Sara Roberts Ceramics

Connemara porcelain 19 x 16 cm.

Sara roberts ceramics.

Sara roberts is perhaps best known for capturing the drama of her native west cork coastline in beautifully glazed porcelain. Mounted and framed to be wall hung sara s work ranges from elegantly realised natural studies to more abstract and thought provoking exercises in mood and atmosphere. Like miniature relief sculpture. A lovely studio to visit in woodlands by the sea where there is an exhibition of hand built porcelain wall pieces depicting land and seascapes inspired by sara s environment.

Ceramics illustrated hand made ceramics and contemporary illustration two quite separate disciplines are brought together here. Sara roberts graduated from the national college of art and design dublin in 1984 she worked as a graphic designer in london australia and ireland over the next fifteen years. The sea is my back garden the landscape that seeped into my bones from childhood inspiring my adult eyes to frame my adult hands to form and fix in porcelain the essence of my heart s domain sara roberts. Cork potters show the blue egg gallery wexford ceramics awards show mill cove gallery castletownbere west cork kenmare co kerry.

Sara roberts ceramics artist. Also many smaller gift items and semi precious jewellery on show. This is the catalogue essay for a project at ruthin craft centre september december 2013. Sara roberts b 1962 as delicate and finely detailed as any 2 d work of art roberts outstanding wallpieces evoke the raw colours and textures of the irish landscape in both porcelain and earthenware.

With surfaces supporting images that are not simply decorative objects familiar from their everyday utility address ambitious concepts and themes.