Human Hardware Cast In Bronze. Tongues, Ears and Hands Handles and Drawer Pulls.

Brooklyn-based Artist and sculptor Malia Jensen has created some interesting functional art for the home, exclusively for Artware Editions. Drawer pulls and door handles cast in bronze and patinated bronze are shaped like human tongues, ears and hands. The unique hardware is made in only 100 editions of each.


Tongue Pulls, 2013, polished bronze:




Tongue A (small): 7/16" h. x 1 1/8" w. x 1" d.
Tongue B (small): 3/8" h. x 1 1/8" w. x 1 1/2" d.
Tongue C (large): 5/8" h. x 1 5/8" w. x 1 7/16" d.
edition of 100, each

Small: $175 each
Large: $200 each

Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2" thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.

Ear Pulls, 2013, polished bronze:



Round: 1 1/2" x 7/8" x 7/8"
Pointy: 1 1/2" x 3/4" x 7/8"
edition of 100, each

Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2" thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.
$180.00

Hand Handles (based on Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel), 2013, patinated bronze:



installed dimensions: 1 1/2" h. x 6 3/8" w. x 1 1/2" d.
edition of 100 pairs

Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2" thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.
$600.00


Shop for these and other items by Malia Jensen here at Artware Editions.

The Human Form As Seen By Contemporary Sculptor Emil Alzamora.

By deftly crafting and casting bronze, porcelain, ceramic, and gypsum into metaphorical, fantastical and literal interpretations of the human form, Peruvian born Emil Alzamora's work conjures up that of numerous and varied renowned sculptors such as Brancusi, Botero and Giacometti. The surreal imagery of Magritte and Dali also come to mind when admiring these hauntingly beautiful renderings of the male and female form.






























The Artist's Statement:
The human form is a constant within my work. I am interested in exploring what it means to inhabit one, often exaggerating or distorting different aspects of the form to reveal an emotional or physical situation, or to tell a story about a predicament or an occurrence. The space between limitation and potential is as human as the flesh, yet hardly as tangible. In my works I strive to make visible this interaction.


Emil Alzamora was born in Lima, Peru in 1975 and raised in Boca Grande, Florida. There he attended Florida State University where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Alzamora started his sculpting career in the Hudson Valley working with Polich Art Works as an enlarger in the Fall of 1998. Since leaving P.A.W. in early 2001, he has produced and shown his work throughout New York Boston main and Florida. He currently resides and works in beacon, NY.

Emil's work can be found at the following galleries:
Divergence Fine Art
Artbreak Gallery
Lanoue Fine Art
David B. Smith Gallery
Turner Carroll Gallery
Images courtesy of the artist , Divergence Gallery, and Artnet