Helena Starcevic Ceramics Sculptures

A subtle dark golden bronze underscores the form of this piece. Strong, yet gentile, an abstract expression of the animal spine: human, fish, all life forms are referenced here. Ha...

These pieces, the "Floral Objects" started as a creative exercise meant to free the mind and the technique by simply playing with the clay. Within minutes it was clear they would f...

Bright Red Hand-Built Ceramic Sculpture This striking hand-built ceramic sculpture arcs gracefully like a halo, its spine-like form suggesting both movement and vitality. Crafted fr...

A brilliant orange glaze immediately commands attention, illuminating the rhythmic form of this hand-built ceramic sculpture. Bold yet graceful, the work evokes the architecture of t...

This tall "Modern Totem" sculpture consists of softly rectangular rings stacked one on top of the other, on short angled feet. Another smaller angled foot shape is replicated above u...

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...

This Unique Hand Built Ceramic Sculpture is part of a series of works referencing the spine ("Rachis" in Latin). It is fired twice, the second time with a special platinum/metallic g...

There's something about art that hangs in space rather than on the wall. This piece, "Hanging Rachis With Tail" consists of graduating stonewa...

A truly one-of-a-kind work from the artist's private collection, this hand-built stoneware sculpture evokes a mysterious, prehistoric landscape. Layer upon layer of carefully applied...

Three "Moon Phase" TOTEMS, Off-White "Moons" on black tripod legs. Full moon, half-moon and quarter moon. Hand built in dark brown clay which shows through the matte white glaze addi...

Suggestive of an orbital diagram, a celestial body in motion, or the elegant geometry of a molecular structure, this hand-built ceramic sculpture explores balance, movement, and the ...

This hand-built ceramic sculpture recalls the playful geometry of the childhood game of jacks while also suggesting an abstract interpretation of the atomic symbol. Its open, interse...

These pieces, the "Floral Objets" started as a creative exercise meant to free the mind and the technique by simply playing with the clay but soon began to find a direction. They w...

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...

Hand Built Ceramic Sculpture, "Black Coal". A composite of hollow, elongated, pointed oval or elliptical shapes, individually hand-formed clay parts, attached together and fused during the firing. This is a dark stoneware with a black underglaze revealing all the scrapes and marks of the clay underneath. The individual parts are all different, together they create a landscape inspired by the huge bare boulders of the Anza Borrego...

A new series of small sculptures in the Modern Totemic vein. Not exactly humanistic, but they do have feet and personality. They are abstracted, offering a feeling of historic beings...

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...

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...

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...

A further examination of "The Challis" these sculptural pieces become an offering, a gift, a ritual. Rather than just a cup, it is a cup endowed with a unique central sculpture. ...

This Red Ceramic Chalice is a modern take on an ancient idea, designed and hand built by the artist, Helena Starcevic. It has a glossy red glaze over a dark clay body which shows thr...

A further examination of "The Challis" , these pieces are an offering, a gift, a ritual. Rather than a cup to be used it is a piece to be celebrated. Each one completely unique. Bu...

This Metallic Silver-Gray hand-built ceramic sculpture evokes a proud creature that walks and observes. A Modern TOTEM, abstract with an angled head on two middle bars, balanced on 4...

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...

A new series of small sculptures in the Modern Totemic vein. Not exactly humanistic, but they do have feet and personality. They are abstract...

This 3-part crusty yellow-gold hand built ceramic TOTEM is a true gift from the "kiln gods", a term ceramicists often use. Here, the result was totally unpredictable and unexpected. ...

Five sky blue spheres, hand built in white ceramic stoneware. First formed as a solid sphere of clay, then hollowed out and re-attached. After much paddling...

A tall, hand built ceramic Modern TOTEM, created by artist Helena Starcevic, this is one in an ongoing study of the totemic form. Here, there are 4 separate parts hand-formed and att...

This shorter "Modern Totem" sculpture consists of softly rectangular rings stacked one on top of the other, on short angled feet. Another angled foot is replicated above under the to...

Inspired by the viewing of the 2017 Total Eclipse of the Sun, these pieces consist of uniquely hand-formed conical shapes, like bursts or rays eminating from an interior sphere. This challenging form takes weeks to construct, many more for the multiple underglaze applications and firings required. "Starburst" sphere in natural white with blue or gray depicts the muted tones of the underglazes used. There is no...

A new series of small sculptures in the Modern Totemic vein. Not exactly humanistic, but they do have feet and personality. They are abstract...

Hollow yet weighted, this contemplative ceramic sculpture is both an object to look at as well as to hold. The center opening creates negative space, suggesting the passing through o...

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...

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...

Three separate small Ceramic Totemic forms in Mottled Turquoise and Dark Blue. They each consist of a single vertical ring on a small curved leg. Ea...

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...

"Reclining Rachis", in a Mottled White Glaze, is part of an ongoing series investigating the spine. It is hand formed and fired twice, using a dark stoneware clay body with a satin s...

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...

Blue, black and white ceramic sphere. This 3-inch piece is coated in many layers of "Terra Sigillata" a liquid clay that has been used in ceramics around the world for centuries. Her...

A hollow oval sculpture on 4 button feet. Part of a new series of related pieces, a sculptural "Family" of Modern Shapes as ceramic stoneware objects. This piece has a dark matte bro...

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...

Hand built Ceramic Sculpture, "White Cloud". A composite of hollow, elongated pointed oval or elliptical shapes, individually hand-formed clay parts, attached together and fused during the firing. White stoneware with a white underglaze creating a soft, powdery surface that still shows a bit of texture from the clay. They have a cloud-like presence, inspired by the huge bare boulders of the Anza Borrego...

A further examination of "The Challis" these sculptural pieces become an offering, a gift, a ritual. Rather than a cup to be used it is a piece to be celebrated. Each one complete...

A further examination of "The Challis" these sculptural pieces are an offering, a gift, a ritual. Rather than a cup to be used it is a piece to be celebrated. Each one completely ...

This series was conceived as a way for the Collector to really interact with a work of art. Titled "Play With Me, No Really" it refutes the idea that "Art" must sit alone on a pedes...

This year I began focussing on the feet of a piece. How can I change the personality of the artwork by changing the feet it stands on? This challenging piece has many longer feet, ...

This year I began focussing on the feet of a piece. How can I change the personality of the artwork by changing the feet it stands on? This challenging piece has many longer feet, ...

A new series of small sculptures in the Modern Totemic vein. Not exactly humanistic, but they do have feet and personality. They are abstract...

Blue Planet Sphere is a round elliptically shaped sculpture, like a flattened, angle-edged ball. Not exactly shaped like our Blue Planet, it still looks li...

A new series of small sculptures in the Modern Totemic vein. Not exactly humanistic, but they do have feet and personality. They are abstract...

A new series of small sculptures in the Modern Totemic vein. Not exactly humanistic, but they do have feet and personality. They are abstract...

Hand built Ceramic Sculpture, in Gray/Green Underglaze. The Gray/Green is hard to capture: more dark gray than green, it has the feeling of the color sage green. The piece is a composite of hollow pods, elongated, pointed oval or elliptical shapes. They are individually hand-formed, attached together and fused during the firing. White stoneware clay with gray/green underglazes create a soft, powdery surface that still shows a bit of texture from the clay. It is not glazed. The Composite Series has an earthy presence, inspired by the huge bare boulders of the Anza Borrego...

This luscious, creamy, almost waxy off-white surface is the combination of 2 glazes. One in a series of Modern TOTEMS, there are 3 parts, including a rectangular cup form on top. The...

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...