Items Similar to Disc for Apollo 1
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 2
Frances ParkerDisc for Apollo 12020
2020
About the Item
Hand Built and glazed ceramic.
My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused on creating wheel thrown vessels. After several years I switched to hand-building techniques because I found that I could produce subtle textures that allowed me to create very rich and powerful shapes. This texture is important to me because I can feel the clay with my eyes. The slightly undulating surface reminds me of the original plasticity of the clay and viewers can imagine my hands leaving those marks as I create each piece.
My sculptures grow from the multitude of images in the natural world. I do not try to recreate these natural objects, but rather use them as a springboard to create my own organic work. For instance, I will admire a specific curve of a seed pod or the relationship between two bones lying on the ground which will become the basis of a piece. I let these ideas percolate through my brain and often work out pieces in sketches and maquettes. I want the pieces to relate to nature rather than mimic it.
Natural surroundings also influence my work and lead me in new directions. In the high desert color comes in intense bursts and punctuates the landscape rather than dominates it. Living in New Mexico, I’ve changed how I perceive color and how I use it in my work. I now use color as a key element of my sculptures to enhance the whole, much like a cactus becomes even more visually striking when in full bloom.
Form is also an essential component of my sculpture. The right form can give my work a sense of motion or forge a relationship between the different parts of a single piece. Visual tension is created by an unstable asymmetry in a sculpture while perfect balance elicits a feeling of calm. There is reciprocity here: just like natural forms suggest the sculptures I create, I like to use the forms of my sculptures to evoke a response or feeling in the people viewing my work.
- Creator:Frances Parker
- Creation Year:2020
- Dimensions:Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Diameter: 11 in (27.94 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Santa Fe, NM
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU51337213532
About the Seller
4.6
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 1993
1stDibs seller since 2016
108 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 9 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Santa Fe, NM
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
More From This SellerView All
- Marbles for Pleiades 1Located in Santa Fe, NMHand Built and glazed ceramic. My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused on creating wheel thrown vessels. After several...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsCeramic
- Marbles for Pleiades 2Located in Santa Fe, NMHand Built and glazed ceramic. My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused on creating wheel thrown vessels. After several...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsCeramic
- Santa Fe Bamboo 1Located in Santa Fe, NMHand Built and glazed ceramic. Free standing, safe for outdoors. My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused on creating ...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsCeramic
- Santa Fe Bamboo 2Located in Santa Fe, NMHand Built and glazed ceramic. Free standing, safe for outdoors. Diptych. My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused on c...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsCeramic
- Pair of Windows ILocated in Santa Fe, NMHand Built and glazed ceramic. My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused on creating wheel thrown vessels. After several...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsCeramic
- Marbles for Pleiades 4Located in Santa Fe, NMHand Built and glazed ceramic. Safe for outdoors. My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused on creating wheel thrown ve...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsCeramic
You May Also Like
- Laurel II - hand sculpted, cream, coral, dynamic, earthenware, ceramicBy Susan CollettLocated in Bloomfield, ONSculpted of earthenware paper clay, this dynamic work by Canadian artist Susan Collett is multi-fired to achieve complex surfaces. The work is rich with craquelure in hues of blue, p...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsCeramic
- Monumental by Tien Wen - Abstract resin and ceramic tray sculpture, pure formBy Tien WenLocated in Paris, FRMonumental is a unique resin and ceramic tray sculpture by contemporary artist Tien Wen, dimensions are 95 × 95 × 95 cm (37.4 × 37.4 × 37.4 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsCeramic, Resin
- CloudBy Kristina LarsonLocated in New Orleans, LAHand-built clay sculpture with white glaze and internal blue LED light. This sculpture can be wall mounted or displayed on a pedestal or table top.Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsCeramic, Glaze, LED Light
- Arty "Balance" Table Lamp Sphere OriginalLocated in Valencia, ESMade in Spain, 2023. White. Minimalistic. Abstract. Spheres: from molecules to planets. Look around: mono sphere or billions of small combinations of spheres - this all is our world...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsMetal
- Untitled Wall PieceBy Bobby SilvermanLocated in Morton Grove, ILporcelain and glaze signed on verso Large scale and beautiful with glazed drips on the bottom. BIO- Bobby Silverman’s brilliantly glazed large scale porcelain tiles began as ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsPorcelain
- 5x5By Nathan CravenLocated in Denver, COThis is a small abstract ceramic sculpture. Various earth toned organic shapes are placed together within a red ceramic frame. Ceramic artist Nathan Craven designs small extruded ...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsCeramic, Wood