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Medium: Clay
Invisible Patterns. Spiral. Ceramic Sculpture, Woman by Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
This sculpture was inspired by my meditation memory when I felt complete peace within. This made me feel the power of the earth beneath me and the breath of the sky above me.
I bel...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Cotton
Narrow neck 2
Located in Deddington, GB
Narrow necked medium low fired saggar vase - works by Tamsin Levene
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Ceramic on Glass
Edition of 1
40 H x 30 W x 30 D cm (15.75 x 11.81 x 11.81 in)
ARTIST BI...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glass
Figurative Ceramic Sculpture. Pearl.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Figurative Ceramic Sculpture. Pearl.
During the course of life, each of us tries to find something valuable in the outside world. But there comes a moment when a person realizes that...
Category
2010s Minimalist Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Patterned Head 3
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand built with slabs using Laguna Clay EM347 white ware with grog and bisque fired to cone 06. Then fired to cone 06 with low fire underglazes and glazes.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
$2,170 Sale Price
30% Off
Ceramic Sculpture of a Woman Inner Balance
Located in Zofingen, AG
When I sculpted this sculpture of a woman, I wanted to convey the state of her openness. She enjoys the space around her and accepts any of its manifestations: sun, wind, rain, smells .. This woman is in a state of inner balance, she is happy. There is a small Swarovski crystal in the center of the chest.
I left the pink clay texture on purpose. Clay is also alive and breathes through its pores.
Sve...
Category
2010s Modern Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Squamae S 5 - orange, grey, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition
Located in New York, NY
Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Resist decorated stoneware bowl.
By Jason Wason
Located in Brecon, Powys
Really lovely bowl by this well collected and exhibited British potter
Good condition
17cm high diameter 38cm
1980s
Category
1970s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Squamae S 7 - red, grey, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition
Located in New York, NY
Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Large Totem - Ceramic Sculpture - Indoor & Outdoor Garden Statue By Marc
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Please note: The base is not included. We will guide you through a simple installation process for outdoor or indo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Mr. Blu
Located in Dallas, TX
After receiving her BFA from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, Carol Cook earned a Master of Occupational Therapy degree from Texas Woman’s University in Denton. In 2000, Cook e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Clay, Glaze
Joyce
Located in Dallas, TX
After receiving her BFA from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, Carol Cook earned a Master of Occupational Therapy degree from Texas Woman’s University in Denton. In 2000, Cook e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Clay, Glaze
$1,800
I Ain't Takin' No Shower
Located in Dallas, TX
After receiving her BFA from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, Carol Cook earned a Master of Occupational Therapy degree from Texas Woman’s University in Denton. In 2000, Cook e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Clay, Glaze
Entwined
Located in New York, NY
Stoneware clay, underglaze, and acrylic paint
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Underglaze, Clay, Acrylic
$2,300 Sale Price
20% Off
Two Halves - Biomorphic Abstract Sculptural Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Balanced sculptural composition by an unknown artist. Two pieces of a clay sculpture have been glazed in green and pink, with a white shape stretching across them. The pieces are mou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glaze, Raw Linen
Large Ceramic Clay Sculpture Of Striped Shirt In Man Size On Piedestal
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Large sized sculpture of a standing shirt including large piedestal.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
"Sway", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, Cream, Sepia, Grey, Sculpture, 2024
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilsons “Sway” is a gestural 17.5 x 14 x 9 inch ceramic sculpture in pale cream with accents of warm sepia, and grey. In this graceful and evocative sculpture individual sl...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Large Totem - Ceramic Sculpture for Outdoor Garden and Indoors
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Please note: The base is not included. We will guide you through a simple installation process for outdoor or indo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
$4,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Vince
Located in Bozeman, MT
Robin has worked with clay since the age of eleven. Her sculptures have ranged in size from life sized sculptures to the diminutive porcelain pieces. She has been a resident artist a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glaze
'April Requiem', by Sunni Mercer, Sculptural Assemblage, Mixed Media, 2021
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
'April Requiem', 2021, by Sunni Mercer, is a human-scale, Mixed Media, Sculptural Assemblage featuring Clay, Gauze Bandages, Deer Hide, Copper and Paint. The sculpture depicts a fema...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Copper
$3,000 Sale Price
40% Off
Bust / Head No. 1 2014
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemporary bust from John Goodman, whose sculptures, drawings and paintings are a dichotomy of understated minimalism conveying a subtle, but evi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Granit Grace, Clay-infused fabric sculpture, for wall installation
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Painter and sculpture Artist Natalie Krainin creates artworks using the innovative method of Fabric Texture Art. This technique, which resonates deeply with her professional roots, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Fabric, Cotton, Paint, Glaze
Set of Roze Dream and Granit Grace, Clay-infused fabric sculpture
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Painter and sculpture Artist Natalie Krainin creates artworks using the innovative method of Fabric Texture Art. This technique, which resonates deeply with her professional roots, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Fabric, Cotton, Paint, Glaze
Contemporary Porcelain Bowl with Glaze, Glass Detail, Anatomical, Insect, Nature
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Porcelain Bowl with Glaze, Glass Detail, Anatomical, Insect, Nature
Bonnie Seeman grew up in Miami, Florida with a propensity towards anatomy illustration and the dazzl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Glass, Glaze, Mixed Media, Other Medium
Lapis 152 - white blue 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic wall composition
Located in New York, NY
Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Antiguo, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Dark Chocolate Brown Stoneware; Cone 5/6 Oxidation Firing; Slips & Oxides; Faux metal detailing
"A relic of nature."
Keywords: abstract, textured, ceramic, clay,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
MULTICOLOURED SLIPCAST PORCELAIN, EMMA BELL, WALL SCULPTURE, SLIPCAST, FRAMES,
By Emma Bell
Located in Deddington, GB
Multicoloured Slipcast Porcelain
73 x 73 x7 cm
Emma Bell said : "I have coloured the porcelain body & then put a clear glaze over it"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Slip
Rose Dream, Clay-infused fabric sculpture, for wall installation
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Painter and sculpture Artist Natalie Krainin creates artworks using the innovative method of Fabric Texture Art. This technique, which resonates deeply with her professional roots, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Fabric, Cotton, Paint, Glaze
Mythical Haze
Located in Bozeman, MT
Albrecht was half way through his MFA program (ceramics) at the University of Iowa when he was deployed to Iraq (03-04 medic/security work). His work explores the collision of war m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Stoneware, Glaze
Abstract Minimal Clay Sculpture: 'Mingle'
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 Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Paint, Varnish, Graphite
"JAMÓN JAMÓN VI", pitfire ceramic sculpture, table, food, bait, identity, vessel
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"JAMÓN JAMÓN VI (Language of Flowers)", 2019, in slipcast glazed, pit smoke fired ceramic by artist Andrew Cornell Robinson, is one of a series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Slip, Glaze
"Magma", ceramic sculpture, porcelain vase, saggar, copper earth, burnt offering
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Magma" is a saggar-fired porcelain vessel by Alison Brannen. It measures 16" high by 13" wide. It's an exceptional piece, leaning into the "jolie laide" territory – compelling despi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Copper
The Long Green Face
Located in Carmel, CA
This 40" totem has delightful color and color contrast as well as intricate and flowing scrafitto carving ; a classic, playful Zimmerman totem!
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
$3,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Loren Eiferman, 2V, 180 Pieces of Wood with Celluclay, 2015, Polymer, Wood, Clay
Located in Darien, CT
Over many decades Loren Eiferman has created and mastered a unique technique of working with wood—her primary material.
First, she begins with a drawing of an idea. Then she takes...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Wood, Polymer
"Crimp", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, White, Stoneware, Sculpture, 2019
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilson's "Crimp" is a gestural 16.5 x 14 x 8 inch ceramic sculpture in white and cream constructed in white stoneware with porcelain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Slip, Glaze
Red 1, Ceramic, Sculpture Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Large ball vase using saggar low firing technique - works by Tamsin Levene
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Ceramic on Glass
Edition of 1
40 H x 40 W x 40 D cm (15.75 x 15.75 x 15.75 in)
A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glass
Contemporary Design, Ceramic Sculpture, Porcelain, Iron Particles, Glaze, Clay
By Perry Haas
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Design, Ceramic Sculpture, Porcelain, Iron Particles, Glaze, Clay
Perry Haas is a ceramic artist making functional pottery and focusing on wood-firing techniques. Drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
G Totem - Ceramic Sculpture by Marc Zimmerman for Outdoor Garden and Indoors
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Please note: The base is not included. We will guide you through a simple installation process for outdoor or indo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
$4,720 Sale Price
44% Off
Contemporary Western Vase
Located in Bozeman, MT
Albrecht was half way through his MFA program (ceramics) at the University of Iowa when he was deployed to Iraq (03-04 medic/security work). His work explores the collision of war m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Stoneware, Glaze
Pattern Wave Colorful Patchwork Vase
Located in Bozeman, MT
Albrecht was half way through his MFA program (ceramics) at the University of Iowa when he was deployed to Iraq (03-04 medic/security work). His work explores the collision of war m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze, Clay
Star Grazers
By Rachel Denny
Located in Bozeman, MT
'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Lapis 177 - white blue 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic wall composition
Located in New York, NY
Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Lapis 281 - white blue 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic wall composition
Located in New York, NY
Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Midnight Over Mountains", ceramic sculpture, porcelain shards, blue, copper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Midnight Over Mountains" is a saggar-fired porcelain wall sculpture by Alison Brannen. It measures 15" high by 15" wide by 7" deep, however the sculptu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain
"Magic garden. Golden midday." Unique original artwork with floral bas-relief
Located in Oslo, NO
I was inspired to create this series by the film “The secret garden “ from the director Marc Munden.
Оf course, the garden is only a metaphor . In a world overloaded with informatio...
Category
2010s New Media Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Acrylic, Board
Series “White Flowers 2” - 3D, Ceramic , clay, wall sculptures
Located in Vienna, AT
I created this piece to celebrate the quiet beauty and resilience found in simplicity. Using ceramics and clay, I shaped delicate petals that bloom in pristine white, inviting calm a...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic
$613 Sale Price
35% Off
Sancai-Glazed Earth Spirit
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Chinese, Sancai glazed pottery earth spirit. Tang Dynasty.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Other Art Style Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Lapis 117 - white gold 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic wall composition
Located in New York, NY
Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"RED, BLACK & BROWN", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Red, Black & Brown, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Red, Black & Brown was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
Ceramic and textile sculpture: 'No. 10'
By Ak Jansen
Located in New York, NY
This is part of a collection of ceramics, textiles, and drawings by Ak Jansen which comprise his first solo show in New York City. Born in the Netherlands, Jansen’s work occupies que...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Bowl with Eggs (Hand-Made Chapman Pottery)
Located in New Orleans, LA
From Chapman Pottery, a beautiful pottery bowl containing a dozen exquisite hand-made eggs. Each egg is a unique sculpture in itself . . . so 13 hand-made pieces for the price of one...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Cog (Naples) by Patricia Volk - Abstract ceramic sculpture, painted clay, pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Cog (Naples) is a fired clay constructed and painted sculpture by Patricia Volk, dimensions are 34 × 50 × 50 cm (13.4 × 19.7 × 19.7 in).
It is a unique signed piece and comes with a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Deer
Located in Bozeman, MT
Robin has worked with clay since the age of eleven. Her sculptures have ranged in size from life sized sculptures to the diminutive porcelain pieces. She has been a resident artist a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glaze
$2,500
"Another Connection", Abstract Figurative Ceramic Sculpture with Colorful Glaze
By SunKoo Yuh
Located in St. Louis, MO
The ceramic sculptures of SunKoo Yuh are composed of tight groupings of various forms including plants, animals, fish, and human figures. While Korean art, Buddhism, and Confucian be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Glaze
Buddha Totem Ceramic Sculpture for Garden or Indoor by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This Buddha Totem Ceramic Sculpture was part of the artist's private collection and is now available for sale
Please note: The base is not included. We will guide you through a simp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
$6,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Infinity Diamond by K. Vollet - gold, blue circular sculpture on granite base
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
This beautiful, contemporary circular sculpture made from ceramics with crystal glaze and 24k gold leaf stands on an elegant white granite base.
It is a timeless piece full of detail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
"VERTICAL 7", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 7, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 7 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"VERTICAL 4", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 4, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 4 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"Fold", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, White, Cream, Stoneware, Sculpture
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilson's "Fold" is a gestural 20 x 9 x 8 inch ceramic sculpture in white and cream with accents of grey and blue. It is constructed out of white stoneware with porcelain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Slip, Glaze
Inquisition
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A series of works .. ANCIENT .. ..FOREST .. ..AQUA .. all these series have a magical connection with each other. They have the ancient spirit of past civilizations and sections of d...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The project "Eternal and Ingenious" is taken as a basis for portraits of all kinds of mitts in the world of Ukraine.
The concept of the creation is the image of the inner and outward...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Clay sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Clay sculptures available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add sculptures created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, pink, purple, orange and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Tony Moore, Pablo Picasso, Rachel Denny, and Elizabeth Jordan. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Clay sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.12 inches across are also available
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How to Spot a Fake KAWS Figure
KAWS art toys have developed an avid audience in recent decades, and as in any robust collectible market, counterfeiters have followed the mania. Of course, you don’t have to worry about that on 1stDibs, where all our sellers are highly vetted.
A Giant Wedding Cake Has Us Looking at Portuguese Tiles in a New Light
At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.
These Soft Sculptures Are Childhood Imaginary Friends Come to Life
Miami artist and designer Gabriela Noelle’s fantastical creations appeal to the Peter Pan in all of us.