Square Candle Holder| Handmade Ceramics | Ripple Collection - Petite
Square Candle Holder| Handmade Ceramics | Ripple Collection - Petite
Square Candle Holder| Handmade Ceramics | Ripple Collection - Petite
Amanda Murphy

Square Candle Holder| Handmade Ceramics | Ripple Collection - Petite

€18.00
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Amanda Murphy of County Waterford designs and handcrafts this ceramic square candle holder. Taking inspiration from the Irish Landscape of the ocean and ripples on the sand, to the valleys, mountains and rivers that surround her, Amanda creates each piece individually using a blue and white crystalline glaze which melts each time its fired ensuring the uniqueness of each handcrafted piece.

 

Dish Dimensions approximately 11cm sq.

About the Artist

"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