Ian’s technique is based on a type of Pottery mass-produced
around the first century AD these pots were coated with a very fine slip which
potters had been using for hundreds of years to create there famous white and
black pottery.
He has made his
own Irish version by infusing real Horsehair, and peat from Irish bogs into the
kiln as the vessels are fired, this releases carbon, in the form of black smoke
which is infused into the pottery creating a dark black finish, and leaving the
carbon infused into the ceramic, each piece is polished with bees wax to
protect the finish.
This process is very time consuming, and often takes Ian
several hours to complete just one piece.
Ian was born in Sligo in the scenic North West of Ireland
and his ceramics are highly creative and extremely artistic. His designs are
currently being sold nationally and internationally throughout Ireland and the
USA,
Ian has also been featured on RTE 1on the popular Irish
Television Series Craft Master, in the craft council of Irelands search for the
best craft and design Ireland has to offer.
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