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About Liam Doyle
In a converted barn outside Kilcullen, County Kildare, Liam Doyle fires his stoneware in a wood-burning kiln he built by hand, its uneven heat signature is the secret behind the subtle ash glazes that bloom across his mugs and butter dishes. Unlike studio potters who chase perfection, Liam deliberately leaves finger marks on rims, undercuts handles for grip rather than symmetry, and uses local iron-rich clay dug from his own land, clay that warps unpredictably in the kiln, forcing constant recalibration of form and function. His 2019 exhibition 'Hearthware' at the Glucksman Gallery challenged the hierarchy between craft and fine art by presenting a full domestic service, twelve mismatched plates, four lidded jars, six tumblers, not as objects, but as evidence of daily ritual: tea stains embedded in unglazed foot rings, knife-scarred cutting boards shaped to fit a left-handed cook’s palm. This isn’t nostalgia; it’s insistence, on making things that bear the quiet weight of use, not display.
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- “How do you decide which flaws to keep when trimming leather-hard pieces?”
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- “Why did you stop using commercial glazes after 2016?”