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Ceramic boat named after a historic site a few miles from my studio near Ballyferriter, Dingle, Co.Kerry.. Dún an Óir means “Fortress of gold”.
In 1578 a ship on the way from Canada and laden with tons of what they thought was gold ore was wrecked here, and gave the name to the site. The stones turned out be Iron Pyrite so no gold, but the black stones with golden glimmer might still be found in the seabed here.. Two years later this very site became famous for a horrific massacre of 600 people during the Second Desmond Rebellion.
As in the Canadian golden stones, the shimmer in the glaze on my ceramic boat is created by Iron, not gold💛
Ceramic wall piece, imprinted in high-relief with searipple pattern.
Bronze cast. Edition of 9.
1/9 with copper patina. Work inspired by 100 year old shipwreck in Waterville Bay, the Danish schooner “Eliezer”, and the Nordic mythology attached to the sea god of Njord and his heavenly ship-home called Nóatún.
Bronze cast. Edition of 9. 2/9 with bronze patina.
Bronze cast with copper patina.
1/9 features copper patina.
Representation of creative spirits of Dingle. I used imagery from Scandinavian Bronze-age rock art, interpreted into three dimensional form. Ceramic high fired sculpture with stain and oxides.
Ceramic figurine sculpture, stoneware clay with yellow and transparent matte glaze.
Ceramic sculpture with stoneware glaze
Wall hanging Relief imprint of 200 year old rock art from Clogher Beach, Co. Kerry. White stoneware with red Iron Oxide and coloured stains.
“Sound of the Sea” is a visualisation of the sound of millions of tiny bubbles reaching the surface of the water – which is what makes the sound we know as the sound of the sea! Porcelain clay, thrown on the wheel, altered in shape and carefully carved. Glazed with transparent glaze and fired to 1280C.
Porcelain imprrint of section of sand-ripple. Glazed with blue crystal glaze. Wall mounted.
A miniature piece inspired by poetry:”May there come across the waters, A path of yellow moonlight, To bring you safely home” an excerpt from “Beannacht” by John O’Donoghue.
White stoneware clay. Thrown and altered. Double glazed and fired to 1280C.
“Eclipse” with a matte stoneware glaze in charcoal and blue. This ceramic boat has been sculpted by combining leather-hard thrown and pressmoulded elements. The press-moulded element in the base of the piece is press-moulded from a plaster casting of tidal sand ripples.
Searipple plate, with imprint of the seabed of Béal Bán Beach, Kerry, Ireland. It has been glazed with a shiny green transparent glaze, and fired up to stoneware temperature of 1280C.
Mirror Ripple series: The rim is sand-ripple textured – The base is completely flush and smooth. Glazed in a deep shiny glaze it is like looking into calm water in which the cliff-like ripple sides mirror themselves. White stoneware clay with shiny blue glaze fired to 1280C.