Creating ceramics by the sea with Saol Beo Retreats in Ireland

Inspiration
Written By Caroline Sylge

Caroline Sylge writes :

I spent a gorgeous afternoon admiring this view through the open door of Irish artist Olga Fitzpatrick’s cedar-clad studio, which is perched on a cliff at her home in County Wicklow.  My friend Elly and I were in a ceramics session with Olga, whose fun and gentle teaching was a fitting end to a wonderful private retreat hosted by Tara O’Rourke of Saol Beo Retreats. It was delicious to look out to the moody sky and smell the briny sea as we worked wet clay with our hands, imprinting our creations with shells from the private beach and flowers from the forest.

Caroline Sylge

Co-founder of The Global Retreat Company, which she started as Queen of Retreats in 2011. Carcanet published poet with a BA and an MA in English. Footprint published author of travel books Body & Soul Escapes and Body & Soul Escapes: Britain & Ireland. Has contributed to high profile publications during her 30+ year journalist career including The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, Condé Nast Traveller and Psychologies. Trusted retreat consultant and Vedic Meditator with a daily Yoga practice. Loves mark-making, reading, coastal walking and sea swimming in Devon, where she lives with her husband and daughter.

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