Juliet Ball
Juliet Ball grew up in England, but her training in ceramics started in France in 1990 at the C.N.I.F.O.P. (Centre National d’Initiation, de Formation et de Perfectionnement de la Poterie et du Grès) in the Puisaye in Central France, an area renowned for its tradition of pottery making, and formerly the major stoneware producing area of France. She then worked at the well-established Poterie du Carbassou in Southern France before setting up her own workshop in the Pyrenées Orientales.
Juliet moved to Ireland with her family in 2005 and established, “Cloonmore Pottery” near Moycullen, Co. Galway, where she continues to develop her range of functional ash-glazed stoneware and glazed porcelain while also experiments with smoke-firing techniques.
Juliet’s work remains firmly grounded in the traditions of functional pottery, drawing inspiration from diverse sources, such as Japanese ceramics, Chinese and Korean porcelain, and Amerindian and Portuguese black-fired ware. All of her work is hand-thrown and hand finished. She makes her own glazes from natural raw materials and fires in reduction in a gas kiln.
Selected Awards
2011 RDS National Crafts Competition, Dublin (finalist)
Selected Exhibitions
Duo Exhibitions
2017
“Twostep”. The Courthouse Gallery, Oughterard, Co.Galway.
2016
“Textures” Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford
Group Exhibitions
2018
Ceramics Ireland Selected Exhibition, Rathfarnham Castle Arts, Dublin
2016
Ceramics Ireland Selected Exhibition, The Pearse Museum, Dublin
2015
Portfolio@Solomon, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
National Craft and Student Art Awards Exhibition. RDS, Dublin
2014
Annual Ceramic Awards Exhibition, Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere
2013
Ceramics Ireland Selected Exhibition, Pearse Museum, Dublin
Annual Ceramic Awards Exhibition, Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere
2012
Ceramics Ireland Selected Exhibition, Rathfarnham Castle Arts, Dublin
2011
National Craft and Student Art Awards, RDS, Dublin
Gallery Representation
Blue Egg Gallery. Wexford.
Sliding Rock Gallery. Spiddal, Co. Galway.
Contact Details:
Juliet Ball
T. 085 1613854
E. julietball@gmail.com
www.julietball.wix.com/cloonmorepottery