Extrusive no. 1, tone 01, 2020, 52x32x18cm

Murlough Bay sits on the North East coast of Ireland in Co. Antrim, a small bay resting at the base of steep hills and cliffs. It’s a secluded spot, quiet and peaceful in comparison to the tours of people along the north coast. This place brings you back in time, with the only sights being that of a small cottage, battered coastal trees, the ocean lapping over the basalt boulders, and the occasional sighting of Scotland across the water. This place is special, it is monumental in its quiet presence, it is not demanding of our attention yet once there you cannot help but give it all of yours. As society races through time, going through periods of fighting and peace this place moves barely an inch. Almost godly in its appearance of permanence. 

The pieces within the Extrusive series are a celebration of this place, and the places like this which cover Ireland's coast. These are objects with no opening, no visual interior, they are objects which simply are; much like these places. They have strata-like porcelain bodies, pure in essence yet each holds a slight variation from the last - each piece unique in its colouring with slight tonal variations from piece to piece, much like the basalt covered bay which is Murlach. 

Each piece made into 3 different tones of white and grey