If you've ever looked closely at a flower, you know that each flower has its own unique shape and intricate petal pattern. New York artist Owen Mann uses realistic clay flowers and succulents to express the beauty of nature. Each piece can be laid flat or used as a unique wall hanging, giving you a small piece of nature that can be permanently decorated.
The self-taught sculptor made his first clay flower (a red and white rose) for his mother when he was 10 years old, but it wasn't until his 20s that he returned to making the Crafts. Today, Owen Mann has created more than 1,000 immortal clay flowers. From peonies to dahlias, each piece captures the fragility of silky petals and the mesmerizing spiral patterns they form.
Owen Mann often photographs his own works, some of which are uncoated to highlight the elegant qualities of the porcelain, while others are brought to life with brightly colored glazes. Many of the works appear so lifelike that they look as if they had just been plucked from the artists own colorful garden. Owen Mann said: "Every flower is different and I will never stop making them."
New York-based ceramicist Owen Mann creates realistic flowers and succulents out of porcelain and clay.
Each intricate composition captures the fragility of the flowers filamentous petals.
They are so lifelike they look as if they had just been plucked from the artists own colorful garden.
