Crafts CouncilDirectoryClaire IrelandHebridean Project funded by the Craft Pottery Charitable TrustAboutI spent four weeks on South Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides, working with master potter Miranda Forrest, who specialises in creating natural glazes made from the natural materials she finds on the island, including those she cultivates in her garden. I learned how to process dried plant materials, seaweed, and different rocks and minerals collected from the beach and a local excavation site. I also experimented with pressing seaweed, creating prints on paper and making homemade pigments.Claire IrelandLondon, EnglandPorcelain Dock Leaves, Image by Claire IrelandCasts of curly dock leaves using porcelain paperclay and decorated with dock leaf glaze made during my stay. Processing Dried Ground Elder, Image by Claire IrelandMiranda Forrest uses a washing machine drum to burn the dried plant materials to ash, before processing them into a glazeSeaweed Drying , Image by Claire Ireland I collected a wide variety of seaweeds during my stay to dry and send home, using them emboss into clay, make into glazes or to print with ink on paper. Hebridean Glaze Tests, Image by Claire IrelandA series of glaze tests on grey stoneware using the materials processed during the projectPressed Seaweed, Image by Claire IrelandA wide variety of seaweeds are available on the island and I collected some to dry and I used the more delicate ones to press onto paper.Hebridean Project funded by the Craft Pottery Charitable TrustAboutI spent four weeks on South Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides, working with master potter Miranda Forrest, who specialises in creating natural glazes made from the natural materials she finds on the island, including those she cultivates in her garden. I learned how to process dried plant materials, seaweed, and different rocks and minerals collected from the beach and a local excavation site. I also experimented with pressing seaweed, creating prints on paper and making homemade pigments.Claire IrelandLondon, EnglandPorcelain Dock Leaves, Image by Claire IrelandCasts of curly dock leaves using porcelain paperclay and decorated with dock leaf glaze made during my stay. Hebridean Glaze Tests, Image by Claire IrelandA series of glaze tests on grey stoneware using the materials processed during the projectProcessing Dried Ground Elder, Image by Claire IrelandMiranda Forrest uses a washing machine drum to burn the dried plant materials to ash, before processing them into a glazePressed Seaweed, Image by Claire IrelandA wide variety of seaweeds are available on the island and I collected some to dry and I used the more delicate ones to press onto paper.Seaweed Drying , Image by Claire Ireland I collected a wide variety of seaweeds during my stay to dry and send home, using them emboss into clay, make into glazes or to print with ink on paper. More from Claire IrelandProjectSurface Decoration for Ceramics by Claire IrelandProjectBrentford Spoon ProjectProjectProspicere CollectionProjectArticulataProjectTypologies CollectionProjectScalaria CollectionProjectStatera CollectionProjectTumulus Collection