Potato Skib

A potato skib is a very traditional Irish basket. It serves many purposes, including sieving boiled potatoes, and serving them with a bowl of salt using it as a makeshift bowl. The remains of the potatoes used to be thrown out for the hens to clean up and after the skib was washed clean, it was often hung on the wall to dry. Brendan Farren loves the practicality that the skib represents and its link to the landscape.