Shawn Ireland works with a variety of hand processed local clays that are a blend of ingredients from North Carolina and Georgia. Each piece is thrown using a kick wheel. His glazes are also formulated using local materials. The work is then single fired in a wood burning kiln.
Ireland?s work is inspired by local folk traditions and the work of his teachersat Penland, Will Ruggles and DouglassRankin.Several trips to central Italy inspired figurative work that he calls ?Animal Ware? in the form of candlesticks, vases and bowls.
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