Image: Figures 19 & 20
Dimensions: H:9xW:30xD:26
Handmodelled paperclay porcelain slip and glaze Download large version of image - to save, click link, then: (Mac) CTRL-click on image, (PC) right click on image.
Statement:
My work is concerned with movement, gesture and interaction in an attempt to capture a moment in time. The Figures are conceived as visual metaphors, depicting a state of mind that is playful and unselfconscious. A moment in which the “other self” unfolds and expands.The figures are modelled in paper clay which provides them with their characteristic surface. The bath suites are made from lace specially treated to preserve its appearance in the firing.
Exhibition Highlights:
2001
Gallerie Metzger, Johannesberg, Germany., solo
2000-2001
‘Irish Contemporary Ceramics’, touring exhibition
1997
‘Irish Contemporary Ceramics’, touring exhibition
1997
Contemporary Ceramics Prize Winners Exhibition, London
1993 and 1996
Ceramic Contemporaries, V&A London
Education/Training:
1990-1991
MA in ceramics, Cardiff Institute of Higher Education, Wales, UK
1984-1987
BA, in ceramics. Fachschule fur Keramikgestaltung, Hohr-Grenzhauzen.Germany
1982-1984
C.A.P. Potier, Ecole Des Arts et Metiers, Luxembourg
Employment:
1996-Date
Ceramics tutor at Colaiste Stiofain Naofa, Cork
2003
Working as an independent film maker in puppet animation and recently produced ‘Aunt Bridget’ funded by the Arts Council and RTE
1996-2003
Ceramics tutor at the Crawford College of Art, Cork