Anyway it has been a busy year in the Tinderbox! Firstly, I was very excited to be able to join a new artist's collective based in Cork called Over The Line Studios. It is really the first studio in Cork which actually provides for ceramicists, and we have access to a range of kilns and individual spaces large enough to cope with the general chaos which seems to be generated by anyone who works with clay.
As well as ceramics we also have a mix of artists working with various media such as painting, photography, textiles and sculpture, which is great for learning new skills and bouncing ideas.
The studios are situated over a kitchen showroom where beautiful high-spec kitchens are on display. For our opening group show it was decided we would be showing our pieces inside the kitchens, which took a while for some of us to get our heads around. What...no white walls? No PLINTHS??? How is our stuff going to work in a room full of shiny marble and MIRRORS?? However, once we had freed ourselves from our mental straight jackets we could see how exciting and different the possibilities were.
It was entitled In Situ, as the work was, obviously, being shown in situ, and bar the odd crash and heart-breaking smash it was a roaring success, and firmly put OverTheLineStudios on the Cork art scene. There was lots of wine, there was music, there was dancing and it was great to discover how well we could all pull together as a team when it mattered.
Anyhoo, here are some pics of the work on display. If any of you are ever in Cork and fancy popping in to the studios to say hi, please do! ;)
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| Driftwood Disc: Saggar-Fired Stoneware, Found Chain, Driftwood |
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| Beach Stones: Saggar-Fired Stoneware. Photography by Dervla Baker. |
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| Escapades of Chickens: Saggar-Fired Stoneware, Found Toolbox, Found tools. We found this old toolbox our rambling one day and it took a couple of years of subconscious festering before I finally decided what to do with it. Basically a chicken escaped and laid it's eggs in a tool box. I got the idea from a painting hanging in the Crawford Art Gallery of a basketful of eggs. Not sure who painted it, nor am I sure how my mind managed to make a connection to the toolbox but hey ho that is what happened and here are the results ;) |
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| By The Sea: Black and White Stoneware, Found Chain, Driftwood. The black ceramic beach stones with white stripes in this piece were inspired by the beautiful stones on one of my favourite beaches here in Cork. Obsidian? Quartz? Geology is not my strong point but I would like to find our more ;) |
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| Dragon Eggs and Mordor: Saggar and Sawdust-Fired Stoneware |
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| Black Dog: Saggar-Fired Stoneware |
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