John Goode's ceramic goodies

John Goode who abandoned a lucrative career in dentistry to found an art gallery in Castletownbere has been a champion of Irish ceramics for years and inaugurated the Irish Ceramics Awards in 2008.

His book Irish Ceramics, just published, is a valuable record of the most important ceramic artists working in Ireland today and shows just how creative, diverse and deserving of recognition they are.

The hundred artists featured in this lavishly illustrated compendium include established masters like Pat Connor (illustrated here), Anthony O'Brien and Neil Read. The book costs €25 and can be had from millcovegallery.com and IMMA.