Large Slab Dish (Shihozara) by Rory Shearer in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Concentrating on the surface, his pieces are no longer just containers but are hollow forms that you want to pick up, touch, move your hand over the surface and examine the exterior. Rory’s work shares characteristics with large abstract paintings, beautiful from a distance but compelling you to look ever closer.

About the maker

Rory Shearer studied Ceramics at the Ulster College of Art and Design, Belfast, Northern Ireland. His work is wheel-based and rooted in the tradition of Bernard Leach. He creates functional pieces with a Japanese or Asian aesthetic and his work embodies an integrity and honesty only found in the work of a Master Potter.