{"id":12347,"date":"2023-06-14T12:28:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T12:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=12347"},"modified":"2023-09-06T13:26:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T13:26:06","slug":"dylan-clucas-misery-loves-pottery","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/exhibitions\/dylan-clucas-misery-loves-pottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Clucas | Misery Loves Pottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Opening Reception: Friday 8th September. 7 &#8211; 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Misery Loves Pottery is a small collection of ceramic pieces by Signal staff artist Dylan Clucas. Dylan was a graphic designer who became addicted to pottery after being coaxed into trying the wheel by his uncle.<\/p>\n<p>While he was exploring ceramics, Dylan suffered a collapsed lung for which he needed major surgery.\u00a0 As a result, he became miserable and depressed but discovered that pottery gave him an incentive to move forward. The opportunity to immerse himself in art made his recovery time more bearable.<\/p>\n<p>This collection mainly consists of wheel-thrown pieces and trimmed pots made with terracotta clay. They reflect Dylan\u2019s love of graphic design and graphic-based aesthetics.<\/p>\n<p>Misery Loves Pottery is the artist\u2019s reflection on his journey through the pain of recovery, and his evolving relationship between his own health and his clay creations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"xr-spatial-tracking; gyroscope; accelerometer\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/kuula.co\/share\/collection\/7Jw1w?logo=1&#038;info=1&#038;fs=1&#038;vr=0&#038;sd=1&#038;autop=10&#038;thumbs=1&#038;inst=0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mec-booking-button mec-bg-color\" href=\"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/product-category\/dylan-clucas-misery-loves-pottery\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">View All Pieces<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Misery Loves Pottery is a small collection of ceramic pieces by Signal staff artist Dylan Clucas. Dylan was a graphic designer who became addicted to pottery after being coaxed into trying the wheel by his uncle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[548],"mec_category":[13],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/12347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12347"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalartscentre.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=12347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}