating the tiles we have made. Please see images from my studio of materials I use to make various marks, textures and patterns on clay. It can be very satisfying experimenting with different objects and hitting on a winner...so get collecting materials from the garden and home, textured lace, sturdy leaves with pronounced veins, stamps, plastic toys or pens (circles, dot patterns) and many other possibilities. Also I'll have the new pottery tool sets students have ordered, see you next week!