Jim Turner

Jim qualified with a degree in Ceramic Design from Camberwell School of Art & Design, London. He has lived in West Cork for over 30 years sharing a studio with Etain Hickey. A former part-time lecturer on sculpture and ceramics in Rossa College, (Cork College of Commerce Campus), Skibbereen. Jim has led many workshops for ‘Ceramics Ireland’ and ‘Society of Cork Potters’. Jim has exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally. An award winner of the Crafts Council of Ireland ‘Excellence in Making’ award and the Irish Contemporary Ceramics Award, his work is in many collections, including the Crafts Council of Ireland and the Office of Public Works. 

His influences are as diverse as the Peninsula formation of Sheep’s Head, to the anonymous Minoan potters of Crete, through to the Futurists, Constructionists and the engineering feats of Frei Otto. Fractural architecture of Frank Gehry and sailing experiences are diverse nuggets of information in the subconscious. All these and more might direct how he manipulates the materials, but the clay itself can be the source of inspiration.

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