Ciara O'Keeffe Ceramics
Ceramic objects shaped by quiet water, fire and time.
Ciara O'Keeffe ceramics is a studio practice rooted in material, place and quiet observation. working in stoneware, ciara creates ceramic objects that respond to landscape and elemental process-shaped by water, finished by fire and made for daily use and return.
"A fragment of history, heard, shared, and carefully hand crafted into a unique work of Art."
"I use clay sourced in Ireland to create bowls telling a story, which in time will be handed down through the generations."
My granduncle Sam, reared my mother and her siblings after their father died.
He never married.
He moved in and worked hard all his life to provide for his sister and her children.
When he died, he left a legacy of kindness and selflessness. A story bowl created just for him will ensure that conversations will always be had and his memory will never be forgotten....
"To be forgotten is to die twice"
(Philosopher Paul Ricoeur)
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