Deirdre Mcloughlin Ceramics Artist

Deirdre mcloughlin deirdre mcloughlin s work is imbued with an intense physicality and dedication to perfection of forms and surfaces.

Deirdre mcloughlin ceramics artist. Outsiders 1994 2020. 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. High fired ceramic l 300mm photographer rob bohle high fired ceramic l 400mm photographer rob bohle deirdre mcloughlin s work is imbued. Her making process is demanding.

Deirdre mcloughlin portfolio. She is an elected member of the international academy of ceramics. The attitudes 2015 2020. Light gatherers 2010 2014.

I am too great snouted vessels others 2000 2019. 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. 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.

One from her i am too series is printed on an irish stamp to celebrate this grand lady of ceramic art. Reviews of exhibition in ceramics ireland uk s ceramic review and the australian ceramics. Her portrait is part of the national self portrait collection of ireland and her work has been honoured with a stamp. Waterworks 2017 2019.

Ceramics deirdre mcloughlin artist sculpture. Art and perception of july 2018. Patrick j murphy introduction to deirdre mcloughlin shaping the void. Works news bio texts contact deirdre mcloughlin.

Deirdre mcloughlin shapes sublime forms with a fine finish. Jun 21 2014 deirdre mcloughlin silver high fired ceramic l 40 cm 788x1024. Henry pim ceramics ireland 2012 deirdre mcloughlin is one of the finest sculptors to emerge from ireland in the 20th century. She works full time in her studio and exhibits internationally.

About deirdre mcloughlin graduated with a ba in humanities from trinity college dublin. Deirdre mcloughlin is born in dublin irl in 1949. 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. Shortlisted for the loewe craft prize 2018.

Using subtle glazes and meticulous coil building techniques her abstract ceramic forms undergo an intense process of polishing and repeated firing.