Ceramic Trompe L'oeil Paper Birch Teapot by Eric Serritella

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Ceramic Trompe L'oeil Paper Birch Teapot by Eric Serritella

About the Item

This monumental sculptural teapot has the natural quality of birch bark, but is created from meticulously carved stoneware by Eric Serritella. Serritella creates ceramic trompe l'oeil Works in the Japanese Yixing Style from hand-built and unglazed in clay stoneware. Eric Serritella Describes his new work for the upcoming exhibition Walking with Softer Steps with Jason Jacques Gallery as an evolution into the quieter side of trees. "Initially I was so charged up about the birch work that I was a bit frenetically, projecting that excitement in both the topic and its success into the sculptures. The branches were sometimes frenzied, even busy." "While they fit the context of the pieces at the time, my philosophies about the birch changed." "As my artist statement and philosophy evolved, it led me to what was my realization that my goal was to get people to walk with softer steps on this planet. It was this statement that resonated with me so strongly that I then set out to have it reflected in the work." "I'd once had a personal artistic mission to create work that beautifully flowed with rhythm and grace. I joined that with the "softer steps" philosophy to create this current body of work. Within many of the pieces there is a strong sense of negative space. Quieter, simpler lines and movements. A flow. A rhythm. A sense of peace." Eric Serritella is a ceramic artist specializing in hand-carved trompe l’oeil vessels transformed into birch and weathered logs. Clay found him in 1996 when he took a hobby pottery class to nd a new creative outlet and bring more balance to a busy corporate career. “I expected to simply discover an enjoyable pastime. Instead, clay dug its way into my very core.” He began a functional pottery production business in effort to follow clay’s calling and to bring a new spirit and satisfaction to his work life. Serritella has a BA in Communication from Ithaca College. He also studied art history there and in London. His primary applied art training came in the form of two artist residencies studying with Ah Leon and clay masters in Taiwan. It was there that he was taken with the historic Yixing teapots, introduced to the Japanese wabi philosophy, and began his trompe l’oeil explorations. As a result, Serritella’s works are internationally recognized and have been exhibited, awarded and collected for their exquisite design and incredibly realistic textures. They are included in many permanent museum collections including among others The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Mint Museum. Many esteemed private collections also contain pieces, including the Kamm Teapot Foundation – the world’s largest teapot collection. Serritella has contributed to over 80 exhibitions and has been represented at some of the world’s top art and design shows including TEFAF Maastricht (Netherlands), Design Miami/Basel (Switzerland), Design Miami (Florida), The Salon: Art + Design (NY), SOFA Chicago and The Smithsonian Craft Show. His 2013 cataloged solo show at Jason Jacques Gallery in New York City has led to additional international recognition. Works have appeared on the covers of AmericanStyle and Pottery Making Illustrated, and in the pages of Ceramics Monthly, Modern, NICHE, Clay Times, The Crafts Report, Design 360o (China), Ceramic Art (Taiwan), Lark Books’ 500 Teapots, Volume 2, as well as in several other books and calendars on ceramic art. Each piece Serritella makes begins as a blank piece of clay. He uses wheel throwing, slab building and hand building techniques to create his expressive forms. All of the texture and details are hand carved and no molds are used. After applying ceramic oxides for accent color the pieces are red to over 2,100o Fahrenheit.

Creator:
Eric Serritella (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Diameter: 5 in (12.7 cm)
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
21st Century
Date of Manufacture:
2009
Condition:
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: SEE0231stDibs: LU9051822773