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Bronze Age Connections: Smoked Fired Incense Pots

20 Isle Road, Lisnagunogue, Bushmills, County Antrim, BT57 8XR
exterior of Patricia Millar's ceramic studio in Bushmills

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Bronze Age Connections- Crafting the Past

Smoke fired Causeway Coast Incense pots

Along the North Antrim coast, examples of these little enigmatic pots have been discovered. Dating from the Bronze Age, they contain burnt wood and can be highly decorated. They usually have a pair of holes near the rim that no-one knows what they were for…
The incredible landscape of the Causeway Coast is made up of layers of limestone, basalt and red ochre.
People have a long history of using ochre for body paint, cave paintings and decorating pots.

Join this workshop to decorate 2 incense pots.

Make your own ochre paint.
Using your ochre and paper resists, decorate your own pots inspired by local Bronze Age designs.
Fix your designs by using a blow torch and sawdust.


This is a 2-hour experience.
All materials, two 7cm x 10cm approx. ceramic pots, refreshments and tray bakes are included.
No experience needed.

£80 per person
Maximum class size 6

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Patricia reaches for dried grass in her workshopPatricia Millar Ceramic Studio, BushmillsA clay studio minutes from the Giant’s Causeway, Patricia’s work uses local clays and materials to capture the unique colour signature and forms of the Causeway Coast's landscape.

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