Tom Callery

Tom Callery originally trained in fine art. After graduating, he went to work in the ceramics industry in Sligo for several years before establishing award winning Breeogue Pottery, Callery Ceramics. Working from sketches photographs of river banks, bogs landscapes, he incises these images onto soft clay forms then uses an ancient japanese glazing technique called raku which produces an array of rich, iridescent colours hues. His richly adorned freely formed tiles platters have a quirky spontaneous nature. Tom also embellishes his pieces with sculpted images of fauna, in particular birds hares. Tom supplies galleries in Ireland, UK and the USA. He has undertaken welcomes individual corporate commissions.