Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
ORGANIC MODERN STYLE
Organic modern furniture is characterized by clean lines, an overall uncomplicated aesthetic and a prioritizing of natural, sustainable materials, such as wood and stone. There are lots of earth tones and natural-world textures rather than bright color palettes or fabrics embellished with busy patterns.
Organic furniture is minimalist and, owing to the ideas of venerable architect Frank Lloyd Wright, designed for warm spaces that promote harmony between human habitation and the great outdoors. Organic modern design, including in furniture and architecture, emerged in the 1930s.
Designers such as Andrianna Shamaris, Alguacil Perkoff and Jörg Pietschmann — all known for organic modern design — have created furniture that brings dynamic and unpredictable energy to home interiors while emphasizing the importance of a relationship with the natural world.
Striking an appealing balance between our living spaces and nature doesn't have to be an arduous task — the broad selection of original organic modern furniture on 1stDibs includes solid wood tables, bamboo seating options, hand-knotted wall tapestries and more.
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Style: Organic Modern
Organic Modern Cast Bronze Bowl Sculpture with Fish Design by John Forsythe
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous organic modern bronze fishbowl sculpture by John Forsythe comprised of cast bronze with golden bronze and green patination. Gorgeous vintage condition with no outstanding flaws that we have found. Please see photos. Circa 1993.
No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish – John Ruskin, Picture Quotes. Just look at this magnificent cast bronze bowl sculpture with fish design created by John Forsythe. A decorative bowl comprised of a cast bronze water whirlpool with swimming fish caught in the spinning currents, their half bodies and patinated green tails distending from the swirling water and a fish tail protruding from the exterior base of the bowl. You feel the struggle of trying to stay above water and complete your journey. Surrounded by a cast bronze rim trimmed with shiny green bubbles or fish eggs as to represent salmon and their spawning. Salmon lay an enormous number of eggs because they face a lot of adversity on their journey to becoming an adult, and while we aren’t sure these fish are in fact salmon, it certainly speaks to the realities of the course of life. Overcoming hardships and struggles and new beginnings. This sculpture is unique and one of only fifty created by John Forsythe, so it is sure to be a sought-after piece for collectors. In the style of organic modern or fantasy, this piece would be gorgeous displayed on your dining table, display cabinet or buffet in the family room, or on the coffee table in the living room.
John Forsythe knew at an early age that he wanted to be an artist. He graduated from Emporia State University in 1976 with his BFA and started working with metals. He was employed as manager of Oxbow Foundry and befriended Eldon Tefft, Founder of the International Sculptor Guild and Chair of the University of Kansas Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sitting Nude for Gladding, McBean
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Stoneware woman posing distributed by Gladding, McBean. Sculpture measures 19" wide, 21" deep and 28" high. Base is 16" diameter. Sculpture is not signed but well documented. Thi...
Category
1940s American Vintage Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
The Other, Contemporary Original Bronze Sculpture by Artist Jonathan Roson
Located in London, London
The Other, 2018, is a figural form of a being in motion, originally carved from a single piece of English oak and then cast into bronze.
The sculpture is part of a body of works th...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hand Carved Wood Heart Sculpture by Andrianna Shamaris, Modern Design
Located in New York, NY
A thick piece of organic wood hand carved into a heart shape. Both sides are unique. Polished with a natural oil revealing the beautiful wood grain. It’s all in the details.
Own an ...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Black with Dark Green Undertones Hollow Ceramic Sculpture Ball Feet, Hand Built
Located in New York, NY
A new series of small sculptures in the Modern Totemic vein. Not exactly humanistic, but they do have feet and personality. They are abstract...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Carved Teak Wood Sculpture on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
This one-of-a-kind furniture piece is part of Brendan Bass’s Le Monde Collection, a curated selection of rare and collectible furniture. Le Monde, meaning “The World” in French, feat...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Matte Brown Hand Built Ceramic TOTEM w/ Gold Crown on Soft Cube
Oval Forms
Located in New York, NY
One in a new series of Modern TOTEMS consisting of soft round or rectangular forms on small conical feet. The shapes begin as a solid piece. They are then hollowed out, stacked and t...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Louis Mendez Studio Pottery Female Chest Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
The Brendan Bass Estate Collection is an homage to the beauty of vintage and antique
pieces, each artfully concealing endless stories collected through the generations in which they...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Black Ceramic TOTEM Trio, 3 Hand Built Sculptures, Rings on Arc
d Legs
Located in New York, NY
A trio of 3 hand built ceramic Modern TOTEMs from a series investigating the Totemic form. Each one is different, a soft rectangle, an oval and a circular ring on arcing legs. The s...
Category
Early 2000s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Figurative Mother and Child Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base by Sy Rosenwasser
By Seymour Rosenwasser
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice figurative "Mother and Child" bronze sculpture on a rotating marble base by Sy (S.F.) Rosenwasser circa 1990s. The sculpture is in very good vintage condition with a grea...
Category
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
“Profile with Cloud” — Metal Sculpture by Jesús Tellosa, Mexico, 1993
By Jesus Tellosa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Expressive abstract metal sculpture by Jesús Tellosa (Mexican, 1936–2012), signed and dated Tellosa ’93. The piece depicts a stylized human profile in warm ochre tones contrasted by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Lee Rosen for Design-Technics Brutalist Figural Stoneware Sculpture
By Lee Rosen
Located in Southampton, NJ
A mid-1960s Lee Rosen for Design-Technics brutalist, figural stoneware sculpture. The sculpture is fully signed "LEE" with the DT cipher. The work features two figures, one of which ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
Plaster Sculpture Bronze Patinated Abstract Art
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Handmade plaster figure with patinated bronze on a wooden base. The sculpture is by the German artist TADÄUS from the series formless body shapes from 2002. A very decorative individ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Large Organic Glazed Stoneware Chestnut Sculpture 20th Century
Located in Benalmadena, ES
This sculptural stoneware piece from the 20th century is a distinct example of artisan work in gres, directly inspired by the natural form of a chestnut burr. The artist skillfully u...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Michael Alfano Yin Yang "Being and Non-Being.." Figural Sculpture
Located in Germantown, MD
“Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other.” The Tao by Michael Alfano.
Yin Yang is a Chinese philosophical concept that describes opposite but in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood
Massive Industrial Ceramic Glove Mold by Shinko of Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
Massive industrial ceramic glove mold by Japnese manufacturer Shinko, circa 1970s. The piece is a cool decorative item that is in excellent conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Matte Brown Ceramic TOTEM with Tiny Crescent Top on Soft Rectangle
Oval Forms
Located in New York, NY
One in a new series of Modern TOTEMS consisting of soft round or rectangular forms on small conical feet. The shapes begin as a solid piece. They are then hollowed out, stacked and t...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Matte Brown Ceramic TOTEM w/ Gold Arc
d Crown on Soft Cube
Oval Forms
Located in New York, NY
One in a new series of Modern TOTEMS consisting of soft round or rectangular forms on small conical feet. The shapes begin as a solid piece. They are then hollowed out, stacked and t...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Hollow Black Rectangular Ceramic Sculpture on Eight Slender Feet
Located in New York, NY
A new series of small sculptures in the Modern Totemic vein. Not exactly humanistic, but they do have feet and personality. They are abstract...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Hollow Black Oval Ceramic Sculpture on Eight Pointed Feet
Located in New York, NY
A new series of small sculptures in the Modern Totemic vein. Not exactly humanistic, but they do have feet and personality. They are abstract...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
High Tea Pot by Studio Wieke Somers, 2003
Located in Dronten, NL
Playful, poetic, and conceptually rich, the High Tea Pot by acclaimed Dutch design studio Wieki Somers transforms a familiar ritual into a work of contemporary art.
Known for their ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fur, Porcelain
Three-Part Hand Built Ceramic Totem, Brown and White Rectangles
Curved Crown
Located in New York, NY
This Totem has three stacking parts, a hollow brown rectangle, hollow white rectangle and a brown curved crescent crown on four small feet. The 3 parts are started as solid forms the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Mottled Deep Blue Hand Built Ceramic Totem, Wide Oval on Curved Foot
Located in New York, NY
Mottled deep blue with light and dark areas, this amazing matte glaze surface was the result of a mistake in glaze chemistry and boy am I glad! Hopefully I can repeat it and you will...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Open Crimped Curve Top, Elongated Center, Tripod Legs, Black Ceramic TOTEM
Located in New York, NY
Hand built ceramic sculpture in mottled black glaze. This piece, one in a series of Modern TOTEMS has a crimped curve open top, an elongated center form, tripod legs and a luscious b...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Carved John Rood (1902-1974) Wood Sculpture Signed 1942
By John Rood
Located in Sarasota, FL
SIgned to the rear and dated 1942.
In 1933 Rood started wood carving in Athens, Ohio and it wasn't long before he had his first one-person exhibit at Argent Galleries, in New York i...
Category
1940s American Vintage Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Black Ceramic TOTEM, Center Sphere, White Crinkled Top, Tripod Legs, Hand Built
Located in New York, NY
This glazed black hand built ceramic modern TOTEM consists of a freeform open top with a middle spherical shape on tripod legs. Part of a series of Modern Totemic works.
The dark brown stoneware clay is hand formed in 3 sections which are attached before firing. The rich Black Glaze on the lower forms alternates between satin and gloss and shows the texture of the clay, while the White Glazed top reveals the artist's hand and the brown clay beneath. Several ceramic techniques are used here, slab construction, coiling and pinching...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Matte Black Ceramic TOTEM, Round and Rectangular Forms, Organic Crinkled Cup Top
Located in New York, NY
One in a new series of modern TOTEMS consisting of soft round or rectangular forms on small conical feet. The shapes begin as a solid piece. They are then hollowed out, stacked and i...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
2015 Italian Yellow Blue Brown Crystal Murano Glass Boat Modernist Art Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A sailing boat, a modern Art sculpture in overlaid Murano glass, signed piece, blown by Luigi Moro, custom made at Vetrerie Riunite Colleoni on the Murano island, worked with the difficult technique Calcedonio glass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Matte Black Hand Built Ceramic TOTEM "Take a Bite" on Tripod Legs
Located in New York, NY
One of a trio of fully hand built ceramic TOTEMS in matte black under glazed stoneware. This one, "Take a Bite" has a small arc-like bite at the top. They each have their own personality which occurs when clay is hand-formed into shapes, connected together, and fired in a hot kiln. The surface is textured and coated with underglaze, giving the impression of black clay. Pictured below with 2 sister pieces: "Tall Feather" and "First Walk on the Moon...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Matte Black Modern TOTEM, Chalice Top on Tripod Legs, Hand Built Ceramic
Located in New York, NY
A Hand Formed Chalice on Tripod Legs, one in a series of Modern TOTEMS, in matte black, underglazed stoneware.
Each TOTEM is unique and has its own person...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Mycelium Floor Lamp 88"H , Alexey Krupinin
Located in Topanga, CA
This series of made-to-order floor lamps is available in additional colors and finishes. Please reach out for customization.
"Mycelium" by Alexey Krupinin is a sculptural exploratio...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Yoga Pose Form Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful organic modern hand carved wooden statue, figure in a pose.
This statue has a wonderful patina and would be perfect for a yoga ...
Category
20th Century French Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Organic Modern White Porcelain Minimalist Apple Sculpture
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Organic Modern classic minimalist white porcelain apple sculpture.
The beauty of natural shape is on full display with this apple form that have graced still-life art for centuries....
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$76 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Citrine Crystals in Matrix and Mounted on an 18th Century Italian Gilt Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Citrine crystals in matrix mounted on a gilded 18th century Italian base. The citrine crystal specimen is adorned with baroque pearls and it sits in a bed of crushed crystals and coo...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Three Volcanic Rock Hand Sculptures, Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Three tabletop sculptures depicting Buddha hands in different "mudras" or positions, Indonesia, mid-20th Century.
Two of the hands depict the "Abhaya" mudra or position, which symb...
Category
1970s Indonesian Vintage Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$440 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Loul Combres, Sculptures
les bisous
, Place des Arts France, 1987
By Loul Combres
Located in Firenze, IT
Pair of sculptures 'les bisous'
Loul Combres (1937) La Garenne-Colombes
Place des Arts, France, 1987
Signed on the base.
Handpainted glazed ceramic.
H 27.5cm x 16 x 10 cm
Cond...
Category
1980s French Vintage Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Figural Bronze Sculpture by Marilyn Kuksht
Located in San Diego, CA
Figural bronze sculpture by Marilyn Kuksht, circa 2000s. The piece is signed on the base and numbered 2/20 on the underside. The sculpture is in in very...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
17th Century Italian Figure of Christ with Calcite Crystals on Barite
Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian (Tuscan) figure of Christ decorated with calcite crystals on a barite and calcite crystal specimen with chalcopyrite. The hand carved figure of Christ is from a ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Pair of 17th Century Italian Carved Arms of Christ with Crystal on Tourmaline
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 17th century Italian (Venetian) carved arms of Christ decorated with crystal and tourmaline on tourmaline in matrix. These hand carved arm...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal
Masai 0.1, black
white sapele wood abstract figurative artwork by Donald Baugh
By Donald Baugh
Located in London, GB
'Masai 0.1' is a unique wooden sculpture by the British artist, Donald Baugh.
Donald Baugh was born in London and from the ages of one to eight lived in Jamaica with his grandparent...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sapele Wood
Mid-Century Hand-Carved Wooden Abstract Dancing Couple Sculpture, 1950s–1960s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Beautiful mid-century hand-carved wooden sculpture depicting an abstract couple in dance. The flowing lines and organic form capture a sense of movement and intimacy, while the smoot...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
African Vintage Wood Carving
Located in Dallas, TX
African vintage wood carving. In my organic, contemporary, vintage and mid-century modern aesthetic.
Category
Early 18th Century African Antique Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$490 Sale Price
44% Off
Only Hope Remains II, a monochrome glass standing sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
Only Hope Remains II' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Cathryn Shilling.
The phrase 'to open Pandora's box' has become synonymous with human downfall, the point of no re...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Colour-Blind The Queen, a glass
mixed-media sculpture by Chris Day
By Chris Day
Located in London, GB
'Colour-Blind The Queen' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Chris Day, created from handblown & sculpted glass with microbore copper pipe, copper wire and rope.
Chris Day ...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Colour-Blind The King, a glass
mixed media sculpture by Chris Day
By Chris Day
Located in London, GB
'Colour-Blind The King' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Chris Day, created from handblown & sculpted glass with microbore copper pipe, copper wire and rope.
Chris Day i...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Andrianna Shamaris Teak Wood Ballerina Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved from a single teak root, a beautiful ballerina dress. We left the bottom section raw in contrast with the top section which has been sanded and polished with a natural oi...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$6,400 / item
Only Hope Remains I, black
white standing glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Only Hope Remains I' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Cathryn Shilling.
The phrase 'to open Pandora's box' has become synonymous with human downfall, the point of no r...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Hollow Black Wide Oval Ceramic Sculpture on Small Feet
Located in New York, NY
A new series of small sculptures in the Modern Totemic vein. Not exactly humanistic, but they do have feet and personality. They are abstract...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Wooden Statue of a Naked Woman Standing in Water by Dutch Sculptor Aart Prins
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Beautiful cherrywood statue of a stylized woman on a resin stand symbolizing clear water. Its is called 'Ontwakende Vrouw II', 'Woman Waking Up 2'. It includes the original invoice to its first owner.
The Dutch sculptor...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood
Matte Black Hand Built Ceramic TOTEM, "First Walk On The Moon" on Tripod Legs
Located in New York, NY
One in a series of fully Hand Built Ceramic TOTEMS in Matte Black Underglazed Stoneware. This one, "First Walk On The Moon" has a full moon-like hollo...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Under the Influence IX a Unique Glass, Copper
Rope Sculpture by Chris Day
By Chris Day
Located in London, GB
Under the Influence IX is a unique sculpture by the British artist Chris Day created from handblown & sculpted glass with micro bore copper pipe, copper wire and rope.
About ‘Unde...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Catcher of the Skies, glass sculpture by Monica Guggisberg
Philip Baldwin
Located in London, GB
'Catcher of the Skies' is a unique pink, orange and black hand-blown and cut glass artwork with steel hull by the American and Swiss artists, Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg.
Combining Scandinavian and Venetian glass making techniques, their sculptural boat centerpieces are made from smaller blown and cut glass components nestled (in sand) inside a metallic hull.
'We are migratory creatures; the history of our species is about journeys, departures, leaving and arriving, starting over. And none more so than ourselves. Our new work is both culturally and personally inclined. An autobiographical touch in civilizational reflection. Wherever man goes he builds, laying down cultural lines which gradually transform into relics and artefacts over time's inevitable march. Urban landscapes and complex designs grow and expand, deteriorate and decay. And on again we move, taking the memories of our exploits with us to use in the next story.' B&G
Baldwin (1947, New York) and Guggisberg (1955, Bern) have been a collaborative team for over forty years. They share an instinctive appreciation for the subtle blending of art and design, functionality and abstract expression, combined with a love of material – especially glass.
The list of museums and collections which have acquired their works is long and impressive. Individual showings, as well as participation in group shows, have given them opportunities to present their works at leading galleries and in major museums in Europe, Japan and the United States and their works rank among the best to be found in the international glass art scene. Working freelance, they have also designed successful products for international glass manufacturers since 1985. Their clients have included renowned firms like Rosenthal, Steuben, Corning and Venini.
Over time their work has developed its own distinctive signature, based in Italian cold-working (battuto) combined with the Swedish overlay process for layering colours. They have been pioneers in adapting these techniques and in creating a distinct expression of their own. Colour, light, texture, pattern, and shape together reveal an undercurrent of meaning and value, adhering to the simplest of forms and clear lines.
Over the years they have become more sculptural in focus, while seeking to imbue their work with a deep connection to archetypal forms and shapes, and striving for the highest level of craftsmanship. They address eternal symbols of human culture and history, while embracing contemporary evolution in form and meaning.
In recent years large installations and major exhibitions in public spaces, such as Canterbury Cathedral...
Category
2010s European Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Heart Flower in Metallic Bronze, Abstract Glass Sculpture by Lena Bergström
Located in London, GB
'Heart Flower in Metallic Bronze' is a unique artwork by the Swedish artist and designer, Lena Bergström.
Created for 'Lena 25+', Bergström's 2022 solo exhibition celebrating the ...
Category
2010s Swedish Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Phateon, a steel
glass train / locomotive inspired sculpture by Jon Lewis
By Jon Lewis
Located in London, GB
'Phateon' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Jon Lewis, created from cast glass, steel, dicroic filter and a 3 1/5 inch gauge steam chassis.
Lewis’ first introduction to glassmaking was in 1989 at Wolverhampton University, where he instantly fell in love with glass as a material.
A reoccurring theme throughout the years within his work has been the synthesis of glass with metal, which under the creative influence of the artist, often results in corrosion, patination and texture. With his Apertura series, blown vessels created from recycled Bang & Olufsen Television glass are coated by ‘spark impregnation’. Lewis intensely grinds iron and other metals, creating a multitude of small, hot, airborne metal particles that instantly bond and finally cover, the surface of his glass. Forever evolving works, the consistent detail for each is a window of pure transparent coloured glass, a framed aperture to the internal space, encased and surrounded by this metallic shell.
In a parallel and completely different body of work, are Lewis' Moonrock sculptures, which combine glass with dichroic filters and employ his own unique technique which began in 1994. Whilst working as a glass blowing assistant in Oregon, an introduction to ‘dichroic thin film interference filters’ as a form of surface decoration on blown glass, saw Lewis see vast potential. This amazing and very technical material, similar to iridescent butterfly wings, produces colour formed by selective reflection as opposed to absorption. The refractive transformation of light through convex and concave lenses and a diffused projection which this film creates, results in artworks that appear to glow from within, emanating a myriad of colours. A constant in Lewis’ glassmaking palette, this series and technique has featured in many notable sculptural & architectural works and derivations.?
These two opposing praxis of the artist’s artistic inquiry, often merge into a single expression. Lewis’ work has evolved into a distinctive vision, a fusion of beauty and uniqueness. Every piece of Lewis' art has a twist, in that each of his designs can be traced back to a single sketch. In many instances scribbled several years before just waiting for that last ingredient of inspiration for it to become a reality and brought to life in his multidisciplinary hot glass and metalwork studio in Essex.
In the artist’s own words;
“In my work I try to create pieces which are hard to identify materially and have an unknown. I enjoy making things whether a glass vessel or a glass furnace, I appreciate things crafted by hand. My history is of engineering and consequently, I love to push the boundaries of what is expected of materials”
Lewis was awarded the Glass Society Prize in the British Glass Biennale 2019. His Transceiver received an Honourable Mention in Trace - Showcasing Sustainable Glass Art, in the Glass Art Society’s Virtual 2021 Conference. His dichroic glass has been used in a number of prestigious architectural commissions, including in the Space Pyramidion at the Child Museum of Cairo and the Bliegiessen Sculpture by Thomas Heatherwick...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
The Cobalt Voyager, unique glass sculpture by Monica Guggisberg
Philip Baldwin
Located in London, GB
'The Cobalt Voyager' is a unique intense electric blue and black hand-blown and cut glass artwork with steel hull by the American and Swiss artists, Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg.
Combining Scandinavian and Venetian glass making techniques, their sculptural boat centerpieces are made from smaller blown and cut glass components nestled (in sand) inside a metallic hull.
'We are migratory creatures; the history of our species is about journeys, departures, leaving and arriving, starting over. And none more so than ourselves. Our new work is both culturally and personally inclined. An autobiographical touch in civilizational reflection. Wherever man goes he builds, laying down cultural lines which gradually transform into relics and artefacts over time's inevitable march. Urban landscapes and complex designs grow and expand, deteriorate and decay. And on again we move, taking the memories of our exploits with us to use in the next story.' B&G
Baldwin (1947, New York) and Guggisberg (1955, Bern) have been a collaborative team for over forty years. They share an instinctive appreciation for the subtle blending of art and design, functionality and abstract expression, combined with a love of material – especially glass.
The list of museums and collections which have acquired their works is long and impressive. Individual showings, as well as participation in group shows, have given them opportunities to present their works at leading galleries and in major museums in Europe, Japan and the United States and their works rank among the best to be found in the international glass art scene. Working freelance, they have also designed successful products for international glass manufacturers since 1985. Their clients have included renowned firms like Rosenthal, Steuben, Corning and Venini.
Over time their work has developed its own distinctive signature, based in Italian cold-working (battuto) combined with the Swedish overlay process for layering colours. They have been pioneers in adapting these techniques and in creating a distinct expression of their own. Colour, light, texture, pattern, and shape together reveal an undercurrent of meaning and value, adhering to the simplest of forms and clear lines.
Over the years they have become more sculptural in focus, while seeking to imbue their work with a deep connection to archetypal forms and shapes, and striving for the highest level of craftsmanship. They address eternal symbols of human culture and history, while embracing contemporary evolution in form and meaning.
In recent years large installations and major exhibitions in public spaces, such as Canterbury Cathedral...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Mid- 20th Century Nude Female Torso Sculpture in Solid Glazed Clay by M. Bart
Located in Beirut, LB
Bring timeless elegance and sensual form into your space with this striking Mid-Century sculpture by artist M. Bart.
Made from solid glazed clay, this semi-abstract female nude exu...
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Mid-20th Century French Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Pair of Carved Wooden Torso of a Female and Male
Located in Dallas, TX
The Brendan Bass Estate Collection pays homage to the beauty of vintage and antique
pieces, each artfully concealing endless stories collected through the generations in which they ...
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20th Century Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Strange Fruit - The Congregation V, a unique mixed media sculpture by Chris Day
By Chris Day
Located in London, GB
'Strange Fruit - The Congregation V' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Chris Day, created from handblown & sculpted glass with terracotta, micro bore copper pipe and coppe...
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2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Prof. ANSELMO OBLETTER BRONZE SCULPTURE STYLIZED FEMALE NUDE
Located in Reutlingen, DE
Exceptional and highly aesthetic sculpture in patinated bronze on a polished shell limestone base by South Tyrolean professor, painter, and sculptor Anselmo Obletter. The piece depic...
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Late 20th Century Italian Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Bronze
Wisdom Set of Sculptures
Located in Barcelos, PT
Wisdom is a set of decorative sculptures made by Karpa's artist Albino Miranda. Inspired by the Japanese proverb "The Three Wise Monkeys". Its structure is made of resin reinforced w...
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2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass
$6,348 / set
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