Glaze Abstract Sculptures

Montserrat is totally convinced that ceramics is the most noble, traditional and humanly attached material of all. Also, historically, what this material has allowed us, the humanity, to achieve, in all aspects, from improving our health to a medium of expression, is immense. This makes him feel real veneration and respect to it. He shows a very particular interest for the highly technically demanding oriental glazes from the Old Masters, having inspired him to make an extensive research, giving the strong finish to Montserrat’s work. Glazes are his passion. He is fascinated to see and endlessly test what the chemical elements around us bring to the surface of the vessels that he throws on the wheel. He has a special interest in the traditional vessels that the history of ceramics has brought to us. From the Egyptian canopic...

Atomic Egg by NAM TRAN (b. 1988) Porcelain with crystalline glaze 32.4 x 32.7 x 27 cm (12 ³/₄ x 12 ⁷/₈ x 10 ⁵/₈ inches) Initialled and numbered 1/1 on the base Executed in 2019 Pro...

Steven Young Lee is the Resident Artist Director of the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. A Chicago native, he received his MFA in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He has lectured and taught at several universities globally. In 2004, he created a new body of work as part of a one-year cultural and educational exchange fellowship in Jingdezhen, Jianxi Province. His work has been exhibited in China, Canada and throughout the United States, and is held in numerous public and private collections. Lee maintains an active studio practice rooted in both functional and sculptural ceramics. His current work examines cultural references and how individuals draw realities based on experience and environment. Through his sculpture and vessels, he challenges preconceptions of style, form, symbolism, superstitions, and identity. Selected Collections Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR Four Seasons Hotel, Seoul, South Korea Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College, Northfield, MN Crocker Art Museum, Swidler Collection, Sacramento, CA Schein-Joseph Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY San Bao Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT Standard Ceramic Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY Alfred University, Alfred, NY Contemporary Porcelain Sculpture Pair...

From natural cold earth to gleaming high-fire surfaces, clay is the ancient anatomic medium. It is the medium in which time stands still, ideas are frozen, and yet a civilization is...