Candle Holder | Erosion Small

"It is the wildness of the rugged Irish landscape" that inspires Amanda Murphy. And she encapsulates that inspiration in a wholly individual way; as a ceramic artist of a most particular distinction. Amanda's work is distinctively fluid; transience in a solid form it speaks of a river curving round or over flow stones, the fall-off of mountain into valley, shore sands after the tide. Her glazing techniques play with reflections, with dazzling colour bursts, with muted deep richness and texture as sunlight does across the landscape

"I found my love of clay when I was preparing a portfolio to apply for Art College in secondary school. I loved the clay in my hands and found I could really express myself with it. I then attended Crawford Art College in Cork and studied Ceramic design. After that I travelled for a while and came back to complete the Pottery Skills Course which was running in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. I worked with several potteries, Ardmore, Badger Hill and Stephen Pearce being the main ones and also started making my own pieces.

More travel followed and when myself and my husband returned to Ireland from Australia in 2008 I started making this collection full time