About Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Helena Starcevic Ceramics produces work that straddles the line between fine and decorative art. Each piece is one of a kind, hand-built entirely by the artist in her New York studio. Taking inspiration from the natural world, Ms. Starcevic's work includes references to the stark beauty of the desert, prehistoric cave paintings, and the human form (within and without). Everything is filtered through Ms. Starcevic’s own singular aesthetic, at once quiet yet strong, meditative, and beautiful. Pieces are made in different clays and finishes, and at different scales. G...Read More
Featured Pieces
Bright Red Ceramic Sculpture, Hand Built, Six Soft Rectangles on Angled Legs
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Located in New York, NY
Part of an ongoing exploration into the sculptural family of Modern Totemic Forms and Objects, all hand built in ceramic stoneware. They are "modern" in the Mid-Century Modern vein....
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
32-Legged Black Glazed Ceramic Sculpture
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Located in New York, NY
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, ...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
24-Legged Black Glazed Ceramic Sculpture
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Located in New York, NY
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, ...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Very Large Hand Built Ceramic Serving or Fruit Bowl in Creamy White
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Located in New York, NY
Rustic yet elegant, hand built ceramic serving bowl. Its handmade quality and sculptural reference makes it a beautiful piece for the table at all times. At over 12 inches in diame...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Matte Black Hand Built Ceramic TOTEM, "First Walk On The Moon" on Tripod Legs
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
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 Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Black with Dark Green Undertones Hollow Ceramic Sculpture Ball Feet, Hand Built
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
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
Black Oval Ceramic Sculpture with 2 Rows of Small Pointed Feet
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
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 Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Gold and Brown Wood Fired Hand Built Bowl with Swirling Shino Glaze
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular example of the possible results from a wood firnig. This small hand built ceramic bowl is truly unique, from the rustic hand formed shape and rim to the surface treatme...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Wood-Fired Hand Built Bowl with Shino Glaze
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Located in New York, NY
This small hand built ceramic bowl is truly unique, from the rustic hand formed shape to the surface treatment. It was wood-fired in an "Anagama" kiln in Upstate New York, a traditional Japanese kiln. These kilns are made of special bricks built on a slowly slanting hillside with several firing chambers. Wood must be added to the fire over several days and nights. Heat and smoke from the ash swirls through the kiln, landing almost randomly on the work. Depending on its location in the kiln and any glaze that was applied, the effects can vary widely. This piece has a traditional Shino Glaze...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic
Very Tall Sculptural White Ceramic Vase, Hand Built, 27 Inches Tall
Located in New York, NY
Very Tall, Sculptural Hand Built White Vase. This series of vases was made as an investigation into functional sculpture, not just as ordinary vases but true statement pieces. Echoing the flow of air or the sound of music, these elongated vessels...
Category
2010s Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Handbuilt Ceramic Sculpture, Pod Composite 'Black Coal' in Matte Black
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ceramic Sculpture "Starburst" Sphere in Natural White With Blue/Gray Interior
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
