This work represents an accomplished and innovative use of porcelain.
Irish born Cardiff Met lecturer and artist Claire Curneen delivered a presentation on 04/11/2013 about her Creative Wales Ambassador Award which was presented to her in 2012. The award allows an ar…
The next two posts entitled No More Chasing Rainbows are illustrated with images of my recently acquired ceramic piece Urchin made by Claire Curneen. I have had my eye on this piece for years and f…
CLAIRE CURNEEN STARTS EACH of her sculptural ceramic works in the same way, with a small piece of clay. Squeezing it between her fingers, pushing and pressing it into the palm of her hand, she flattens it into a small disc. These discs are the building blocks of her figures. By pressing and squeezing them…
Contemporary artist, born in Ireland, working in Wales, Curneen is a practitioner I wouldn't normally be conscious of. Again thanks to my visit to the Fitzwilliam, I stumbled across one of her pieces in the gallery and was instantly drawn to it. The piece entitled 'Blue Series Lady' instantly caught my eye, with my current view for natural elements and the body as a canvas. I did a quick sketch and moved on. After an hour or so spent in the rest of the museum I couldn't stop thinking about the sculpture, and so I returned and drew it again. Cureen's website can be found HERE, again some interesting videos of the artist talking about her work. Some other images of her pieces can also be seen here:
Gold - Claire Curneen
Claire Curneen Claire Curneen via Kaolinwww.kaolin.org Claire Curneen Claire Curneen Claire Curneen Claire Curneen--porcelain Claire Curneen Claire Curneen, Urchin Claire Curneen, San Sebastian Claire Curneen Claire Curneen--detail Claire Curneen Figurative ceramic sculpture by Claire Curneen, born in Ireland in 1968
Claire Curneen, To this I put my name. A new body of work by internationally renowned ceramicist, Claire Curneen, which is the result of a Creative Wales Ambassador Award given by the Arts Council of Wales. Curneen spent time investigating … Continued
