This is a small porcelain dish, wheel-thrown, and finished in a satin rich red runny glaze, that formed a dark ochre and black crystallised pool in the middle.
Height 3 cm
Diameter 15 cm
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Antonio Julio López Castro
- Ceramicist
- Ballyhea, Ireland
- Rising Star
Contact
English, Spanish
Address:
Ballycosgry, P56 Ballyhea, Ireland
Ballycosgry, P56 Ballyhea, Ireland
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+353 861967065
+353 861967065
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In conversation with clay
- • Antonio makes simple but beautiful forms
- • He draws colours from the Irish landscape
- • His work is in the National Museum of Ireland
Antonio Julio López Castro has always been fascinated with making things and with colour. This goes someway to explaining his dual identity as painter and potter. Love brought him to Ireland and he now works from a studio that was once the childhood home of his wife. Here he creates work which is influenced by the colours and textures of the Irish landscape, combining the ‘wetness’ of a gloss glaze with the ‘dryness’ of a matt earthy brushstroke. Though he often starts with sketches and creates colour studies, he describes his process as being centred on the potter’s wheel itself; working directly with the material. His collection of water droppers is particularly striking for its strong forms and organic colours.
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Trinket dish
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Small lidded jar
Here is a small porcelain round storage jar, wheel-thrown, the body of which is finished in a light turquoise gloss glaze with a light grey slip decoration at the base. The lid has a small round knob and is finished in a black satin glaze.
Height 9 cm
Diameter 10 cm
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Porcelain pendant lampshade
This bowl-shaped porcelain pendant lampshade, wheel-thrown and thinly trimmed to allow for translucency, is decorated with light washes of blue and brown ceramic oxides letting the white of the porcelain show, in an overall matt finish.
Height 15 cm
Diameter 30 cm
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Water droppers
These enclosed water vessels, wheel-thrown in stoneware, are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. They have a little spout and a small round opening on top to allow for air flow and are finished in a variety of matt, satin and gloss glazes, varying from yellow to greens, ochres and metallic finishes.
Height 7 cm
Diameter 8 cm
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Beaker
This is one of Antonio's porcelain beakers, wheel-thrown and finished in a light turquoise gloss glaze, with blue and ochre unglazed slip decoration at the base.
Height 9 cm
Diameter 9 cm
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