Organic Modern Ceramics
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
Mexican Ceramic Corn Skull Sculpture Hand Crafted Folk Art, Edition 1/30
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
“My purpose in making this skull is to represent the different types of native maize that since remote times have brought food security to our ancestors, giving them the time to develop the knowledge and arts to the extent they did,” says Mexican ceramist Omar Hernández...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Studio Pottery Earthenware Bowl in Flow Blue and White - Signed 1972
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A petite earthenware ceramic bowl. This small vessel will be a great addition to a coffee table used as a vase, or a side table as a trinket dish. We also love the idea of using it a...
Category
1970s American Vintage Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Paint
1960 Bertoncello Italian Vintage Brown Red Beige Ceramic Ashtray Bowl/Catch-All
Located in New York, NY
Create a sculptural arrangement of organic shapes, combining style statement and functionality with these Italian vintage earthenware Art pieces: a group of 4 Mid-Century Modern different ceramics is available, 3 vases and a bowl/catch-all, by Bertoncello and designer Roberto Rigon, showing inspiration from Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore work. This particular postmodern sculpture bowl is quite innovative in its aerodynamic shape for the period and particularly in the mid-20th-century ceramic sector, glazed in a beige terracotta...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Signed Studio Pottery Gourd by Greg Kuharic
By Greg Kuharic
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine Glazed Ceramic Studio Ceramic by noted artist Greg Kuharic. Signed and dated 2005 on the base. An olive green gourd with textured spiky ribs and a ...
Category
Early 2000s Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Simon Moore Studio Hand Made Pottery White Bowl
By Simon Moore
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Simon Moore studio hand made ceramic, pottery bowl, free form.
White color, signed.
Japanese style, very delicate and light.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Ceramic Ashtray French Jean Derval Bird 50's Vintage F285
By Jean Derval
Located in Lyon, FR
Square ashtray from the 50's by the French ceramist Jean Derval from Vallauris. Very nice glazing on the whole ashtray with a stylized drawing of a bird in the centre. Signature of t...
Category
1950s French Vintage Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mexican Day of the Dead Ceramic Skull Hand-made Folk Art Sculpture, Edition 1/30
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
You can almost smell the spicy aroma of the chilies in this skull. Mexican artist, Omar Hernández creates a vivid representation of the ingredient that ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Mexican Ceramic Skull Sculpture Handcrafted Folk Art, Edition 1/30
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Imagine a drink only drunk in weddings between royalty, accompanying the dead in their transit to the underworld, and celebrating military victories or successful commercial expediti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Mexican Handmade Ceramic Skull Sculpture Collection Made in Limited Editions
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
"As a Mexican and Oaxacan, but more as Omar, I see death as something present. It´s something that is a part of life and when you think about death, you begin to value a lot of things. Death is important to me because it’s a constant threat. If you think about dying now, you would probably do things that in another moment you would say, “I’ll do it later.” I see death as an opportunity to live a better life...a continuation of something," says Mexican ceramist Omar Hernández.
Omar Hernandez is a Mexican ceramist born and raised in Oaxaca, Mexico. As a child, growing up in a family of potters he didn't have much interest in making pottery, but in his early 20's he realized he could do other things with clay that weren't necessarily utilitarian pieces. It was then that Omar started his skull...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
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Beatrice Wood Signed Midcentury California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful gem of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly coveted, gorgeously radiant turquoise luster glaze. A beautiful design with a delicate long neck rising from a circular base. Classic and timeless.
Signed by Beatrice in her customary "Beato" on the underside of the base (with noted inventory number).
Would be an amazing addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of her work or a fabulous stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. One of the best Beatrice Wood's luster glaze vases we have come across in quite a while.
Know famously in the art world as "The Mama of Dada", Wood lived a long (1893-1998) and very fruitful, creative life and is considered by many experts and collectors alike to have been a centerpiece in the modern ceramic art movement of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. At one point in her career, Wood studied with master potters Otto and Gertrud Natzler and later become famed in her own right for her distinct luster-glazing techniques. In 1994, the Smithsonian Institution named Wood an "Esteemed American Artist".
Her other awards include:
1994 Governor’s Awards for the Arts (California)
1993 Recognition as A Role Model by Women in Film
1992 Gold Medal for Highest Achievement in Craftsmanship, American Craft Council
1988 Distinguished Service Award, Arizona State University
1987 Fellow of American Craft Council Women’s Art Caucus, National Award (NCECA Award)
1986 Women’s Building Award
1984 Living Treasure of California
1983 Symposium Award of the Institute for Ceramic History
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Alan Wallwork Studio Pottery Split Pod Sculpture
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stoneware studio pottery 'split pod' form designed by Alan Wallwork (British, 1931-2019) and dating from around 1980. The heavily made sculptural pod sta...
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Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Mid-Century Modern Japanese Hawaiian Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging relatively large sumptuously glazed bowl by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The high-fired porcelain bowl features a v...
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H 3.25 in W 8.5 in D 8.6 in
Mexican Vintage Ken Edwards Tonala Pottery Hand Painted Quail Bird
By Ken Edwards
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Ken Edwards Mexican ceramic quail bird form Tonala Pottery.
Beautiful vintage Mexican hand made and hand painted TONALA Art Pottery.
Deco...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Tonala Folk Art Pottery Charger, Hand Painted Rabbit, Mexico, circa 1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
Tonala folk art pottery charger or wall plate - large size - hand made and hand painted with a rabbit, bird and foliage - elaborate border - unsigned - Mexico - circa 1970's.
Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - original metal hanger...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Beatrice Wood Signed Pink Lava Glaze Midcentury California Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice Wood signed bowl featuring a unique pink lava glaze and piercing blue crackle glass in the cente...
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Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Ceramics
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H 1 in W 6.25 in D 6.1 in
Lucky Chinoiserie Famille Rose Pink Ceramic Vase Birds and Geckos, 20th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A tall chinoiserie famille rose vase with a floral and bird motif. This gorgeous ceramic vessel will be fabulous on a center table, side table, or in a foyer on a credenza. The neck ...
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20th Century Hong Kong Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
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H 14.5 in W 9 in D 7.25 in
Mexican Tonala Pottery Hand Painted Bird Folk Art
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery bird Folk Art.
Flora de la Cruz Acapulco Gro Mexico hand painted bird dove ceramic.
Warm earth tone polych...
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Tonala Folk Art Pottery Charger, Hand Painted Swan, Mexico, Circa 1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
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Peter Shire Signed Ceramic California Exp Studio Pottery Splatter Bowl, 1982
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and scarce work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) o...
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H 3 in W 7.15 in D 7.15 in
Italian Midcentury Red Ceramic Vase by Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello
Located in Vienna, AT
This fantastic large Italian glazed ceramic vase was designed by Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello art ceramics ca around 1970.
It features a Beautiful speckled glaze in different shades...
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1960s Italian Vintage Organic Modern Ceramics
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Mexican Tonala Hand Painted Colorful Pottery Dove
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery dove Folk Art.
Rita Tilleya Yelapa Mexico hand painted ceramic bird dove.
Warm earth tone polychrome color...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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Large Bennington Potters Tawny Mustard Glazed Bowl, David Gil
Located in Garnerville, NY
A large Bennington Potters, Bennington, Vermont Tawny Mustard glazed bowl. Signed on the bottom, Bennington Potter, Bennington, Vermont, dg, *2180. David Gil design. Large and impressive bowl. Circa 1970. A gorgeous golden centerpiece...
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1970s American Vintage Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mexican Ceramic Skull Sculpture Handcrafted Folk Art Day of the Dead
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
The word tzompantli or tzompantle comes from the Náhuatl (Aztec) language and means skull rack or scaffold of skulls. In different Mesoamerican cultures, skulls from the sacrificed w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Eileen Lewenstein Cluster Studio Pottery Sculptural Organic Form
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and stylish studio pottery stoneware organic form titled Cluster by acclaimed English ceramicist Eileen Lewenstein and made in the 1970's and was potted in Hampstead in London. The sculptural piece is of oval shape and comprises of tightly compressed conical apertures decorated in shades of brown and green and stand on a small flat unglazed base. There is an old paper label and possible indistinct mark. Accompanied by a hand written and signed card...
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H 4.73 in W 5.32 in D 3.94 in
1966 Victoria Littlejohn Pottery Weed Pot Vase
Located in Miami, FL
This glazed Victoria Littlejohn vase is signed and dated 1966. With a dark blue green gunmetal glaze, it is a stylized mushroom shape and has five circular holes in the top to receiv...
Category
1960s American Vintage Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Mexican Ceramic Corn Skull Sculpture Handcrafted Folk Art, Edition 1/30
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
“My purpose in making this skull is to represent the different types of native maize that since remote times have brought food security to our ancestors, giving them the time to develop the knowledge and arts to the extent they did,” says Mexican ceramist Omar Hernández...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
H 8.67 in W 7.09 in D 9.65 in
Mexican Ceramic Skull Sculpture Handcrafted Contemporary Art, Edition 2/30
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
The word tzompantli or tzompantle comes from the Náhuatl (Aztec) language and means skull rack or scaffold of skulls. In different Mesoamerican cultures, skulls from the sacrificed w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
H 6.7 in W 5.91 in D 9.06 in
1960s Man O'War Pottery Vessel by Laura Stanczyk Risd
By Laura Stanczyk
Located in Garnerville, NY
Executed by RISD potter, Laura Stanczyk, circa 1967-69. Heavy, thick walled slab constructed pottery vessel representing the venomous giant siphonophore, the Man O' War or Physalia p...
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1960s American Vintage Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Mexican Ceramic Skull Sculpture Handcrafted Folk Art, Edition 2/30
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
The word tzompantli or tzompantle comes from the Náhuatl (Aztec) language and means skull rack or scaffold of skulls. In different Mesoamerican cultures, skulls from the sacrificed w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Impressive West German 1990s Copper Metallic and Lava-Glazed Ceramic Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large-scaled and impressive West German 1990's copper metallic and lava-glazed ceramic vase of large ovoid form with a crackled copper metallic glaze with lava glazed highlights
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1990s German Organic Modern Ceramics
Organic Modern ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Organic Modern ceramics for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage ceramics created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, clay and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Organic Modern ceramics made in a specific country, there are Europe, Mexico, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Omar Hernández , Greg Kuharic, Jean Derval, and Roberto Rigon. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for ceramics differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $450 and tops out at $4,800 while the average work can sell for $1,325.
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