Items Similar to Clay Abstract Sculpture: 'Oyster Shell'
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5
Tanis SaxbyClay Abstract Sculpture: 'Oyster Shell'2022
2022
$6,500
£5,001.06
€5,714.97
CA$9,303.05
A$10,144.81
CHF 5,329.33
MX$121,591.62
NOK 67,581.18
SEK 62,890.66
DKK 42,684.57
About the Item
"An oyster is a seemly simple creature although through its miraculous structure can create something as beautiful as a pearl. It’s outer shell seems impenetrable yet the inside is soft and vulnerable with sensual folds of flesh. It’s contradictions intrigue me and remind me of being human and how our vulnerabilities are often hidden behind our masks of supposed strength and power"
By sculpting both material and space around it, I want my sculptures to appear to move, to assert themselves; to change and grow, to move within, affect and break free from the solid material. The textures and deliberate cracks within the surface are gestural rendering a sense of becoming of movement toward something and leaving behind the authentic markings of change. My forms have a sense of tension in them, of opposite energies moving outward yet inward simultaneously, of a contrast between movement and subtle rest and forever trying to right itself, to find a stasis, and come back to its centre. The philosophy or raison d’etre of my work is a composition of human struggle, strength and the result of lessons learned in this migration.
"Smooth and sensitive, Saxby's sculptures evoke sensuality, a burning desire, a flame, which will go on for eternity." Angie kordic. Widewalls Art Magazine.
Tanis Saxby is a Canadian sculptor who lives and works in Vancouver. She began her career as an apprentice before studying at The University of Victoria then later at Kootenay School of the Arts in Canada. She was then accepted into an international residence in France where Picasso had also studied ceramics. Her works are displayed in several private collections throughout Canada, the U.S.A. and Europe where she has exhibited and currently ships and sells her work.
- Creator:Tanis Saxby (1970, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 27 in (68.58 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU422310988182
Tanis Saxby
Tanis Saxby is a Canadian sculptor who lives and works in Vancouver. She began her career as an apprentice before studying at The University of Victoria then later at Kootenay School of the Arts in Canada. She was then accepted into an international residence in France where Picasso had also studied ceramics. Her works are displayed in several private collections throughout Canada, the U.S.A. and Europe where she has exhibited and currently ships and sells her work.
About the Seller
4.6
Vetted Professional Seller
Every seller passes strict standards for authenticity and reliability
1stDibs seller since 2016
131 sales on 1stDibs
Associations
Association of Women Art Dealers
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Shipping from: East Vancouver, Canada
- Return Policy
More From This Seller
View AllAbstract Sculpture: 'White Oyster'
By Tanis Saxby
Located in New York, NY
An oyster is a seemly simple creature although through its miraculous structure can create something as beautiful as a pearl. Its outer shell seems impenetrable yet the inside is sof...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Porcelain Sculpture: 'Color'
By Tanis Saxby
Located in New York, NY
By sculpting both material and space around it, I want my sculptures to appear to move, to assert themselves; to change and grow, to move within, affect and break free from the solid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Resin, Oak
Porcelain Sculpture: 'Caterpillar'
By Tanis Saxby
Located in New York, NY
By sculpting both material and space around it, I want my sculptures to appear to move, to assert themselves; to change and grow, to move within, affect and break free from the solid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Abstract Sculpture: 'Black Oyster'
By Tanis Saxby
Located in New York, NY
An oyster is a seemly simple creature although through its miraculous structure can create something as beautiful as a pearl. Its outer shell seems impenetrable yet the inside is sof...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Abstract Minimal Clay Sculpture: 'Escalate'
By Judi Tavill
Located in New York, NY
Judi Tavill( NJ) creates biomorphic abstraction coupling sculpture with drawing that references the complicated experience of connection and entanglement.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Paint, Varnish, Graphite
Ceramic Porcelain, Resin, Sugi wood Abstract Sculpture: 'Grow'
By Tanis Saxby
Located in New York, NY
This is inspired by a traditional Japanese and Chinese concept call “Kinsugi” which is a process of filling cracks in clay bowls with gold. This process symbolizes that our “broken” ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Resin, Wood
You May Also Like
Traverse - contemporary, abstract, hand-sculpted, ceramic tabletop sculpture
By Susan Collett
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This stunning contemporary vessel was hand-built from clay by Susan Collett.
Her intricately detailed vessels are sculptural and created by twisting, squeezing and shaping paper cla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Water Shell", Abstract Ceramic Sculpture with Dynamic Composition, Porcelain
By Aya Mori
Located in St. Louis, MO
Aya Mori was born in Aichi Prefecture in Japan in 1989, and lives and work in Aichi. She studied at
Aichi University of Education and completed her M.F.A. in 2014 under her mentor, H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze
"On the Surface in the Shallows", Contemporary, Ceramic Sculpture
By Heather A. F. Binder
Located in Franklin, MA
"On the Surface in the Shallows" by Heather Binder is a contemporary wood fired ceramic sculpture depicting the serene motion of leaves and waves as interpreted by the artist. This 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Gleam - contemporary, hand-sculpted, cream, porcelain sculpture
By Susan Collett
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary sculptural indoor porcelain vessel was made by Susan Collett.
The exquisite hand-built porcelain vessels of Susan Collett have garnered her international praise an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Relations 1 by Sharon Brill - Abstract porcelain sculpture, organic form
By Sharon Brill
Located in Paris, FR
Relations 1 is a unique sculpture by contemporary artist Sharon Brill. This sculpture is made of Wheel thrown altered and sandblasted porcelain, dimensions are 22 cm × 15 cm × 20 cm ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Alabaster Wave
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gabriel Sobin was born in 1971 in Salon de Provence, France, to an English mother and an American father. Sobin studied at l’École d’Arts Appliqués ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
More Ways To Browse
Oyster Art
Oyster Shell
Used Oyster Shells
Abstract Shell Sculpture
Chad Sculpture
Chihuly Macchia
Contemporary Doll Sculpture
Eduardo Villa
Fake London
Infinity Bronze Sculpture
James Lomax
Nierman Bronze Sculpture
Richard Salmones
Sylvette David
Therman Statom
Appalachian Art
Arizona Art Sculptures
Bronze Head Cubist