Sophie’s technique is to fill tea bags with porcelain slip and leave them to dry. She then removes the bags to expose delicately textured, organic, shell-like structures that resemble bone marrow or fossils found on archaeological digs, like casts encasing a modern moment in time.

12 cm
50 cm
10 cm

This contemplative work discusses the impact of the economic crisis on contemporary society. Through an innovative technique, Sophie transforms mundane teabags into sculptural forms, an attempt to capture a fleeting moment. Her inspiration and identity as an Irish artisan drove Sophie to collect teabags from different areas in Ireland. They bear witness to conversations and hold the memories of those who used them.

32 cm
55 cm
25 cm

These fragile constructions discuss the impact of an economic crisis on contemporary society. The connections between each segment and the overall balance tensely conveys a feeling of instability, constant unpredictability and disorder. The individual forms were created by immersing teabags in porcelain slip and assembling them once dry.

30 cm
60 cm
20 cm

Sophie’s Entropy series was born from an exploration into Ireland’s recent economic past. Inspiration also came from research into dendrochronology, the scientific method of dating tree rings.

45 cm
50 cm
40 cm

This piece was inspired by the provincial and rural landscape and territory. It discusses a feeling of isolation, with conversations captured and woven together like a blanket trying to heal the wounds of longing. To create the piece, Sophie immersed porcelain slip in tea bags. Once they were dry, she cut and ground the shells, exposing the textured, organic structures.

32 cm
27 cm
12 cm