Deirdre Mcloughlin Ceramics Artist

Her portrait is part of the national self portrait collection of ireland and her work has been honoured with a stamp.

Deirdre mcloughlin ceramics artist. Reviews of exhibition in ceramics ireland uk s ceramic review and the australian ceramics. Jun 21 2014 deirdre mcloughlin silver high fired ceramic l 40 cm 788x1024. I am too great snouted vessels others 2000 2019. Deirdre mcloughlin is twice winner in keramik europas westerwaldpreis and honoured in kocef korea.

One from her i am too series is printed on an irish stamp to celebrate this grand lady of ceramic art. Deirdre mcloughlin is born in dublin irl in 1949. Shortlisted for the loewe craft prize 2018. The ij a deep.

Works news bio texts contact deirdre mcloughlin. Her making process is demanding. Open mind 2013 2019. She has won first prizes in 2014 and 2004 in the four yearly ceramics of europe westerwald prize and was honored in the 4th world ceramic biennale in korea in 2007.

Loewe craft prize photo taken by kato tan waterwork i springs from my daily cycle by the banks of the ij en route to my studio. Ceramics deirdre mcloughlin artist sculpture. Using subtle glazes and meticulous coil building techniques her abstract ceramic forms undergo an intense process of polishing and repeated firing. About deirdre mcloughlin graduated with a ba in humanities from trinity college dublin.

Deirdre mcloughlin portfolio. Deirdre mcloughlin shapes sublime forms with a fine finish. She graduated with a ba from trinity college dublin in 1972 before travelling to amsterdam where rosemary andrews sculptures inspired her to work with clay. Outsiders 1994 2020.

Henry pim ceramics ireland 2012 deirdre mcloughlin is one of the finest sculptors to emerge from ireland in the 20th century. Art and perception of july 2018. The attitudes 2015 2020. Waterworks 2017 2019.

She works full time in her studio and exhibits internationally. Light gatherers 2010 2014. Later sonja landweer was to become her mentor. Deirdre mcloughlin deirdre mcloughlin s work is imbued with an intense physicality and dedication to perfection of forms and surfaces.

In a studio on the keizersgracht in amsterdam a lump of clay and an invitation to make something was i did not know it then to be my future.