In Skibbereen, County Cork artists Lynn and Ian Wright create curious ceramic sculptures.
Originally from England Lynn and Ian Wright specialise in ceramic sculpture. The Skibbereen based duo have become known for their novel bathroom pieces, including sinks, the stands of which are cast from moulds taken from the legs and bottoms of human models. The woman Ian Wright cast for the washbasin was encased in plaster for two hours.
Ian Wright has no shortage of volunteers.
It's strange, you know, there's a lot of silly people around, I mean, you don't get people volunteering twice.
Making the mould to the point of decoration is a lengthy process. To understand it, Ultan Guilfoyle agrees to have his torso cast as a mould for a bookend. His body is prepped for the plaster. Once applied, Ian Wright waits for the plaster to reach a certain consistency so that it can be carefully removed.
We've now got a plaster model of you.
The next step is to make a mould from the plaster model. Clay is poured into the mould to make the pottery piece. It is then fired in the kiln before a piece of pottery is ready for decoration. The work then passes to Lynn Wright, who paints the ceramic pieces.
Ian Wright is full of ideas and thinks most people are but
The problem is actually then getting round to making that idea into an end result.
This episode of 'Youngline' was broadcast on 15 December 1980. The reporter is Ultan Guilfoyle.
'Youngline' was a once weekly, half-hour magazine show for younger viewers. The first programme was broadcast on Tuesday, 23 November 1976 and continued until May 1984.
