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'Brittle Moment' A Unique Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Pekka Paikkari, 2015

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An impressive ceramic wall sculpture ”Brittle Moment” made by Pekka Paikkari in 2015. Featuring a beautiful and unique design, in which the artists imagination is combined with a creative production process. It's guaranteed to be a wonderful addition to any interior, collection, home or exhibiton etc. The art piece is in pristine condition since it is fairly new, and straight from the artists workshop. Signed "Pekka Paikkari 2015". Pekka's primary material of use is clay. In his own words, he was always fascinated by the way that ice cracks, and using clay gave him an opportunity to replicate that effect. In the production process of his sculptures, the clay is beaten, hit, shaped and molded by hand and other tools such as sticks and bricks and so on. The newly forming, still incomplete ceramic art piece is then let to sit for a while. The surface of the clay pieces start forming different cracks, which will in a way determine the intended final design. Then the clay is fired in the kiln, which will turn it into ceramics. Pekka describes this as "constructing a never ending story". Slowly the final shape starts to flow through Pekka´s higher dimensions and imagination, and the sculpture is completed. Although this wall sculpture might look fragile, that it is not, on the contrary, it's quite durable, robust and strong. Pekka Paikkari (1960-) is a very established contemporary ceramic artist from Finland. Pekka has been a designer for Arabia and a founding member of the iconic Arabia Art Department Society since the early 1980s. Paikkari is well known for his sizeable unique ceramic sculpures and other unique objects, as well as a number of monumental public sculptures that can be found in different locations in Finland. Pekka made a name for himself with his distinctive style and impressive technique. His works are found in a number of prestigious museums and private collections such as the Hostler Burrows Art Gallery in N.Y., the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art in Gifu Japan, the Faenza Museum of Ceramics in Italy, The British Museum, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, the Art Collections on the Finnish State, and the Kakkonen Collections, Helsinki, Finland. Selected Bibliography: 1992 Timo Laiho, "Pekka Paikkari - Karborundum", Finland 2006 "Pekka Paikkari: The Never-Ending", exhibition catalogue, Turku Finland 2016 Heeney, Gwen, ed. The Post-Industrial Landscape as Site for Creative Practice: Material Memory. Camridge Scholars Publishing 2017 Wall Street International, "New Ceramic Artists" Pekka has been awarded a number of grants and awards as well. And he has had more than 200 solo and selected group exhibitions locally and internationally.
  • Creator:
    Pekka Paikkari (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 45.28 in (115 cm)Width: 24.81 in (63 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
  • Style:
    Modern (In the Style Of)
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  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    2015
  • Production Type:
    New & Custom(One of a Kind)
  • Estimated Production Time:
    Available Now
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Helsinki, FI
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU6346239622592
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