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Pollinator, Vase by Robbie Heidinger
Located in New York, NY
Glazed stoneware. Footed orb-shaped vase form with applied discs. Blue, brown & cream colored glazes. Artist signed on underside.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Folded Threads, abstract patterned black & white glass sculpture by Peter Bowles
By Peter Bowles
Located in London, GB
'Folded Threads' is unique glass artwork by the British artist, Peter Bowles.
Initially studying glass at Stourbridge College of Art and Design, Peter Bowles went on to work with s...
Category
Australian Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Cloud Sculpture #2202 by Chris Gustin
By Chris Gustin
Located in New York, NY
Glazed stoneware. Unique, wood-fired sculpture.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Cloud Sculpture #2205 by Chris Gustin
By Chris Gustin
Located in New York, NY
Glazed stoneware. Unique, wood-fired sculpture.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Domingos Tótora "Escultura Âmago Model 05", Brazil 21st Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
This organic sculpture by contemporary artist Domingos Tótora is a visual expression of the artist’s view of design. Tótora creates objects and sculptures where beauty is inseparable...
Category
Brazilian Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Planet in Turquoise & Purple, an Abstract Glass Centrepiece by Lena Bergström
Located in London, GB
'Planet in Turquoise & Purple' is a unique artwork by the Swedish artist and designer, Lena Bergström. It is from an ongoing collection of works called 'Planets', which Bergström has...
Category
Swedish Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
X-Large Sculptural Vase #3 by Dena Zemsky
By Dena Zemsky
Located in New York, NY
Hand built, large-scale ceramic vase. Light blue glazed interior and textured exterior. Artist-signed on underside.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Cryptograph 210631, golden yellow & lime glass sculpture by Louis Thompson
Located in London, GB
'Cryptograph 210631' (in Amber & Chartreuse) is a unique glass sculpture that has been created using a variety of glass techniques, by the British artist, Louis Thompson.
The enca...
Category
British Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Glacier Vase 1, by Robbie Heidinger
Located in New York, NY
Glazed stoneware. Abstract form with blue glazes & applied discs. Artist signed on underside.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Facetted Bronze Planet, a Cut Glass Centrepiece / Sculpture by Lena Bergström
Located in London, GB
'Facetted Bronze Planet' is a unique artwork by the Swedish artist and designer, Lena Bergström. It is from an ongoing collection of works called 'Planets', which Bergström has revis...
Category
Swedish Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Domingos Tótora "Escultura Âmago Model 04", Brazil 21st Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
This organic sculpture by contemporary artist Domingos Tótora is a visual expression of the artist’s view of design. Tótora creates objects and sculptures where beauty is inseparable...
Category
Brazilian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Florianna, an abstract patterned monochrome glass sculpture by Peter Bowles
By Peter Bowles
Located in London, GB
'Florianna' is unique glass artwork by the British artist, Peter Bowles.
Initially studying glass at Stourbridge College of Art and Design, Peter Bowles went on to work with some o...
Category
Australian Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Rings v, Clear & Dark Aubergine / Purple Abstract Glass Vessel by Ann Wåhlström
Located in London, GB
'Rings V' is a unique glass artwork by the Swedish artist, Ann Wåhlström.
In her career, Wåhlström has designed wares for many international companies; glasses for the likes of Ik...
Category
Swedish Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
X-Large Sculptural Vase #4 by Dena Zemsky
By Dena Zemsky
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic. Hand built, large-scale vase. Light blue glazed interior and textured exterior. Artist-signed on underside.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Erratic A with 23ct Red Gold, an Optical Glass Sculpture by Anthony Scala
Located in London, GB
'Erratic A with 23ct Red Gold' is a handblown and cut glass sculpture created by the British artist, Anthony Scala.
The geological term 'erratic' refers to a stone or boulder that differs to its surrounding rock, that is believed to have been displaced and deposited by glacier movement. Differing from his Auri collection, Scala's aim was to produce a series of sculptures that are freer, amorphous and suggestive of movement. Striking in the singular, these really capture this concept en masse.
With a career in glass now spanning over 20 years, Scala creates art works that can only be described as acts of precision. As equally beautiful as they are meticulously created and despite being a hugely skilled glass blower, it is with cold working that Scala excels.
Initially qualified as an architectural model maker, it was during this time that Scala learnt many disciplines that would be equally relevant to and ultimately inform his practice today. His passion for glass was discovered however during an apprenticeship with Peter Layton...
Category
British Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vernal Blue Porcelain Vase 1 by Robbie Heidinger
Located in New York, NY
Glazed porcelain. Footed orb-shaped vase with applied circular forms. Blue and green glazes. Artist signed on underside.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
PH Grand Piano PH150 Excellence, Black Leather and Chrome, Modern, Sculptural
Located in Copenhagen, DK
- All prices are listed ex works.
- 5 year guarantee.
- We regularly crate, ship and install PH Pianos worldwide with full insurance.
The Poul Henningsen designed PH Grand Piano PH150 Excellence...
Category
Danish Bauhaus 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Chrome
Dna Sequence iii, a Green & Aqua Glass Bottle Installation by Louis Thompson
Located in London, GB
'DNA Sequence III' is a unique glass installation (consisting of 5 individual elements) by the British artist, Louis Thompson.
Accomplished glass artist Thompson explores illusion...
Category
British Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Dancing Genes Allel 1, a Mixed Colour Glass Installation by Louis Thompson
Located in London, GB
'Dancing Genes Allel 1' is a unique glass installation (consisting of 6 individual elements) by the British artist, Louis Thompson.
The price shown excludes the display plinth, st...
Category
British Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Glass
Dancing Genes DNA Sequence, a Glass DNA Inspired Installation by Louis Thompson
Located in London, GB
'Dancing Genes DNA Sequence' is a unique glass installation (consisting of 6 individual elements) by the British artist, Louis Thompson.
The price shown excludes the display plint...
Category
British Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Contemporary American Patinated Bronze Abstract Sculpture on Marble Base
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American abstract sculpture made of patinated bronze, mounted on a square white marble base. (in the style of BRANCUSI).
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Fluid Gestures Steel Blue, Fluid Cast Glass Abstract Sculpture by Karin Mørch
By Karin Mørch
Located in London, GB
'Fluid Gestures Steel Blue' is a unique cast and hand-made glass sculpture by the Danish artist, Karin Mørch.
Mørch’s inspiration often derives from simple expressions and in the ...
Category
Danish Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass
Black Crumpled Form No 10, Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Located in London, GB
Black crumpled form No 10 is a unique ceramic sculptural vessel by the British artist Nicholas Arroyave-Portela.
Nicholas Arroyave-Portela...
Category
Spanish Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Oval Bud Vase by Robbie Heidinger
Located in New York, NY
Glazed stoneware. Footed oval-shaped vase with applied forms & blue glazes. Artist signed on underside.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Unique Ceramic Bowl by Olivia Walker
Located in New York, NY
Nest II, 2022 (Porcelain, C. 4.3 in. H x 7 in. W x 7 in. D., Object No.: 3925)
Olivia Walker works in porcelain to create pieces that explore the symbiotic relationship between gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Untitled Sculpture #12, by Rosanne Sniderman
Located in New York, NY
Glazed stoneware sculpture. Hand built & artist-signed on underside.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Colliery I, a Unique Black Abstract Textured Glass Vase by Bethany Wood
By Bethany Wood
Located in London, GB
'Colliery I' is a unique glass vase from the Molten Landscapes Collection by the British artist, Bethany Wood.
An equal passion for painting physically inspires how she controls and manipulates her glass. Recreating the fleeting nature of brush strokes, Wood’s molten colors traverse across the surface of her glass canvases blending in a myriad of hues. Unlike their flat painterly counterparts, these combine and merge, forming spontaneous watery and lava like abstract relief flourishes.
Taking inspiration from a wide range of sources, Wood’s influences are taken directly from the world around us, elements of the inner-city sit alongside expansive landscapes. Reoccurring themes are Graffiti & Urban Culture, exploration & travel.
In the artist's own words;
"As a multidisciplinary artist, I have begun to merge my two artistic passions, painting and Glassmaking. I like to express myself with the fluidity of the material. The Directional arrangement of a color palette can form the depth of an abstract Landscape. I use my own paintings as a reference whilst making in the hot shop. Each individual artwork from my series has been inspired by a specific place.
Serendipity of abstraction has always been an inspiration for me; the coincidental elements which catch the eye of the viewer. The palette, composition and depth I have attained are taken from nature, with a bold but elegant swipe of my own personal, Expressionist style"
Rising glass star, Wood graduated from De Montfort...
Category
British Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Flow Petit No 7, an Abstract Wood & Gold Sculpture by the Danish Studio Egeværk
By Egeværk
Located in London, GB
'Flow Petit No 7' is a unique artwork by the Danish artists, Egeværk. It is created from Wengé sourced from Africa - Congo and Cameroon - (wood, FSC* certified) with an inlay of 24ct...
Category
Danish Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Steel
Untitled Sculpture 10, by Rosanne Sniderman
Located in New York, NY
Glazed stoneware. Hand built & artist signed on underside.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Foliage I, Olive Green & Grey Cast Glass Sculpture by Nina Casson McGarva
Located in London, GB
'Foliage I' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist, Nina Casson McGarva.
Casson McGarva firstly casts her glass in a flat mould where she introduces all of the beautifu...
Category
British Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass
Sommarial in Gold Brown, an Abstract Fluid Hand Blown Glass Vase by Vic Bamforth
Located in London, GB
'Sommarial in gold brown' is a unique handblown sculptural glass vessel by the British artist, Vic Bamforth.
Bamforth is an artist who has helped to bring the highly demanding gra...
Category
British Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Pink Coral Sculpture, Sandra Davolio
Located in New York, NY
Pink Coral I, 2021, (Ceramic, C. 7.5 in. h x 8.6 in. d, Object No.: 3875)
Sandra Davolio has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark since 1974 and was born in Italy in 1951. She received he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Speckled Grey, Standing Textured Cast Glass Sculpture by Nina Casson McGarva
Located in London, GB
'Speckled Grey' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist, Nina Casson McGarva.
Casson McGarva firstly casts her glass in a flat mould where she introduces all of the beau...
Category
British Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass
Tall Collapsed Form in Galactic Blue No 92, vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Located in London, GB
‘Tall Collapsed Form in Galactic Blue No 92’ is a unique sculptural vessel by the British artist, Nicholas Arroyave-Portela.
Nicholas Arroyave-Portela’s professional ceramic pract...
Category
Spanish Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Flow Yellow, a Bright Gold / Yellow Solid Cast Glass Sculpture by Karin Mørch
By Karin Mørch
Located in London, GB
'Flow Yellow' is a unique cast and hand-made glass sculpture by the Danish artist, Karin Mørch.
Mørch’s inspiration often derives from simple expressions and in the contrast betwe...
Category
Danish Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass
Poeme 06 Sculpture by Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Permutations of forms and colour combinations, Poème is an ode to ceramics in all its dimensions.
Sculptures consisting of wheel-thrown and/or hand-formed ceramic elements to whic...
Category
Canadian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Abstract Colorful Glass Sculpture, Barbara Nanning
Located in New York, NY
Colorful Shadows III, 2022 (Glass, blown, hand-formed, C. 7.9 in. h x 9.8 in. w x 9.4 in. d, Object No.: 4139)
Barbara Nanning’s mesmerizing sculptures u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Tall Black Crumpled Form No 94, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Located in London, GB
‘Tall Black Crumpled Form No 94’ is a unique sculptural vessel by the British artist, Nicholas Arroyave-Portela.
Nicholas Arroyave-Portela’s professional ceramic practise began in...
Category
Spanish Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
One Minute Sculpture, by Marcel Wanders, Hand-Sculpted Unique, Gold, #102837/35
Located in Amsterdam, NL
One-Minute-Sculpture. the name says it all!.
The one-minute-sculpture is made of clay, coated with a gold luster.
From inspiration during playtime with Marcel’s daughter, Joy, ...
Category
Dutch 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate
Abstract Glass and Palladium Sculpture, Barbara Nanning
Located in New York, NY
Palladium III, 2018 (Glass, blown, hand-formed, Palladium, C. 8 in. h x 9.5 in. w x 10 in. d, Object No.: 4089)
Barbara Nanning’s mesmerizing sculptures unite tradition with innov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Big Bud Vase #9 by Robbie Heidinger
Located in New York, NY
Glazed stoneware. Green glazes, and great relief decoration. Artist signed on underside.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary American Abstract Wood Sculpture on Stand
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American abstract sculpture featuring a wooden desk with geometric black and gray designs, mounted on a rectangular base.
Category
American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ore in Amber & Ecru with Gold, a Glass Sculpture by Enemark & Thompson
Located in London, GB
'Ore in Amber & Ecru with Gold' is a unique handblown and sculpted glass artwork by the Danish and British artists, Hanne Enemark & Louis Thompson.
The outer glass form contains a...
Category
British Organic Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Blue Ceramic Vase, Peter Beard
By Peter Beard
Located in New York, NY
Vase, 2018, (Ceramic, C. 11 in. h x 8.5 in. d, Object No.: 4146).
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
D01 Gold Sculpture by Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Slip cast porcelain sculpture.
Glazed with gold coating by evaporation.
Category
Canadian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
D03 Matt Black Sculpture by Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Slip cast porcelain sculpture.
Glazed with gold coating by evaporation.
Category
Canadian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Yongjin Han, Untitled, Sculpture in Bronze, United States, 1996
By Yongjin Han
Located in New York, NY
Yongjin Han was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1934. After the Korean War—in which he fought, lying about his age in order to enlist—he was one of six students admitted to the sculpture program at the Seoul National University. At the time of his enrollment little of his native city remained intact; nonetheless, he had never felt more responsible to his work, firm in the conviction that artistic expression is every bit as essential to life and human nature as eating, drinking, or breathing.
One of Han’s teachers was Kim Chong Yung, a pioneer of Korean abstract sculpture, and by the time of his graduation he had adopted the abstraction that had seized both Europe and the United States several years before. . In 1967 he relocated to the USA, where he studied at Dartmouth and Columbia. Over the course of his long career the artist returned to Korea with frequency and made extended stays in Japan and Europe.
Trips to Korea signified something more than mere homesickness: Han’s work, though made largely in America, remained grounded in his rich cultural heritage. Korea rests on a bedrock of granite, and freestanding sculpture produced of the stone has for centuries demarcated sites of historical and religious significance. Han’s sculpture bridges this past with modernity. Richard A. Born, former Curator at the Smart Museum at the University of Chicago, has said that Han “brought Korea’s tradition of direct stone carving out of figuration into a refined, non-objective abstraction.”
For his part, Han put very little stock in designations; his focus, instead, was on the stone itself. His pieces explore a certain harmonization with nature. Han, when describing his work, said, "As stone has been around since the beginning of time, it has much to teach us if we care to slow down and listen." He believed that each stone has its own history, character, and energy and that his task was to draw out these inherently spiritual qualities. He described his process as a “dialogue” with his material: "The stone tells me it has an itch in a certain spot, so I scratch it—and we both feel better!"
Han worked alone and with manual tools, and the process is arduous. Carving stone this way takes time, and, what’s more, required great force—yet Han’s sculptures, even the monumental ones, are, as friend and fellow artist David Parker says, “all gentle grace and warmth” … [the sculptor] “engages with the stone as an equal—like wayfarers meeting on a path, Han and a stone spend time together and when they part, both are marked and changed forever.”
Yongjin Han's career spanned decades and continents, and included several prestigious large-scale public commissions. In Seoul his work can be found at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, the IE Young Museum of Contemporary Art, the Whanki Museum, the Ewha Woman’s University Museum, Posong High School, and the 88 Olympics...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Decorative Ceramic Sculpture, Lone Skov Madsen
Located in New York, NY
Points Vessel II, 2018, (Ceramic, C. 6.6 in. h x 7.6 in. d, Object No.: 3621)
Lone Skov Madsen was born in 1964 and lives and works in Frederiksberg, Denmark. She received degrees f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Black and Red Ceramic and PVC Sculpture, Steen Ipsen
By Steen Ipsen
Located in New York, NY
Tied Up 21, 2016, (Ceramic, PVC, C. 13.5 in.h x 9 in.w x 9 in.d, Object No.: 4144)
Steen Ipsen was born in 1966 in Denmark and lives and works in Copenhagen. He graduated in 1990 fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, PVC
Yongjin Han, Untitled, Sculpture in Pink Granite, United States
By Yongjin Han
Located in New York, NY
Yongjin Han was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1934. After the Korean War—in which he fought, lying about his age in order to enlist—he was one of six students admitted to the sculpture program at the Seoul National University. At the time of his enrollment little of his native city remained intact; nonetheless, he had never felt more responsible to his work, firm in the conviction that artistic expression is every bit as essential to life and human nature as eating, drinking, or breathing.
One of Han’s teachers was Kim Chong Yung, a pioneer of Korean abstract sculpture, and by the time of his graduation he had adopted the abstraction that had seized both Europe and the United States several years before. . In 1967 he relocated to the USA, where he studied at Dartmouth and Columbia. Over the course of his long career the artist returned to Korea with frequency and made extended stays in Japan and Europe.
Trips to Korea signified something more than mere homesickness: Han’s work, though made largely in America, remained grounded in his rich cultural heritage. Korea rests on a bedrock of granite, and freestanding sculpture produced of the stone has for centuries demarcated sites of historical and religious significance. Han’s sculpture bridges this past with modernity. Richard A. Born, former Curator at the Smart Museum at the University of Chicago, has said that Han “brought Korea’s tradition of direct stone carving out of figuration into a refined, non-objective abstraction.”
For his part, Han put very little stock in designations; his focus, instead, was on the stone itself. His pieces explore a certain harmonization with nature. Han, when describing his work, said, "As stone has been around since the beginning of time, it has much to teach us if we care to slow down and listen." He believed that each stone has its own history, character, and energy and that his task was to draw out these inherently spiritual qualities. He described his process as a “dialogue” with his material: "The stone tells me it has an itch in a certain spot, so I scratch it—and we both feel better!"
Han worked alone and with manual tools, and the process is arduous. Carving stone this way takes time, and, what’s more, required great force—yet Han’s sculptures, even the monumental ones, are, as friend and fellow artist David Parker says, “all gentle grace and warmth” … [the sculptor] “engages with the stone as an equal—like wayfarers meeting on a path, Han and a stone spend time together and when they part, both are marked and changed forever.”
Yongjin Han's career spanned decades and continents, and included several prestigious large-scale public commissions. In Seoul his work can be found at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, the IE Young Museum of Contemporary Art, the Whanki Museum, the Ewha Woman’s University Museum, Posong High School, and the 88 Olympics...
Category
American 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Blue Unique Vase, Turi Heisselberg Pedersen
Located in New York, NY
Balustrade Vase, 2016, (Ceramic, C. 13 in. h x 8.5 in. d, Object No.: 4145).
Turi Heisselberg Pedersen has, all through her career, strived to develop the vessel as abstract form and as an independent sculptural object.
As Turi notes “working in clay is to me connected with many underlying cultural bound references, but also strongly connected to nature. The very process of building in clay is a process from nature to culture. We have an inherent understanding of beauty and design evolved in thousands of years of visual impressions from our cultural history, but especially also from nature. In this context, I am aiming to create a visual and emotional reading of the objects, working with shape, rhythm, volume, movement, and texture”.
In the interplay between culture and nature, Turi’s works are inspired by geological structures and crystal formations, but also by architecture, the edged rendering of a computer drawing or folded paper shapes. Most of her faceted shapes seem to have a seed of coincidence or unplanned development, reminding one of crystal formations growing in irregular clusters.?
Heisselberg Pedersen’s sculptures are hand-modeled from stoneware and glazed with slip-glazes, which gives the works a stone-like, dry surface with a rich texture. Some of Turi’s designs have expressive surfaces, with relief or fluted structures but most of them are simply just trying to express the inherent character and freshness of the clay.
Turi Heisselberg Pedersen was born in Denmark in 1965. She was educated at the prestigious Design School Kolding, Denmark and lives and works in Copenhagen. She has been lecturing at Kolding School of Design from 1994 – 2007 and is the Co-founder of the “Exhibition Room for New Ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ovetto Metal Collection Chrome Recycling and Waste Bin by Soldi Design
By Soldi Design
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This so-called world's most avant-garde trash can comes from Italy. The brand of this spaceship is called SOLDI DESIGN! It is an ecological design brand founded in 2008! With the phi...
Category
Italian 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plastic
GUFRAM Another Green Cactus Sculptural Coatrack by Drocco & Mello
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Cactus is the icon of Italian design that has revolutionized the domestic landscape. Made of flexible polyurethane this hall tree with four cantilever arms is as tall as a person and...
Category
Italian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other
Poeme 07 Sculpture by Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Permutations of forms and colour combinations, Poème is an ode to ceramics in all its dimensions.
Sculptures consisting of wheel-thrown and/or hand-formed ceramic elements to whic...
Category
Canadian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ovetto Gala Collection Shiny Lightblue Recycling and Waste Bin by Soldi Design
By Soldi Design
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This so-called world's most avant-garde trash can comes from Italy. The brand of this spaceship is called SOLDI DESIGN! It is an ecological design brand founded in 2008! With the phi...
Category
Italian 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plastic
Poeme 04 Sculpture by Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Permutations of forms and colour combinations, Poème is an ode to ceramics in all its dimensions.
Sculptures consisting of wheel-thrown and/or hand-formed ceramic elements to whic...
Category
Canadian Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Sculptural Bowl by Barbara Nanning, Glass
Located in New York, NY
Palladium IV, 2021 (Glass, Palladium, C. 7 in. H x 10.2 in. W x 9.4 in. D, Object No.: 4111).
Barbara Nanning’s mesmerizing sculptures unite tradition with innovation and are a fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
One Minute Sculpture, by Marcel Wanders, Hand-Sculpted Unique, Gold
Located in Amsterdam, NL
One-minute-sculpture. The name says it all!
The one-minute-sculpture is made of clay, coated with a gold luster.
From inspiration during playtime with Marcel’s daughter, Joy, c...
Category
Dutch 21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate
