Antonio Julio López Castro
Spanish Ceramicist
“I LIVE AND WORK IN RURAL IRELAND, WHERE THE QUIET AND MUTED COLOUR PALETTE OF THE IRISH LANDSCAPE IS A CONSTANT REFERENCE THAT FEEDS INTO MY WORK. WORKING IN STONEWARE AND PORCELAIN, AND INFORMED BY MY BACKGROUND AS A PAINTER, MY WORK IS AN EXPLORATION OF LIGHT, FORM, COLOUR AND MARK MAKING.”
Antonio Julio López Castro is a Spanish Artist and ceramicist based at the foothills of the Ballyhoura mountains in north Co. Cork. Working in stoneware and porcelain, Castro creates a range of tableware and unique one-off pieces on the potter’s wheel. Working in small batches, each piece is decorated with slips before a bisque firing at 1000º C. After bisque pieces are glazed and fired for a second time to 1260º - 1280º C depending on the glaze. Variations in design and decoration from one batch to the next make every item unique.
