Hi! IN OCTOBER 1998 WE TOOK A BRIEF HOLIDAY IN IRELAND TO GET AWAY FROM IT AND TRY OUT SOME POTTERY...HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE FOUND ... TONY SEATON FROM SOUTHAMPTON ENGLAND .
HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS..
THE EWE IS AN ART RETREAT THAT SPECALISES IN SCRAFFITTI POTTERY , PUPPETS AND FIGURES , AND KNITTED/CROCHET ART WORK.THESE ARE OFTEN MIXED TOGETHER TO GIVE SURPRISING RESULTS.
THE FIGURE ABOVE IS CREATED BY FIRST ROLLING OUT A WHITE CLAY TO THE REQUIRED SIZE AND CUTTING OUT THE OUTLINE SHAPE.THEN YOU WOULD CUT HIM IN TO HIS RESPECTIVE BODY PARTS AND USING A SKEWER PIERCE HOLES SO THAT YOU CAN SEW HIM BACK TOGETHER!
HE IS THEN PAINTED WITH A (SLIP?) MADE OF THE ORIGINAL CLAY COULORED WITH A BLACK PIGMENT / CHEMICAL.
THIS IS THEN LEFT TO DRY FOR A DAY OR TWO.
WHEN IT HAS DRIED OUT THE TOP COATING CAN BE SCRATCHED AWAY TO REVEAL THE WHITE. (THIS METHOD IS CALLED SCRAFFITTI) THE PIECE CAN THEN BE FIRED AS A PILE OF PIECES AND SEWN TOGETHER USING PARCEL STRING OR ANY OTHER STRING YOU FANCY!IN THIS WAY YOU CAN CREATE A WORK PIECE MUCH LARGER THAN YOUR KILN.
SHEENA LYNDORFF TEACHES POTTERY IN A UNIQUE STYLE .. THIS IS THE OLD COW SHED WITH ITS COW STALLS DECORATED IN AN APPROPRIATE FASHION!
THE WHOLE SITE WAS A CONVERTED FARM WHICH IS VERY IMAGINATIVELY TRANSFORMED INTO ONE OF THE BEST GARDENS I SAW IN IRELAND WITH SPRINGS AND STREAMS RUNNING THROUGH.
THIS IS ME! TONY ON HOLIDAY PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCH TO SOME OF OUR WORK. YOU SEE EVEN AN ENGINEER CAN DO IT WITH A LITTLE GUIDANCE!
THESE ARE MORE PIECES THAT WE MADE. A KITE WITH A CHOICE OF BOW RIBBONS OR TWISTS FOR A TAIL AND TWO SCRAFFITTI PIECES..
THIS IS ME IN THE GARDEN OF THE EWE I DIDN'T TAKE A LOT OF PHOTOS GOOD ENOUGH TO SCAN IN.
THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE GARDEN. GOLEEN IS ON THE SOUTHWEST TIP OF IRELAND . AT NIGHT THE BEAM OF THE FASTNET LIGHTHOUSE SWEEPS THE GARDEN ( A TORCH IS ADVISED IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY THERE AS GOLEEN DOSEN'T HAVE MANY STREET LIGHTS).
THIS WAS AN OLD CHURCH ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF GOLEEN . THE AREA IS ABLAZE WITH WILD RED FUCHSIAS.
ONE OF THE MANY BEAUTIFUL WATERFALLS !
THIS IS IRELAND'S SOUTH WEST POINT.