AWARD WINNING ARTIST MARTHA CASHMAN’S EXHIBITION entitled “Spoons and ladles….” is currently on show at the ‘ ON THE PIG’S BACK’  – St. Patrick’s Woolen Mills, Douglas, Cork. The exhibition was opened on Thur July 14th by Ireland’s Food Hero, Jack McCarthy from McCarthy’s butcher in Kanturk

Martha Cashman
Ceramic and Porcelain Sculpture

Marthas most recent work is in glazed paper porcelain. Very fine kitchen utensils (non functional), some pieces interspersed with woven wire, carved birch and ash wood to accentuate and enhance the delicate white porcelain.  The pieces are either box framed using limed ash or hung simply from rusted nails.  Pieces from this body of work have been bought by the UCC Art Archive Collection, CIT Art Collection and the Crawford Student Collection.

Martha’s work pays homage to the teachers of her past.  “The farm helpers and local women who visited and helped my mother in the house. Their understanding of the daily running of a small farm holding impacted on me greatly and led me to appreciate and respect the land we took from daily.”

The ceramic pieces on the right have been exhibited in a travelling show titled Womanagh, inspired by irish rural teachings and a disappearing traditional style of living.

HARVEST Opening night is Wednesday August 11th.Thursday August 12th it is open to the public and runs daily from 12noon to 6 p.m., August 12th until September 18th at The Grain Store, Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry, Co. Cork

Combining the work of three painters – Rebecca Bradley, Diane Magee and Louise McKeown – with that of four ceramic sculptors – Liz Burgess, Andrea Cashell, Martha Cashman and Nedyalka Panova – this is an exhibition that varies in approach, content and theme, but is united by the location in which these artists live, the dedication with which they work, and their instinctive responses to the world around them.

The four ceramic sculptors exhibiting work in an array of different methods, demonstrating mastery of each medium along with flair, imagination and skill.

Based in Kinsale, Liz Burgess creates elegant and contemporary torsos of male and female forms, and garden sculptures inspired by the rock formations found at beaches around Cork, in raku-fired ceramics. Andrea Cashell is an award-winning ceramic artist from Youghal who makes contemporary slab-built sculptures using white stoneware clay, based on the organic forms and repeat patterns found in nature like those of shells, plants and flowers.

Martha Cashman is also from Youghal, now Cork based, and a very well known ceramicist who transforms the most humble of objects, such as tools and spoons, into symbolic pieces using delicate porcelain with bright lustre glazes, woven wire and wood. Nedyalka Panova is Bulgarian but lives and works in Cork, and is an award-winning ceramic artist whose work, inspired by nature, uses using a wide range of materials and techniques, from fine bone china to raku.

Each of the three painters in the exhibition also responds directly and immediately to the individual environment in their work.

Rebecca Bradley was born in London in the 1960s and has lived and worked in Fermoy for the past eighteen years. Ranging from light, open, minimal paintings to more densely worked textural pieces, landscapes and places she has visited provide a starting point for her work.

Diane Magee was born in Youghal, where she lives and works, and her work explores and records the landscape, light and views which surround her daily. Originally from Clonmel, Louise McKeown is based in Kinsale where she runs her own gallery.

Deriving ideas, tastes and styles from various sources, she produces both landscapes and portraits, with her painting primarily influenced by the Irish countryside and its rich colours and people.

The broad range of work on view in this exhibition fully represents the exciting artistic life of Cork and its environs, and is a wonderfully engaging and authentic reflection of a genuinely vibrant cultural scene.

www.rebeccabradleyartist.com            www.andreacashell.com

www.marthacashman.com                   www.dianemagee.com

www.louisemckeon.com                      www.nedyalkapanova.com

Liz Burgess (website in progress) tel: (087)7532956

Youghal artist Martha cashman current shows
SELECTED CERAMIC SCULPTURES
by Martha Cashman
at The Sustainable Art Exhibition
in Limerick City Gallery

Also solo show
MILANO RESTAURANT
Harveys Quay
Limerick
ALL Welcome to The Dog Project in Camden Palace Hotel, Camden Place, Cork
Tom Cambell and friends are offering are offering Free ongoing daily workshops making Life sized dogs in paper mache
For more info Contact : Tom Cambell<tom@tomcampbellart.com>,
www.tomcambellart.com
Martha Cashman cashmanmartha@gmail.com,
www.marthacashman.com

info@camdenpalacehotel.org.

Marthas most recent work is in glazed paper porcelain. Very fine kitchen utensils (non functional), some pieces interspersed with woven wire, carved birch and ash wood to accentuate and enhance the delicate white porcelain.  The pieces are either box framed using limed ash or hung simply from rusted nails.  Pieces from this body of work have been bought by the UCC Art Archive Collection, CIT Art Collection and the Crawford Student Collection.

Martha’s work pays homage to the teachers of her past.  “The farm helpers and local women who visited and helped my mother in the house. Their understanding of the daily running of a small farm holding impacted on me greatly and led me to appreciate and respect the land we took from daily.”

The ceramic pieces on the right have been exhibited in a travelling show titled Womanagh, inspired by irish rural teachings and a disappearing traditional style of living.
Martha had several solo shows, Cafe Organico in Bantry in conjunction with the Launch of the Slow Food Festival, The City Gaol in Cork as part of the first Taste of Cork weekend festival. She has also participated in several group shows including an International ‘Emerging Irish Artists’ exhibition in the Medici City Museum, in the medieval city of San Leo, Italy, Lavit Gallery Cork, Bloom, Phoenix Park Dublin, Kinsale Arts Week kinsale, Old Market House Dungarvan Co Waterford, Zozimus Gallery Francis St Dublin, Art Trail Cork, Design Week Brown Thomas Cork, Sculpture in Context Botanic Gardens Dublin, Caslemartyr Resort Hotel Co Cork and Glucksman Gallery Art Fair UCC.

The Art exhibition by three local artists at Jack O’Patsy Pottery, Friar St, Youghal, was opened last Monday night (Nov. 23rd 2009) by Ms. Bernie Heffernan, deputy principal of Pobailscoil na Tríonoíde and former art teacher to Andrea Cashell (ceramic artist), Martha Cashman (sculptor) and Diane Magee (painter).
Photo: Michael Hussey www.youghalonline.com Email: news@youghalonline.com

All three would agree that Ms. Heffernan was a huge influence on them as young teenagers, which ultimately lead to their careers as artists. Ms. Heffernan gave a very concise account of each of the artists work including insight into their techniques.

She also encouraged the crowds to come back another time to appreciate the quietness of both the art works and the space.  But as busy as this event was it still didn’t deter discerning art buyers from making their purchases! It was a really enjoyable night, punctuated with the arrival of delicious food, compliments of Gerald Esposito proprietor of Capri Bay, a local and much celebrated Italian restaurant.

Some of the guests in attendance were Mayor of Youghal Sandra McLellan and Deputy Mayor Michelle Hennessey and local artist Cormac Meegan with his wife Peg and of course Jack O’Patsy owner Patrick Collins.

The exhibition will run until December 18th 2009.  Opening hours 10am – 6pm Monday to Saturday and 12noon – 6pm on Sunday. Jack O’ Patsy Pottery, Friar st, Youghal, Co.Cork.

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Three artists, all living locally, will exhibit their work collectively in the upstairs gallery at Jack O’Patsy Pottery, Friar St. At different stages over the past five years all three natives have returned to work and live in Youghal. Andrea Cashell (Ceramic Artist) Martha Cashman (Sculptor) Diane Magee (Painter)

Photo: Michael Hussey www.youghalonline.com  Email: news@youghalonline.com

On finishing her degree in 2000, Andrea was awarded the N.C.E.A. Purchase Prize. Her  Public Commissions include an installation in the National College of Ireland, The I.F.S.C.  Dublin and The Mall Arts Centre, Youghal. She is currently working on a series of slab built sculptures based on plant forms. She uses soft slabs of clay to allow each piece assume it’s natural form during the drying process, giving each a unique quality. The hard edges of the cubed forms contrast with the soft unfurling petals inside.  She uses white stone clay and fires her pieces to 1000 degrees. This body of work is currently selling in various galleries throughout Ireland.

Martha recently received the Essence of Ireland Award presented to her by President Mary Mc Aleese. She has exhibited extensively both in Ireland and abroad.  Her work can be seen as part of the permanent art collection in U.C.C. Martha works with mixed media such as porcelain, paper clay wire and carved wood.  Her collection includes a series of non functional sculptural tools such as spoons, ladles, stirrers, spreaders, spades forks and shovels. Martha says ‘These forms evoke memories of my rural upbringing and pay homage to the elders of my past’.

Having studied, worked and lived in Limerick for 13 years, it’s comes as no surprise then that Diane’s first solo show was in Limerick in 2007, it sold out on the night of the opening. This lead directly to a series of commissioned pieces for a Limerick based art collector.  Her second solo show, also in Limerick in 2009, again sold out.  A contemporary realist in style, her work explores and records the landscape and views which surround her daily; she works in oil on canvas.  To date, Diane’s work is mainly commission lead and is part of public and private collections in Ireland, Switzerland, the U.K, and the U.S.A.

All three artists are delighted to be showing their work together in their home town of Youghal. The exhibition will be open to the public on Tuesday November 24th and will run until Christmas.

Award Winning Ceramic Artist Martha Cashman’s exhibition opened at The Castlemartyr Resort Hotel last night (Fri. 23rd Oct.) Guest speaker was food historian Regina Sexton, Centre for Adult Continuing Education, University College Cork.
Report: www.youghalonline.com//Arts  Photo: Michael Hussey  Email: news@youghalonline.com

This is the first venture by The Castlemartyr Resort Hotel in hosting a ceramic exhibition and were delighted to show the wonderful talents of local girl Martha Cashman from Ballymacoda.

Regina Sexton highly praised the creative works on show and talked about the evolution of the implements that aid eating and serving through the history of Irish food that were the inspiration for the artist.

Martha said she wanted to bring her exhibits to the people here in The Castlemartyr Resort Hotel rather than the confines of the gallery which people might find a bit intimidating. Guests, family, friends and art connoisseur’s mingled in the beautiful surroundings and enjoyed the creations that the award winning artist brought to East Cork.
The ceramic exhibition on show from Fri Oct 23rd until Dec. 2009

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Youghal based artist Martha Cashman looking forward to the exhibition which will feature her work at the National Botanic Gardens in September. Report/Photo: Michael Hussey www.youghalonline.com

Sculpture in Context 2009 will showcase Ireland’s finest sculpture by leading Irish and international artists at the National Botanic Gardens in September. The grounds of the National Botanic Gardens, a stunning haven of peace and tranquility, have been home to this unique exhibition for the past seven years.  Over one hundred sculptures in a large range of materials will be displayed throughout the gardens, ponds, Great Palm House, and Curvilinear Range, with the smaller works exhibited in the gallery above the visitors’ centre.

Sculpture in Context was established in 1985 by sculptors whose aim was to work on behalf of fellow sculptors to provide space for exhibiting work of sculptors in venues outside of the normal gallery context. It has been successful in that aim over the years and has staged highly acclaimed shows each year at venues such as Fernhill Gardens, the Conrad Hotel, Kilmainham Gaol, the Irish Management Institute, Dublin Castle, Farmleigh House and the National Botanic Gardens. Each year a different panel of selectors is invited to adjudicate this open exhibition, leading to an exciting mix of mediums and styles.
Participating Artists this year include Susan Cuffe, Cliodna Cussen, Seamus Gill, Katy Goodhue, Leo Higgins, Noel Hoare, Petr Holecek, Pieter Koning, Frances Lambe, Sonja Landweer, Liz Nilsson, Isabelle Peyrat, Fred Rochford, Mark Ryan,  Bob Quinn, Deirdre Rogers, Martha Cashman and Alex Scott.
This year Daria Chapkovskaya, Senior Art Lecturer in Moscow State University will present a lecture on Russian Art: Contemporary Russian Art from Conceptualism of the Sixties to Present Day Movements, which will be held on Wednesday 9th September at 3pm, in the Auditorium at the gardens.

The National Botanic Gardens are located 3 Kilometres North of Dublin city centre, 10 minutes by bus from O’Connell Street (Nos.13 and 19)
Hours:
Monday to Sunday 9am – 6pm

Admission Free,
Car Park €2
For further information please contact:
Ana Duncan
Sculpture in Context, PO Box 10054, Dublin 16
Tel:       087 6258258
email:  info@scullptureincontext.com

For the first time in the history of Showcase, 10 Essence of Ireland products were awarded by a panel of experts for depicting through their design, production methods and presentation what is unique about Ireland. It is anticipated that the Essence of Ireland selection will be considered as gifts for foreign dignitaries, VIPs and corporate clients.

Martha Cashman, Sculptural Ceramics, originally from Ballymacoda, Co. Cork scooped one of the Awards at Showcase which were presented by President McAleese at a special ceremony at Showcase Ireland in the RDS. “They enhance our contemporary world, connect us to past beauty and skill, and take that past far beyond simple replication, into a new relevance, a new expression for our own time. Innovation and competitiveness are going to be key to our economic vitality and our future. We have both showcased here, along with all the elements of fine and wise business practices, the culture of hard work and high level service which maintain the integrity and high reputation of Irish companies and crafts on the world stage. The range of exhibits, the sheer excellence of our award winners even in these tough times, lifts our hearts and make us proud”, said the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese Read more

The road less travelled leads back to where it all began Photo: Michael Hussey

Ever since she can remember Martha Cashman has been tinkering with bits of wood and metal in her father’s shed. With hindsight, Martha realises ‘it was no wonder, as my Uncle Mick Carey, the last blacksmith in Youghal, a gentle giant, spent long hours working there himself, shoeing the local horses’.

Art took precedence at secondary school, Loreto Convent, Youghal after which Martha made an unusual career choice, much to the chagrin of her art teacher and the nuns at the time! Straight out of school she walked on to a building site in Youghal, Co Cork to start a Decorating apprenticeship. The nuns derided it as ‘a man’s job’, in the hope that Martha would ‘come to her senses’. But as she says now ‘I think part of my drive throughout that phase of my career was to prove to everyone that I had made the right decision’. So, even at this stage Martha was showing great determination and single-mindedness – qualities which have been invaluable in her subsequent creative endeavours!

Apprenticeship completed, she moved to Boston where she set up and successfully ran her own all-women decorating company – ‘Irish Ladies in Painting’. Over seven years later, following the death of her father Kevin, she came home for what was to be Read more

By Michael Hussey Photo: Michael Hussey (www.youghalonline.com)

Martha Cashman from Ballymacoda who received the UCC Collection Award and Scarva Award with family and friends at the Crawford College of Art and Design

Ceramic artist, Martha Cashman, is opening an exhibition of work in Organico Restaurant, Glengarriff Road, Bantry for the month of April. The exhibition, entitled Womanagh, finds a suitable home in a food emporium as the ceramic pieces have as their inspiration the seasons, the kitchen and food.

Based in Crosshaven, Co. Cork, Martha’s most recent work has been in development since leaving Crawford College of Art and Design with a BA in Ceramic Design. The pieces to go on display are finely crafted kitchen utensils made in a mixed media of paper porcelain, woven wire, carved birch and ash wood. Taking influences from her rural background and the close associations of her family to the seasons, the earth and food; her father was a market gardener. This series of Read more