Sculptures at Home

Last week we gave you a look inside our home — a work in progress — and shared some of our many projects. One challenge is how to store and display our recent clay sculptures. To get ideas on incorporating the bulky artform into our home, we rounded up homes with sculpture collections.

Bulky and space-consuming, sculptures and much more difficult to have in the home than wall art like paintings, prints, and drawings. Old architectural columns and tall outdoor tables make great sculpture pedestals. Do you have sculptures at home? How do you display them?

Shown in the Images:
• the bathroom in Rachael's Apartment Therapy Inspired Design Lab
• Yassir's Mid-Century Modern with an Asian Twist
• The Coles' Carriage House Turned Art Studio have sculptures inside and outside the house
• Jon Brooks' Home: A Sculptor’s Handmade Retreat
• Caryn's Raw & Romantic Fairytale Loft

Related Posts on Sculpture:
•How To: Display Sculpture
•From SSBS: Chicago Sculptor Mary Brogger

Comments (5)

I wish I owned more statuary and I cherish what I have. There is a small, circular statue on my dining room table (in place of a candleholder I suppose. You can see it at http://onegrandhome.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/diningroom2-0082.jpg . My poor African sculpture is always wandering around the latest apartment in search of a real, fixed place to live. I'm not quite sure why. My head of Buddha is the focal point of my living room and has always had an exalted place. I'm actually affixing a stainless steel sculpture to my bedframe and I keep some sculptural objects peeking out from under my bed, which you can see here http://onegrandhome.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/the-perfect-spot-for-a-dream/ . I love eccentric placement of statues but I really am not a fan of the top-of-the-toilet tank placement. Just too seemingly unhygienic.

i'd put them on steel display shelves. one small shelf for each piece.

I'm a part-time sculptor so there are always pieces sitting around in various stages of completion. I keep the top shelf of one bookcase for nearly completed work and sit smaller pieces on bookshelves. I have two small glass cases (one is a recycled doll's case with a mirrored back) to display sculptures. I frequently trade work with other artists so I rotate the work displayed every month or two so I can enjoy all of them can be enjoyed.

Oops. Sorry about the repeat. Did I mention that I really enjoy my sculpture collection? :-)

I'm sorry. But the two in the first photo look like poop.