C E L E S T I A L
Contemporary Unglazed

ERIC SERRITELLA
North Carolina, USA
​2024

3 x 8 x 8 inches
Ceramic
Wheel-Thrown, Hand-Built, Hand-Carved
Fired to 2124°F

Yes, we’re to blame. Humans’ environmental disregard is eliminating ecosystems and driving extinctions – perhaps even our own. Where will we go from here and what will we find?

The hyper-realistic, bonsai-inspired planter floats amongst the stars, its soft foot underneath causing it to appear as if hovering just above the ground. The welcoming interior invites a skyward-reaching tree, with its cosmos-stretching branches launching itself into new outer worlds.

Ceramic mirrors the Universe’s fragility and durability—easily damaged if disrespected yet invincible in inherent beauty and longevity. The weathered and distressed organic creation is filled with metaphor, both literal and implied. Anthropomorphic elements and vessel form links humanity as timelessly inseparable from our surroundings, both here and in new explorations of space.

A B O U T   E R I C   S E R R I T E L L A

Eric Serritella specializes in hand-carved sculptures transforming clay into birch, charred and weathered logs. His one-of-a-kind pieces are known for their hyper-realism, and have been exhibited, awarded and collected on 5 continents for their exquisite organic design and incredibly lifelike textures. Works have been contributed to over 160 exhibitions and two dozen are represented in public collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Mint Museum, and Rochesters Memorial Art Gallery. His explorations in glass have widened his pallet for material and color and emerged in a new body of cast glass and pate de verre, often in combination with clay elements.
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