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Medium: Clay
Squamae S 4 - pink, green, 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
"Blush", Abstract, Gestural, Ceramic, Cream, Sepia, Grey, Sculpture
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilsons ”Blush” is a gestural 13 x 9.5 x 8 inch ceramic sculpture in pale cream with accents of warm sepia, and grey on the edges. In this graceful and evocative sculpture ...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Women
Cats, 2022
By Linda Smith
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Not Available
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
$597 Sale Price
20% Off
"Milky Jumble", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, Stoneware, Cream, Sculpture
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilsons ”Milky Jumble” is a gestural 12.5 x 10 x 8 inch ceramic sculpture in shades of brown, white and cream. In this powerful and evocative sculpture individual slab and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze, Clay
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
"JAMÓN JAMÓN VIII", glaze ceramic sculpture, table, food, bait, identity, vessel
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"JAMÓN JAMÓN VIII", 2019, in slipcast glazed ceramic by artist Andrew Cornell Robinson, is one of a series of sculptural objects that include c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Slip, Glaze
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
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
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
Fish Ceramic Totem - Tall Sculpture for Garden and Indoor by Marc Zimmerman
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
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Cold Cast Bronze Bust Sculpture of Vincent Van Gogh by British Sculptor Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Cold Cast Bronze Bust Sculpture of Vincent Van Gogh by British Artist & Sculptor Anthony D Padgett BA MA PGDip, Born in 1969.
Everyone has an idea o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone, Metal, Bronze
"Pitcher Form with Intestines", Porcelain Sculpture, Anatomical, Glass Accents
Located in St. Louis, MO
Bonnie Seeman grew up in Miami, Florida with a propensity towards anatomy illustration and the dazzling colors and rich foliage of the Miami landscape. Developing her technique with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Glass
Near Pair of Antique Rockingham Pottery Dogs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout examples of 19th century Rockingham brown glazed dogs or spaniels. Probably manufactured in Bennington Vermont. Priced Individually.
Left to Right
Left: H: 11 W: 9 D: 6, $...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"ENDLESS STAIRCASES OF SIENA", stoneware clay sculpture, Italy ancient hill town
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
ENDLESS STAIRCASES OF SIENA is a stoneware clay sculpture with slips and engobes by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 16"H x 17"W x 11"D. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
"CASTLE LORD", porcelain clay sculpture, turquoise glaze, royal court, medieval
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CASTLE LORD is a porcelain clay sculpture with Turquoise Glaze and slip, by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 26"H x 23"W x 10"D. It's an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Porcelain, Glaze
Squamae V - red, silver and 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
Desktop Ceramic Totem Sculpture by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Dive into the whimsical realm of mystique with this utterly enchanting totem. Crafted with meticulous detail, this...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Wood, Glaze
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"CUBE, PYRAMID
SPHERE", sculpture, clay, abstract, geometric, installation
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CUBE, PYRAMID & SPHERE is a major work created over a five-year period. It is a variable installation, composed of 4 geometric sculptures of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, a block of wood found in the ocean, river gravel, limestone, and slate shattered to fragments. Note the surface textures, the ground of natural stone, the colors black, umber, copper and tan throughout, the pattern of slate fragments. CUBE, PYRAMID & SPHERE is characteristic of Wortman's 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.
CUBE, PYRAMID & SPHERE was exhibited at BASE: Immersive Art Experiences, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY, 2017. It was also reproduced in Tussle Magazine, alongside "An Interview with Harold Wortsman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Slate, Stone
"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
"BLUE HANDLE HORSE", stoneware clay sculpture, blue clay inlay, storybook equine
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
BLUE HANDLE HORSE is a stoneware clay sculpture with blue clay inlay by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 24"H x 18"W x 7"D. It's an encha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Offset
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
"VERTICAL 1", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 1, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 1 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
"ROMAN OPERA HOUSE", stoneware clay sculpture, copper green glaze Italy hilltown
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
ROMAN OPERA HOUSE is a stoneware clay sculpture with Copper Green glaze by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 19"H x 23"W x 11"D. The sculp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Stoneware, Glaze
Francis Bacon
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
"MIDNIGHT BLUE", sculpture, clay, relief, abstract, contemporary, ceramic
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Midnight Blue, a ceramic relief sculpture of high-fired porcelain pigmented with oxides, paint and epoxy, is a recent work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. This sculpture is ready to be mounted to the wall. Note the artist's hand in the mark-making – cuts and radiating lines, the suggestion of maps, geometry and counting systems – it is characteristic of Wortsman's practice. Warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, tribal 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.
Midnight Blue was recently exhibited at Harold Wortsman: Time and Space, Orange Art Foundation, New York City, February 2022.
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—like naked skin. 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 painted on. 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, Porcelain, Epoxy Resin
"CHAMBERLAIN", porcelain clay sculpture, turquoise glaze, royal court, medieval
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CHAMBERLAIN is a porcelain clay sculpture with Turquoise Glaze and slip, by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 23"H x 19"W x 9"D. It's an e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Porcelain, Glaze
Series “White Flowers 1” - 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
Clay, Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic, Ceramic
"Tousle", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, Cream, Blue, Stoneware, Sculpture
Located in Franklin, MA
Sara Fine-Wilson's "Tousle" is a gestural 13 x 10 x 8.5 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, Glaze, Slip
Big Thaw
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
$18,400
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
Naturalistic Woman Holding a Calf Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic sculpture of a woman standing and holding a small calf. The sculpture is signed "Happy Birthday 1976" and "W. R. Stevenson" on one side of the base.
Artist Biography: William Robert Stevenson was born in 20 May 1925 in Eugene, Oregon. His family moved to Minneapolis, MN but he promptly returned to Oregon and Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Hoping to study Art, his future was sidetracked when he was drafted into the United States Army at age 17 years old in early 1942. Being a strong swimmer, and having worked at stables as a child, he initially served in the last US Cavalry Corps, and also as a Swimming Instructor for the United States Army. Upon the abolition of the Cavalry Corps, he was trained as a Gunnar and Tank Commander for the M-4 Sherman Tank under General Patton...
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Plaster
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
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
"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
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
Abstract Organic Form, Glazed Ceramic Sculpture, Pink, Floral Shape, Japanese
By Aya Mori
Located in St. Louis, MO
Abstract Organic Form, Glazed Ceramic Sculpture, Pink, Floral Shape, Japanese
Aya Mori was born in Aichi Prefecture in Japan in 1989, and lives and work in Aichi. She studied at Aic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Glaze, Pigment
Pablo Picasso, "Lozenge with Mask", ceramic, clay
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This hexagonal tile, created by Pablo Picasso in 1956, is made of chamotted red earthenware clay and has decoration in engobes in black and white. It is from the edition of 350, num...
Category
1950s Modern Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, 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
Patchwork Fruit Bowl
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
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
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
Long green face totem
Located in Carmel, CA
This sculpture is a ceramic totem fired in a kiln to 2200 degrees. Its several parts glide onto a one inch galvanized pole that can either sit in a pot full of cement or go into the ...
Category
2010s Assemblage Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"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
Stationary: Black
white porcelain ceramic pop surreal sculpture installation
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Stationary Pot" by Katharine Morling – Porcelain Sculpture of office and Studio Creative Items
Delicate yet bold, The Stationary Pot by Katharine Morling transforms traditional...
Category
2010s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Slip, Ink
"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
"Crimp", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, Cream, White, Stoneware, Sculpture
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
Contemporary Porcelain Sculpture, Glazed Ceramic, Architectural Design, Yellow
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Porcelain Sculpture, Glazed Ceramic, Architectural Design, Yellow
My work explores transformation using the kiln as a vehicle for deconstruction. The porcelain grid sys...
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
"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
"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
"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
"Bowl", Porcelain Sculpture with Glass Detailing, Anatomical References, Glaze
Located in St. Louis, MO
Bonnie Seeman grew up in Miami, Florida with a propensity towards anatomy illustration and the dazzling colors and rich foliage of the Miami landscape. Developing her technique with...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Glass, Glaze, Mixed Media, 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
Vessel in White and Gold - No 119, Contemporary Abstract Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Vessel in White and Gold - No 119, Abstract Ceramic Sculpture, 2022
17" x 12" x 7" (HxWxD)
This ceramic vessel is formed in an organic shape, with its rounded shape almost resemblin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Porcelain, Stoneware
"4+4", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, contemporary, tribal, disc, geometry
Located in Toronto, Ontario
4+4, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. 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 painted on. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman, Poet & Art Critic – "Wortsman re-examines ancient and modern traditions in light of what it means to make art." – Tussle Magazine, July 2019.
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
"MONUMENT", sculpture, clay, abstract, geometry, contemporary, ceramic, tribal
Located in Toronto, Ontario
MONUMENT, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a recent work by artist Harold Wortsman. Note the volumetric geometry inhere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Clay Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
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
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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
"CASTLE CHANCELLOR", porcelain clay sculpture, turquoise glaze, royal court
By Rene Murray
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CASTLE CHANCELLOR is a porcelain clay sculpture with Turquoise Glaze and slip, by Brooklyn, New York artist Rene Murray. It measures 24"H x 22"W x 11"D. It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Clay Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Porcelain, Glaze
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
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