{"product_id":"the-potters-book","title":"The Potter's Book, Louis Mulcahy Pottery","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fourth poetry collection from Louis Mulcahy, reflects on fifty years working in clay. With humour, scepticism and love, Louis reflects on the trials and joys of the artist craftsman from prehistory through Biblical times to his own ceramic sculpture, ranging from the classic pots of the Chinese Sung Dynasty through those of the Japanese Tea Ceremony to the excitement and vicissitudes of learning the Potter’s craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis poetry garnered appreciation from many respected poets, including Thomas McCarthy, who said of this collection, “\u003cem\u003eHere is a poetry of childhood, memory, but mainly, and most triumphantly, a poetry of human longing and attachment.\u003c\/em\u003e“\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘From the smell of FLIT insecticide on his mother’s fine bone china to a rhapsody upon the potteries of Jutland and Japan, to unbridled joy in the pliability of clay, his new poems soar into heights of perception, hard-won knowledge and coats of silica. Here is important and unforgettable work.’\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eThomas McCarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003ePandemonium \u003c\/em\u003e(Carcanet)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Louis Mulcahy’s new collection is an ambitious book, an examination of the processes of creative art by way of an exploration of his other life as a ceramicist. The international cultural contexts of ceramics, as well as the elemental processes involved, are essential to the poems. Love, family and the physical and cultural landscape of Corca Dhuibhne, are also important elements in the clay of this “well wrought urn” by a master craftsman.’\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003ePaddy Bushe\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eOn a Turning Wing \u003c\/em\u003e(Dedalus)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Deft, assured, these meditations on the creative process, on that “wrestling with the kiln” where all true art originates, resonate long after the book’s last page had been turned. Distinguished by a quiet wonder at the thrill of the creative process, at life’s shifting sands, these are poems brimming with craft and love.’\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eAilbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Coast Road \u003c\/em\u003e(Gallery)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eP\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eotter’s Book \u003c\/em\u003edeals with the raw materials of creation — clay, oxides of cobalt and copper — and transmutes them into gleaming verbal objects. In evoking his fascinating story, his words have the elegance of his pots, and his poems the uncanny sheen of their glazes.’\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eJames Harpur\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe White Silhouette \u003c\/em\u003e(Carcanet)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouis's Reading Schedule\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Potter's Book 14 Oct. 2018 5.00 Launch Siamsa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelfast: Thur. 18th October 15.00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCork: Tues 23rd October, 18.30\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDublin:Thurs 25th October, 18.30\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGalway 30th October, 18.00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimerick City Art Gallery Sun 4th Nov 15.00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWexford Writers' Group Fri 9th Nov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNaas Sat 10th Nov The Moat Theatre 13.00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDingle Féile Beag Filíochta Sat. 11 Nov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaife na Caolóige Ballyferriter Dec date TBA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListowel Date TBA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFermoy Wed 16th Jan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimerick Stanzas Fri 18th Jan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louis Mulcahy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39643558215765,"sku":"978-1-907682-64-3","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1765\/0637\/products\/the-potters-book-louis-mulcahy.jpg?v=1637850213","url":"https:\/\/extfox.myshopify.com\/products\/the-potters-book","provider":"EXTFOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}