Archive for: Wall Pieces

Ceramic wall sculpture - '120 degrees' by Michelle Maher. Shown here at Sculpture in Context 2018 at The National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. It is inspired by repeating polygon patterns we find in nature. The pieces were hand built & sculpted in a cranked clay body and high fired in an electric kiln to 1260 C. www.ceramicforms.com

120°

Ceramic wall sculpture - 'The Space In Between' by Michelle Maher. Shown here at Sculpture in Context 2017 at The National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. It is inspired by the microscopic world of plant cells – in particular, vascular bundles in plant stems. Consisting of 106 pieces it was hand built in a cranked clay body and high fired in an electric kiln to 1260 C. www.ceramicforms.com

The Space In Between

Ceramic wall sculpture Synergy by Michelle Maher. Shown here at Sculpture in Context 2015 at The National Botanic Gardens. Inspired by a shoreline in the Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland. The synergy of soft & hard, water & rock, stillness & rage, light & shade is the inspiration for the piece. Hand sculpted and modelled in a crank stoneware clay & electric fired to 1260°C. www.ceramicforms.com

Synergy

Outdoor ceramic wall sculpture Vulnerability by Michelle Maher. Inspired by winter trees & human fraility, it was sculpted in my own grogged paper clay body and high fired in an electric kiln. www.ceramicforms.com

Vulnerability

Collection of ceramic wall pieces by Michelle Maher at Art in Action 2014 at Farmleigh House, Dublin. They were hand built and modelled in a grogged stoneware clay body and fired in an electric kiln to 1260°C (Cone 8).See www.ceramicforms.com.

Wall Pieces – Small

Hand Print Project. Large-scale Collaborative Public Art Commission 2009 with St. Peter’s National School, Phibsborough, Dublin. This project celebrated the opening of their new school building and had a strong collaborative element between Ceramic Artist Michelle Maher and the whole school community. We took the handprints in clay and slip of all pupils, teachers and staff and created a series of three large-scale ceramic wall murals. www.ceramicforms.com Photo by Trevor O'Rourke - Picturehouse Photography.

St. Peter’s N.S.

Collaborative Public Art Project by ceramic artist Michelle Maher for the children's charity Barnardos. Working in collaboration with the children and staff we created an 8 meter long ceramic wall sculpture inspired by the Aurora Borealis, the local river Tolka and the science of bubbles. See www.ceramicforms.com

Barnardos Commission

Public Art Project 2010 by ceramic artist Michelle Maher & the children & staff Scoil Thomáis, Laurel Lodge in Dublin 15.Collaborative Art Project through the Crafts Council of Ireland CRAFTed initiative. We drew inspiration from repeating patterns in nature to create a spiral wall sculpture.www.ceramicforms.com

Scoil Thomais CRAFTed

Public Art Project 2012 by Michelle Maher & the children & staff of Castaheany Educate Together National School, Dublin 15. Design & Crafts Council of Ireland CRAFTed initiative. We created a spiral wall sculpture inspired by Fibonacci numbers, the Golden Ratio & repeating spiral patterns in nature. www.ceramicforms.com

Castaheany E.T.N.S. CRAFTed

Collaborative Public Art Project- Beaumont Hospital School by ceramic artist - Michelle Maher. The project involved working collaboratively with the young patients in the children’s ward. The finished wall piece was inspired by microscopic patterns in plant stems and branching patterns in nature and was installed in the reception area of the children’s ward – St. Raphael’s Ward in Beaumount Hospital. www.ceramicforms.com

Beaumont Hospital School

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