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This exceptional work stands as a defining example of contemporary ceramic sculpture, masterfully conceptualized as a tactile experiment in perception and optical contradiction. Rising from a dense, cylindrical core, the hand-built fine art piece expands into a perfectly balanced openwork framework of concentric geometric loops, structural columns, and sweeping lateral handles. Heras challenges assumptions of shape by enveloping the stoneware in a rich teal-green satin glaze, beautifully disrupted by raw gold horizontal bands and heavy smoky dark overglazes that bleed along the outer edges. By allowing graphic linear drawings to actively conflict with the underlying three-dimensional volume, the artist delivers an irreplaceable archive-quality centerpiece that successfully bridges object and imagery.

 

A playful and conceptual series of handmade sculptures where surface and form shift and deceive. The artist uses earthy materials to create visual contradictions—optical illusions, warped patterns, and unexpected geometry. Sometimes the surface drawings reinforce the shape, sometimes they contradict it. Each one of a kind sculpture is both an object and an image, a tactile experiment in perception. Graphic in style, yet sculptural in nature, these pieces challenge how we see and what we assume to understand.

 

 Add a powerful three-dimensional totem to your private collection; acquire this original contemporary ceramic sculpture by Aniana Heras securely on our website.

Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture - Hidra, 2025. From Seeing Form. By Aniana Heras

$2,860.00Price
  • Aniana Heras

    Hidra, 2025

    From Seeing Form Series 

    Glazed white stoneware

     

    Dimensions: 14.9 H x 11.4 W x 5.9 D in.

    Weigh: 1,9 kg

  • Aniana Heras is a Spanish ceramic sculptor based in Berlin. Born in the countryside of Sigüenza (Guadalajara, Spain) and trained in arts and design in Madrid and Barcelona, she spent over 15 years working as a digital designer before turning to clay in 2022. What began as an experiment quickly became a vital, physical and meditative practice—an anchor to presence and a way to reconnect with the material world.

    Largely self-taught, Heras has developed a body of work that is both earthy and conceptually rich. Her handmade, one of a kind sculptures often arise from improvisation, guided by the act of making itself. Through her practice, she explores ideas of timelessness, balance, and contrast—tradition versus innovation, function versus form. Her pieces challenge both material and meaning, drawing inspiration from traditional Spanish pottery, contemporary sculpture, architecture, and design.

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