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Sculpture in terracotta:  the torso of a young woman as she leans on an unseen arm on the seat below her.  The ceramic sculpture is open at the neck and right shoulder.  Lovely mid-to dark brown patina.  For indoor display only.
Back side of a leaning torso of a seated woman.  ceramic tabletop sculpture sitting on a dresser top.
Side view of the torso sculpture, showing the hole where the arm would start and the profile of breast and belly
Top or aerial view of the torso sculpture to show how thick is the fired clay as well as the hollowness of the figure and thickness of the walls that form the body of a woman in art
View of the front of the hips, as well as the subtle chipped part at the lower edge of the left leg of the ceramic torso sculpture by Kelly Borsheim
Signed by the artist Kelly Borsheim, this terra-cotta sculpture is numbered 5/20
Leaning Torso shown in this music / living room with the painting "A Sculptor's studio" hanging on the facing wall.  Both artworks by Kelly Borsheim
Sculpture of a leaning female torso rests on a low table in front of a framed print of artist Kelly Borheim's "The Triumph of Icarus."
A medium-sized sculpture of a woman's torso in terra-cotta looks great next to the same artist's bronze sculpture of a standing, embracing couple, Together and Alone.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Sculpture in terracotta:  the torso of a young woman as she leans on an unseen arm on the seat below her.  The ceramic sculpture is open at the neck and right shoulder.  Lovely mid-to dark brown patina.  For indoor display only.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Back side of a leaning torso of a seated woman.  ceramic tabletop sculpture sitting on a dresser top.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Side view of the torso sculpture, showing the hole where the arm would start and the profile of breast and belly
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Top or aerial view of the torso sculpture to show how thick is the fired clay as well as the hollowness of the figure and thickness of the walls that form the body of a woman in art
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, View of the front of the hips, as well as the subtle chipped part at the lower edge of the left leg of the ceramic torso sculpture by Kelly Borsheim
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Signed by the artist Kelly Borsheim, this terra-cotta sculpture is numbered 5/20
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Leaning Torso shown in this music / living room with the painting "A Sculptor's studio" hanging on the facing wall.  Both artworks by Kelly Borsheim
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Sculpture of a leaning female torso rests on a low table in front of a framed print of artist Kelly Borheim's "The Triumph of Icarus."
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, A medium-sized sculpture of a woman's torso in terra-cotta looks great next to the same artist's bronze sculpture of a standing, embracing couple, Together and Alone.

Leaning Torso Terra-cotta Sculpture

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"Leaning Torso"
16 h  x 18 w x 12 d inches
ceramic sculpture, #5 of limited edition of 20 (after original)
copyright 1996 Kelly Borsheim
Price:  $ 800  USD (includes shipping within US)

 

      This is an edition made from one of my earliest sculptures.  I was studying 3-d art at the Elisabet Ney Sculpture Conservatory in Austin, Texas.  Jon Formo was one of my favorite teachers.  He not only taught technique, but wanted us to use chance or random things, or even experimenting with techniques to enhance our creativity.  

     The class was probably held in 1995.  The original terra-cotta (baked earth) torso sculpture sold at my very first Sculptfest (then called Sculp*fest) at the Charles Umlauf Sculpture Museum & Garden with the Texas Society of Sculptors (TSOS) in Austin.

 

     I later made a plaster mold of the piece that was constructed using the slab method of clay building.  I worked from a live model who was leaning on one arm while sitting on a bench.  I was not sure it would work to build a hollow body.  And I was not sure how to end the composition.  I walked across the room to have a look from a distance and when I asked my teacher if I should add the arm, he simply said, "Where is the line that the eye follows?"  Diagonally up, I thought.  And I walked quickly back to my sculpture and lopped off the part of the shoulder arm that I had been confused about, putting a hole there. 

     Later at the Ney Faculty-Student show, an experienced sculptor told me that the composition looked odd to her because of the lack of the arm.  But I just smiled because if anything of this piece had been intentional, it was the diagonal and the triangle negative space.  I was not going to second guess it again.  This experience helped me each time I have received a critique of my work:  sometimes I miss something.  Others are intentional decisions due to any number of visual reasons that have become my voice.

 

    I hope that you enjoy.  It is this piece whose right side outline became the curvy part in my logo.  I wanted to show that my brain sees the world in triangles, even when creating curves.  The graphic designer could not seem to get it, so I traced the outline of the sculpture to show him how everything is connected in my brain and he used that line to my surprise and joy.

 

P.S.  Please note the small chip on the bottom front of the left leg of this female torso ceramic sculpture.  Sold as is.

 

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