West Cork artist turning his hand to many talents

Pottery is in ceramic artist Jim Turner’s blood. The West Cork-based artist, who is

Turner, who is English, has been moulding clay all his life. His father was a potter. Among Turner’s early memories are playing with clay in his father’s studio. The first piece of

pottery that Turner made was an owl when he was just seven years of age. Over a long career, including an interesting residency in China, Turner has combined commercial work with his own artistic vision making sculptural pieces.