Florence Dwyer
a blizzard in slow motion
David Dale Gallery Warehouse June 2024
A collaboration with my brother, Jacob Dwyer which
combines Jacob’s audio drama with a series of ceramic sculptures produced in response. More information here
Made with support from Creative Scotland
Photographs by Max Slaven
Lighting design by Robbie Thomson
The bears body
Stoneware and Tenmoku glaze
Made whilst on residency at the V&A Museum, 2023
Photograph by Kevin Percival
Snail trail
Stoneware
Made whilst on residency at the V&A Museum, 2023
Photograph by Kevin Percival
Earthworm
Terracotta
Made whilst on residency at the V&A Museum, 2023
Photograph by Kevin Percival
In the round
Stoneware
Made whilst on residency at the V&A Museum, 2023
Photograph by Kevin Percival
Residency display case, Victoria and Albert Museum, Ceramics Gallery 2023
Containing; Dish by Bernard Palissy 1590-1800, Salt Glazed Stoneware hunting mug 1713, Nottingham Bear Jug 1750, Slipware plate made in Pennsylvania mid 19th century, 18th century large slipware dish made in Staffordshire, Wedgwood roundel, Slipware tile made around 1700, Terra Tersia flower holder made around 1800, Tin glazed cup and saucer and Earthenware tray and plate in the style of Thomas Whieldon made around 1760 alongside my tests, experiments and left-overs of making.
Slip, glaze and clay body test slices.
Made whilst on residency at the V&A Museum, 2023.
Photographs by Kevin Percival
Flip flops and jeans, Laced Heels and jeans and Boot and jeans.
Hand carved Montemor Bricks.
Oficinas Do Convento, Portugal. Made with the support of CraftHub EU 2022
Cups, Bowls, Money Boxes and Perfume Bottles.
Part Seen, Part Imagined, Studio Pavilion Glasgow 2019
Porcelain, Pigment and Sand
Shelves designed by Glasgow Tool Library
Scent Flasks Samples.Old Huis, Tokyo
Arita Porcelain, Pigment
Supported by Cove Park, Arts Initiative Tokyo and Creative Residency Arita
Photographs by Yukiko Koshima
Documentation of Greenware, a talk about Arita porcelain production and perfume bottles. Image referencing Penicillin Culture Vessel designed by Norman Heatley
Photograph by Yukiko Koshima
Production in Arita
Scotland Japan Exchange Residency 2019.
In collaboration between Cove Park, Creative Residency Arita and Arts Initiative Tokyo.
Objects kindly donated, collected and borrowed from Annette Rauf, Margaret Watt, Jane Sutherland and Eliz Murphy.
I Remain Yours at The Tenement House Museum, 2018
Photographs by Malcolm Cochrane
Home-ware, wool, tufted at Tunberry Rugs, Scotland.
I Remain Yours at The Tenement House Museum, Glasgow 2018
Photographs by Malcolm Cochrane
Furniture made in collaboration with Simon Worthington for Reel Meal, an evening of food and film screenings hosted by Thankyou Very Much Collective at David Dale Gallery, 2017
Steel rod, plywood, dyed wool, woven placemats, corrugated plastic packaging
Making the Bed, Laying the Table. Glasgow Sculpture Studios, 2016
Works made in collaboration with Simon Worthington and Katie Schwab
Photos by Max Slaven