Deirdre Mcloughlin Ceramics Artist

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Deirdre mcloughlin ceramics artist.

Ceramics deirdre mcloughlin artist sculpture. Deirdre mcloughlin is born in dublin irl in 1949. I am too great snouted vessels others 2000 2019. She is an elected member of the international academy of ceramics.

The attitudes 2015 2020. She works full time in her studio and exhibits internationally. 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. 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.

Outsiders 1994 2020. High fired ceramic l 300mm photographer rob bohle high fired ceramic l 400mm photographer rob bohle deirdre mcloughlin s work is imbued. One from her i am too series is printed on an irish stamp to celebrate this grand lady of ceramic art. Deirdre mcloughlin shapes sublime forms with a fine finish.

Henry pim ceramics ireland 2012 deirdre mcloughlin is one of the finest sculptors to emerge from ireland in the 20th century. Reviews of exhibition in ceramics ireland uk s ceramic review and the australian ceramics. The ij a deep. 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.

Her making process is demanding. Using subtle glazes and meticulous coil building techniques her abstract ceramic forms undergo an intense process of polishing and repeated firing. Later sonja landweer was to become her mentor. Her portrait is part of the national self portrait collection of ireland and her work has been honoured with a stamp.

About deirdre mcloughlin graduated with a ba in humanities from trinity college dublin. Jun 21 2014 deirdre mcloughlin silver high fired ceramic l 40 cm 788x1024. Waterworks 2017 2019. 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.

Art and perception of july 2018. Light gatherers 2010 2014. Deirdre mcloughlin deirdre mcloughlin s work is imbued with an intense physicality and dedication to perfection of forms and surfaces. Open mind 2013 2019.

Patrick j murphy introduction to deirdre mcloughlin shaping the void.