MITCHELSTOWN
POTTERY & CERAMICS
About Your Tutor
Your tutor, Tim Butler earned his First-Class Honours Degree in Contemporary Art from GMIT in 2019. He studied Photography, Printmaking and Painting before specializing in Sculpture, Ceramics and Digital Media and achieved an academic achievement award in both 2018 & 2019. He is a Multi-disciplinary Artist who has had the privilege of exhibiting at K-Fest and also the prestigious RDS Visual Arts Awards as a shortlisted finalist and has been awarded numerous residencies. You are in good hands.
Tim is also a full time qualified Tutor delivering City & Guilds courses for Tipperary ETB and holds all necessary trainer and TAQA certifications
Portfolio
Our Story
How to build a pottery studio
(in 300,000 easy steps)
THIS IS...
This is where it already happened.
This is where it is happening.
This is where it will all happen.
This is where I cried with frustration.
This is where I wanted to scream.
This is where I hurt my brain.
This is where I saw light at the end of the tunnel.
This is where I wanted to give up.
This is where Mark Butler helped me.
This is where I felt like shit.
This is where Fiona gave me inspiration.
This is where I Laughed.
This is where I sang.
This is where I sliced my forearm with steel.
This is where I bled.
This is where I struggled with the injury.
This is where my son helped me.
This is where others saw progress.
This is where I saw none.
This is where Kevin Baker and Padraig O' Sullivan helped me on more than one occasion.
This is where John Clifford lifted the new Kiln.
This is where Padraig O' Keeffe came to my rescue on more than one occasion (an invaluable friend).
This is where Louise, Timothy and Vincent gave me great laughs.
This is where True friends came to light.
This is where Bill McCarter inspected the progress.
This is where Michael White installed the electrics.
This is where Jim White dug the trenches.
This is where Marie Browne gave me sustenance and food for my soul.
This is where a pottery studio was born.
This is where it will live.
This is...
Studio Build
The ceramics studio came about by chance... and then a lot of time and effort. There were NO grants from any department and the studio fit out is being completed (where possible) using tools and materials I have gathered for years . They may be old but that doesn't mean they are useless. The water is harvested from our rainwater gutters and then filtered so we can use it for washing etc. All waste clay is reclaimed and recycled as much as humanly possible. We don't use disposable cups and we are open to all suggestions to keep our journey as Green as possible.
