Image: © Anna MacDonald, Eòrna Pottery
Contemporary tableware wheel-thrown or hand-built by potter Anna MacDonald in Ardnamurchan, a peninsula which marks the most westerly point on the mainland. Her current collection is inspired by the Hebridean shoreline of Tiree where she grew up. The satisfying texture of a grooved, ridged limpet shell or a sea-smoothed pebble is re-created in her pieces and her glazes reflect the moods of the sea in storm or sunshine, the silvery-white beaches and the soft pink of shells. Anna uses traditional small-batch production methods although modern equipment such as an electric wheel and kiln make life a lot easier.
The name Eòrna is the Gaelic word for barley – Tiree is poetically known as Tir Ìosal an Eòrna or ‘the Low-lying Land of the Barley.’
21 January – 22 March 2025
Foyer Craft Gallery
