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Ian Carty Ceramics Ireland Ian Carty Ceramics Ireland Ian Carty Ceramics Ireland Ian Carty Ceramics Ireland   The koi dragon is one of many mythical characters in Chinese culture.   Legend says that a certain koi had the strength and courage to climb a magic waterfall. When the koi reached the top exhausted, yet having reached its goal, the koi transformed into a dragon. As the koi fish swims up the waterfall and transforms itself to a dragon, it symbolizes that nothing is impossible when you believe. If you work hard and put yourself to tests, you will eventually rise above your fears and become the ruler of your destiny. Become the dragon.

Ian Carty ceramics Irish fine art   Ian Carty ceramics Irish fine art    Ian Carty ceramics Irish fine art   The koi dragon is one of many mythical characters in Chinese culture.                              Legend says that a certain koi had the strength and courage to climb a magic waterfall.When the koi reached the top exhausted, yet having reached its goal, the koi transformed into a dragon. story I spent most my life drawing and painting, now i bring my drawings to life through sculpture to strengthen our sense of self so we can learn from these old magical stories and overcome our own obstacles through courage and perseverance.                           As the koi fi...

The koi dragon is one of many mythical characters in Chinese culture. Legend says that a certain koi had the strength and courage to climb a magic waterfall.When the koi reached the top exhausted, yet having reached its goal, the koi transformed into a dragon. As a young child my first early memories of art was a lady bird book called the “Magic Paint Brush” a fascinating story of a poor boy who’s paintings come to life by a magic brush given to him by a old man in his dreams, he uses the brush to help the poor but a greedy emperor wants to use it for his own bad intentions, this story is based on a Chinese folk tale It shows that goodness and kindness are rewarded over greed. After hearing this story I spent most my life drawing and painting, now i bring my drawings to life through sculpture to strengthen our sense of self so we can learn from these old magical stories and overcome our own obstacles through courage and perseverance.       ...

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ian carty ceramics ireland An amphora is a type of container of a characteristic shape and size, descending from at least as early as the Neolithic period. Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine.   For the most part, however, an amphora was tableware, or sat close to the table, and was intended to be seen, and was finely decorated as such by master craftsmen   Most were produced with a pointed base to allow upright storage by embedding in soft ground, such as sand. The base facilitated transport by ship,   Amphorae are of great use to maritime archeologists, as they often indicate the age of a shipwreck and the geographic origin of the cargo. They are occasionally so well preserved that the original content is still present, providing information on foodstuffs and mercantile systems.

ian carty ceramics fine art and horsehair ceramics ireland  Ian’s technique is based on a type of Pottery mass-produced around the first century AD these pots were coated with a very fine slip which potters had been using for hundreds of years to create there famous white and black pottery.                                                                           He has made his own Irish version by infusing real Horsehair, and peat from Irish bogs into the kiln as the vessels are fired, this releases carbon, in the form of black smoke which is infused into the pottery creating...

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