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I grew up in Co. Sligo in the north west of Ireland, about halfway between the sea and a forest park.
I made my first pot on the wheel when I was 5 years old at a country fair. It was a kick wheel and I had a lot of help from the potter. Many years later I did a ceramics degree at Limerick School of Art and Design and learnt how to develop sources of inspiration and ideas into finished pieces. Then I did the Pottery Skills Course in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny and learnt how to make pots well.
In 2018, I moved to Salisbury for six years. During my time there I became apprentice to Julie Ayton, thanks to Adopt a Potter funding, worked at the pottery at Salisbury Arts Centre and Messums Creative. In 2023 I set up my first studio in the north Dorset countryside.
I have recently moved back to Ireland and will be setting up a pottery studio in Co. Waterford.
Stockists
Una Bhan Tourism and Craft Shop, King House, Main St., Boyle, Co. Roscommon Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon
FOLDE, 1 Gold Hill, Shaftesbury SP7 8JE Jonathan Garrett, Jolliffe’s Cottage, Stour Row SP7 0QW
Awards
The Welsh Prize at Potfest in the Pens Melton Mowbray, 2022 Sue Hill Perpetual Trophy, Boyle Arts Festival Open Exhibition, 2017 Shortlisted for the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Craft Awards, 2016 Gallery Zozimus Purchase Award, 2016 Finalist - The Kilkenny Group’s Irish Craft and Design Week Emerging Ceramic Design Competition, 2016
Previous Shows and Exhibtions
2024 Glucksman Craft and Design Fair Craft Festival Cheltenham and Bovey Tracey 20 Years in the Making Potfest South East, Glynde Place and South West, Shaftesbury Ceramics Ireland Open Exhibition, Cowshed Gallery, Farmleigh Boyle Arts Festival Art Trail, Co Roscommon
2023 Craft Festival at Bovey Tracey, Devon and Cheltenham at Christmas GNCCFonline MADE Brighton, Brighton Dome - Corn Exchange Julie Ayton’s Christmas Open Studio, Salisbury Atelier OPEN, Atelier beside the Sea, Brighton GNCCF Trailblazer, Manchester Art Gallery RAW, Arteria, Lancaster Salisbury Arts Scene markets Ceramics Ireland Open Exhibition, Dublin Castle Boyle Arts Festival Art Trail, Co Roscommon
2022 MADE Brighton, St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton Potfest in the Pens, Melton Mowbray Salisbury Arts Scene markets Julie Ayton’s Open Studio, Salisbury
2021 MADE Brighton, St Bartholomew’s Church Julie Ayton’s Open Studios, Salisbury MADE Makers Online Summer Craft Collection and Autumn Craft Collection, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham Salisbury Arts Scene markets Ceramics Ireland Open Exhibition, Dublin Castle Boyle Arts Festival Art Trail, Co Roscommon
2020 Christmas Open Studio with Julie Ayton and friends MADE Makers Online Salisbury Arts Scene’s markets
2019 Drawn to Craft, Salisbury, Salisbury Arts Centre Monty & Mabel’s Artisan Christmas Market, Wilton Celebration Open Studio and Christmas Open Studio with Julie Ayton, Salisbury Ceramics Ireland Open Exhibition, Dublin Castle Boyle Arts Festival Open Exhibition, Co Roscommon
2016 Cré, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny RDS Craft Awards Exhibition, Dublin
2013 Odyssey Limerick School of Art and Design degree show