DEIRDRE O’MAHONY
by Deirdre O’Mahony
Specially commissioned slip-cast porcelain cup, produced in 2023 as part of a hand-finished edition of 24 vessels, named after agricultural inspector JJ Silke who developed the seed potato industry in Donegal. Silke’s Potato Cup is packaged and presented alongside a certificate of authenticity, signed by the artist.
Materials: coloured parian porcelain, hand-dipped clear glaze
Dimensions: 9cm x 5cm x 4cm (small)
Price: €95 excluding postage
by Deirdre O’Mahony
Specially commissioned slip-cast porcelain cup, produced in 2023 as part of a hand-finished edition of 24 vessels, named after potato scholar Redcliffe N. Salaman, author of ‘The Influence of the Potato in the Course of Irish History’ presented as a lecture at UCD in 1943. Salaman’s Potato Cup is packaged and presented alongside a certificate of authenticity, signed by the artist.
Materials: hand-painted parian porcelain, stain, hand-dipped clear glaze
Dimensions: 12cm x 8cm x 6cm (large)
Price: €125 excluding postage
To mark the occasion of our Summer Preview with Deirdre O’Mahony, Silke’s Potato Cup and Salaman’s Potato Cup may be purchased as a pair at a special price. For details please see here or contact office@kunstverein.ie
25% of proceeds from sales go to the future programming of Kunstverein Aughrim. 75% of sales go directly to the artist, and will contribute to the production of a broadsheet publication to accompany O’Mahony’s major new project The Quickening.