253: Ireland Week: Susan O’Byrne on the empathic potential of sculpting animals

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an
interview with Susan O’Byrne. Susan creates ceramic animal
sculptures that convey the complex emotional landscape of human
relationships. She sculpts around a wire armature using layers of
paper clay before surfacing the forms with mosaic-like patterns.
In the interview we talk about her building process, creating a
life in Glasgow, Scotland, and how she used animals to represent
family history in her traveling exhibition "The Five Sisters".
For more information on Susan visit www.susanobyrne.co.uk. This
interview was taped at the 2018 Ceramics Ireland International
Festival in Thomastown, Kilkenny.


 


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