Jörg Pietschmann creates sculptural furniture and decor from the hardwood that is native to the region where his workshop is based in Hamburg. His hand-carved walnut benches and coffee tables, with their gnarled tops and natural edges, make for a guaranteed focal point in any living room, while his oak vases and centerpieces have a rustic yet elegant appeal, and feature the knots and cracks that characterized the surfaces of the material it was still in the forest.
Pietschmann works with local timber like poplar, maple and beech, as well as exotic lumber found on his travels. Each piece tells a story of the landscape from which it came.
Pietschmann's love of carving and nature began as a young boy in the countryside of East Germany. He always carried a pocket knife to whittle pieces of wood, and he recalls being artistically inspired by the ruins of the area's abandoned manor houses. As he grew older, Pietschmann's design influences also expanded to include the decorative objects and architecture of ancient cultures like the Egyptians, Vincas, Mayas and the Aztecs. Pietschmann's modern design influences include master woodworkers George Nakashima, Wharton Esherick, Alexander Noll and Sam Maloof.
Before he begins working on a tree trunk, Pietschmann tries to get a feel for what kind of sculpture or object it will be. For every tree, the sculptor strives to preserve its unique character, which means that no two resulting pieces are alike (and no resin, metal or lacquer is used in his process). He follows the form and curves of each piece of wood, allowing the piece to take shape as he works. A final coat of oil renders prominent the striking grain and natural warmth of the material.
Pietschmann has exhibited his work in Europe and in the United States. He lives and works in Germany.
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$1,155 / item
Vessel 2861 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 2861 1 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 30 x W 38 x H 9 cm Materials: ash. Technique: burned Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centu...
Ash
$770 / item
Vessel 2771 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 2771 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 17 x W 19.5 x H 7 cm Materials: Ash. Finish: Polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of...
Wood, Ash
$770 / item
Vessel 1274 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1274 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 40 x W 46 x H 30 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Wood, Oak
$770 / item
Vessel 1517 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1517 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 17 x W 20.5 x H 11 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of...
Wood, Oak
$770 / item
Vessel 2941 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 2941 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 33 x W 35 x H 23 cm Materials: Ash. Finish: Polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of ...
Wood, Ash
$10,784 / item
Unique Large Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Large Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 69 x W 94 x H 44 cm Materials: Walnut. Finish: Polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were ...
Wood, Walnut
$17,332 / item
Unique Large Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Large Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 60 x W 108 x H 73 cm Materials: Walnut. Finish: Polished oil finish. Made from a huge lower trunk of an old walnut. In Pietschm...
Wood, Walnut
$1,155 / item
Vessel 2871 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 2871 1 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 32.5 x W 35 x H 11 cm Materials: ash. Technique: burned Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for ce...
Ash
$1,797 / item
Unique Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 30 x W 56 x H 117 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. Carved out of from a curved oak trunk. In Pietschmann’s sculptures...
Wood, Oak
$9,629 / item
Unique Large Signed Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Large Signed Bowl by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 65 x W 74 x H 51 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries w...
Wood, Oak
$1,925 / item
Vessel 1608 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1608 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 25 x W 35 x H 85 cm Materials: ash. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Ash
$9,629 / item
Vessel 1396 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1396 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 45 x W 60 x H 55 cm Materials: beech wood. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were p...
Wood, Beech
$1,540 / item
Vessel 1082 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1082 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 12 x W 53 x H 11.5 cm Materials: tropical driftwood Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centurie...
Wood
$1,155 / item
Vessel 1618 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1618 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 19 x W 45 x H 37 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Wood, Oak
$3,081 / item
Unique Vessel Sculpted by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Vessel Sculpted by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 29 x W 60 x H 43 cm Materials: ash. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries wer...
Wood, Ash
$770 / item
Vessel 1034 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1034 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 30 x W 123 x H 32 cm Materials: willow. Finish: polished oil finish. Carved from the tree case. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees th...
Wood, Willow
$1,155 / item
Vessel 2901 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 2901 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 15.5 x W 17.5 x H 12 cm Materials: ash. Technique: burned Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for ce...
Ash
$1,155 / item
Vessel 2991 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 2991 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 35 x W 44 x H 12 cm Materials: ash. Technique: burned Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centur...
Ash
$5,777 / item
Vessel 1356 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1356 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 64 x W 71 x H 48 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. Carved from an oak tree trunk fallen by a windbreak. In Pietschmann’...
Wood, Oak
$1,155 / item
Vessel 2831 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 2831 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 39 x W 39 x H 29 cm Materials: ash. Technique: burned Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centur...
Ash
$1,027 / item
Vessel 1578 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1578 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 46 x W 67 x H 25 cm Materials: ash. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Wood, Ash
$770 / item
Vessel 2951 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 2951 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 29 x W 53 x H 8 cm Materials: Ash. Finish: Polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a...
Wood, Ash
$641 / item
Small Vessel 2801 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Small vessel 2801 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 18 x W 18 x H 12 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. Also available in large. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees t...
Wood, Oak
$4,621 / item
Unique Vessel Sculpted by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Vessel Sculpted by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 42 x W 72 x H 40 cm Materials: Ash. Finish: Polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries wer...
Wood, Ash
$4,621 / item
Vessel 1254 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1254 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 30 x W 34 x H 97 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. Carved out of from a curved oak trunk. In Pietschmann’s sculptures,...
Wood, Oak
$3,466 / item
Vessel 1366 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1366 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 30 x W 61 x H 111 cm Materials: oak. Finish: polished oil finish. Carved out of from a curved oak trunk. In Pietschmann’s sculptures...
Wood, Oak
$2,591 / item
H 7.88 in W 13 in D 6.7 in
21st Century, Hand-Carved Amber Crystal and Golden Bronze Bowl with Rhinoceros
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved amber crystal and golden bronze bowl. This bowl is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. The golden bronze rhinoceros on the base was...
Crystal, Bronze
$3,000 / item
H 10 in Dm 15 in
Organic White Ceramic Kawa Vessel, Large 02, Leather Cast Porcelain Vase
By Luft Tanaka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A large porcelain vessel with leather textured exterior surface and clear glazed interior. As a result of the production process each item is one-of-a-kind. A multitude of small leather panels are sewn together to create the leather mold for the Kawa Series...
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
$1,155 / item
H 8.67 in Dm 5.12 in
Vase Vessel Decorative Sculpture White Onyx Marble Hand-carved Italy
By Pieruga Marble, Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Ancona, Marche
Luxurious small vase sculpted by hand from a solid block of white onyx. Vase dimensions: D 13, H 22 cm. The polished finishing underlines the transparency of the onyx making this a...
Onyx
$387 / item
H 11.82 in W 5.32 in D 7.88 in
Contemporary Vase, 'Crash Vase' by Zieta, Medium, Stainless Steel
By Zieta, Oskar Zieta
Located in Paris, IDF
"Crash Vase" contemporary medium vase by Zieta Original Zieta vase, delivered with certificate. Collection: Crash Vase Material: Stainless Steel Polis...
Stainless Steel
$4,085 / item
H 12.6 in Dm 17.33 in
Blue Butterflies Vase, Vessel Glazed Ceramic, Majolica Ornament, Handmade Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Of extraordinary beauty and unique charm, the blue butterfly has always been considered the bearer of wishes. According to ancient beliefs it has the power to make dreams come true. ...
Ceramic, Majolica
$364 / item
H 9.85 in W 6.3 in D 7.09 in
Contemporary Vase, 'Crash Vase' by Zieta, Small, Stainless Steel
By Oskar Zieta, Zieta
Located in Paris, IDF
"Crash vase" contemporary small vase by Zieta Original Zieta vase, delivered with certificate. Collection: crash vase Material: stainless steel polish...
Stainless Steel
$405 / item
H 13.78 in W 7.49 in D 9.85 in
Contemporary Vase, 'Crash Vase' by Zieta, Large, Stainless Steel
By Zieta, Oskar Zieta
Located in Paris, IDF
"Crash vase" Contemporary large vase by Zieta. Original Zieta Vase, delivered with certificate. Collection: crash vase. Material: stainless steel poli...
Stainless Steel
$2,350 / item
H 21.26 in Dm 13 in
Vase Vessel Ceramic Centerpiece Ornament Aquamarine Majolica Flower Holder Italy
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Large majolic vase in green aquamarine color, glazed in polychrome, characterized by the elegant presence of naturalistic ornamental motifs that enhance its forms beautifully. Its po...
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
$2,050 / set
H 14 in Dm 6 in
Set of 3 White Ceramic Kawa Vessels, Leather textured organic Porcelain vases
By Luft Tanaka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monolithic in shape and defined by their single vertical seams, the Kawa Vessels are fluid & expressive. Their construction method really shines light on their unique production tech...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Murano Purple Art Glass Centerpiece Bowl with Applied Clear Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Murano glass centerpiece vase in purple and filigree clear glass rim, Italy, 1950s. Stunning blown glass purple centerpiece with faceted body and h...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
$3,408 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 14.18 in
Ceramic Vase Vessel 24 Karat Gold Luster Sculpture Spherical Centerpiece, Italy
Located in Recanati, IT
Sculptural vase handmade in Italy and decorated with the luster technique in 24 Kt gold. Dimensions: D 36 cm, H 40 cm. The entire manufacturing process is handmade in Italy. The vase...
Gold
$1,984 / set
H 23.63 in W 8.67 in D 6.3 in
Contemporary Vases, 'Parova Vases' by Zieta, Set of 3, Stainless Steel
By Oskar Zieta, Zieta
Located in Paris, IDF
"Parova Vases" contemporary vases by Zieta, Set of 3 Original Zieta vases, delivered with certificate. Collection: Parova Vase Material: Stainless Steel Polished Size: - va...
Stainless Steel
Vessel 1537 by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
Vessel 1537 by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 38 x W 43 x H 11.5 cm Materials: Oak. Finish: polished oil finish. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of...
Wood, Oak