Doirin Saurus
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I have a studio in Fethard Co. Tipperary and have been fortunate in the variety of opportunities that have come my way from public art commissions to residencies to running workshops and teaching in the local schools but mostly working away quietly on my own. I have particularly liked the focus involved in working for exhibitions and have just returned from the Dingle peninsula where I had a Blasket Island based exhibition in Dún Chaoin.
I have always loved working with colour and the recent availability of a great range of underglaze colours has given the ceramic world a new and exciting direction all under the benevolent shadow of the great John ffrench.
There is something about the combination of the challenging construction of a teapot and the painting of the 4 or 5 sided surfaces that keeps me exploring and experimenting. Medieval portraits, haiku, Peig Sayers with Leonard Cohen, Michael D with his 'Let us abandon false paradigms', Dervla Murphy's 'I don't do apprehension' have all found their way onto the teapots. Mostly, however, they are a means of using colour combinations and designs from everything that surrounds me.
I have always loved working with colour and the recent availability of a great range of underglaze colours has given the ceramic world a new and exciting direction all under the benevolent shadow of the great John ffrench.
There is something about the combination of the challenging construction of a teapot and the painting of the 4 or 5 sided surfaces that keeps me exploring and experimenting. Medieval portraits, haiku, Peig Sayers with Leonard Cohen, Michael D with his 'Let us abandon false paradigms', Dervla Murphy's 'I don't do apprehension' have all found their way onto the teapots. Mostly, however, they are a means of using colour combinations and designs from everything that surrounds me.
