Brian Keogh (1958, Bray, Co. Wicklow). The work of the Wicklow-based ceramist who trained in Ireland and the USA focuses upon domestic stoneware using ash glazes, distinctive bird motif decoration and wood fired pottery. Brian has received many private and public commissions in the course of his 20-year career, notably for films such as "Braveheart" and "King Arthur". A teacher for many of those years, Brian has welcomed people to his studio to release their creative energies through the medium of clay to learn a timeless skill than mankind has known for thousands of years.

Every piece created by Brian is both a craft piece and a work of art. In the last five years, Brian has been developing more individual work, vases mainly, endeavouring to distil and refine forms to arrive at a certain simplicity and strength. Brian draws his inspiration from those anonymous potters of the past, mainly from Korea and China. "Their work speaks to me in an unselfconscious, direct way. My aim continues to be to make pots skilfully, directly, unselfconsciously and hopefully with simplicity and integrity."