All my pieces are made from flat slabs of clay. I roll the clay out on the slab roller first, then each slab is imprinted with textured sheets I made from latex. Then each part is cut ready to be formed into pottery.
Here I am working on Winter Tide Vases, each colour has a different textured pattern. This will be the Sand colour.
The Winter Tide vases will be back soon, watch this space
All my vases are made using this process, you can browse my full vase collection here
Sarah McKenna has been developing her unique handmade Irish pottery at Bridge Street Studios since 1999. Before returning to Dundalk she studied Ceramics at Duncan of Jordonstone College of Art & Design, the University of Dundee, Scotland where she gained a Bachelor of Ceramic Design.
Sarah’s work has always been engaged in the process and the early studio work was concerned with smoke firing and raku firing sculptural vessel forms. In 2006 Sarah started producing a range of quirky customisable ceramics giftware which is the beginning of what you can purchase today. Read more here.
