Exhibition: Stella Baraklianou, Violet January
We're delighted to present the exhibition opening of Stella Baraklianou, our first Professional Clay City Resident, marking the culmination of her 3-month residency with us at Mill Street.
Stella has been with us since October, and we're so excited to share this final exhibition, Violet January, which reflects her time living and working in Dublin while developing her ceramic practice.
We've loved hosting Stella and are especially proud to be presenting her first exhibition in Ireland running for one evening on Thursday 22nd January 6-9pm at Throwing Shapes, Mill Street, Dublin 8.
Join us for an evening of ceramics, a drinks reception, music and an introduction from the artist herself. We hope to see you there to congratulate Stella on this wonderful milestone!
About the exhibition:
Stella Baraklianou presents Violet January her final series of ceramic sculptural vessels produced during her 3-month Clay City residency in Dublin. Working intuitively with clay, Baraklianou reinterprets classical Grecian vessel forms through a contemporary, tactile approach. Built slowly by hand from layered coils, the sculptures retain visible traces of touch, pressure, and movement.
Inspired by Dublin, journeys through Tipperary, and the Wild Atlantic Way, the works explore atmosphere through newly developed glazes. Shades of violet, lavender, yellow, and neon green evoke rippled, translucent night colours along the River Liffey and sea foam from Ireland's west coast. A specially developed violet glaze references the spectral edge of visible light; Violet Hill was also the name of the greyhound in Wild Decembers (Picador, 1999) by Edna O'Brien. References to Irish mythology, including Sheela-na-Gigs, honour ancient fertility goddesses embedded in the landscape. Created over several days, these vessels embrace slowness, intuition, and material presence as a quiet resistance to the accelerating pace of digital culture and artificial intelligence.
Clay City is a partnership between Stay City Aparthotels and Throwing Shapes.
