Michelle Butler Boat | Plaque Ceramic
Michelle Butler

Boat | Plaque Ceramic

€32.00
Quantity:
Pickup available at 4 Castle Street, Sligo, Ireland Usually ready in 2-4 days

Boat | Plaque Ceramic

4 Castle Street, Sligo, Ireland

Pickup available, usually ready in 2-4 days

4 Castle Street, Sligo, Ireland
Sligo
SO
F91 P863
Ireland

This adorable boat plaque is the creative work of Michelle Butler. Celtic influences ripple through each design which is handcrafted using textured stoneware clay, resulting in an organic feel to each hand made piece and finished with rich metallic details and multicoloured glazes. Hessian string is attached to hang the plaque. Michelle combines contemporary and traditional styles to create her designs. The figures are finished with adhesive felt bottoms, and are packaged in a branded presentation box. 

The boat is based on the Galway Hooker which was a traditional sailing boat used off the west coast of Ireland around the 19th Century. The Galway Hooker was developed for the strong seas around the Galway coast. It has a single mast with one main sail which is a dark red-brown colour. The boat itself has a beautiful curved shape and is black as it is coated in pitch.

This piece is 90 x 150 x 5 mm. Each one is handcrafted in Ireland at the foothills of the Sperrin mountains.

About the Artist

Michelle, a graduate of the Falmouth School of Art has been designing and producing her unique brand of Irish ceramics since December 1998.

Michelle's unique style embodies and reconciles the influences of primitive Celtic art with contemporary designs and forms. All her pieces are hand crafted from a textured stoneware clay. Her signature finish of metallic oxide adds both depth and lustre, whilst the use of a variety of glazes adds to the pattern relief and overall effect, creating ideal ceramic giftware items.

She started her business in Omagh Enterprise Centre, then in 2005, established Sperrin Ceramics Studio in the refurbished Stone Barn at her home, nestling in the shelter of the Sperrin Mountains, just north of Omagh, County Tyrone.