Steven Klinsky Fine Art

Simple lines, elegant, and from the heart; those are the main focus of my artwork. As with many art forms, the most difficult objectives to achieve are purity and simplicity. With my vases, bowls, and thrown sculptures I strive to utilize clean lines and fluidity, giving each form a look of graceful motion.


Steven Anton Klinsky
Biography

Intrigued by potters throwing on the wheel since he was a young child, in 1979 Steven was encouraged by friends to take a pottery class taught by Mr. Paul White at Carmel-by-the Sea, CA. It was a class that would change his life. It seemed to be that working with clay came naturally… a gift. Within a short time he was selling pieces at art shows, due to an eye for clean lines and form. At one show he was approached by the owner of a design showroom located in Beverly Hills, CA about making large-scale ceramic vases and urns. This started him in a direction of larger pieces, and soon art venues were carrying Klinsky ceramics in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Laguna Beach, and Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, and Seattle, WA, Chicago, IL, and Phoenix, AZ.

Living and working in Encinitas, CA for twenty+ years ( and prior to that, Venice, and Santa Cruz, CA ) Steven has been able to enjoy both his ceramic...

self taught

My ceramics are all wheel thrown and crystalline glazed. While the majority of crystalline ceramists use an electric kiln, programming it to fire automatically, all of my finings are done in a large gas kiln; this requires my hands on adjustment of temperature for up to 24 hours. The slight fumes of the gas firing, compared to the pristine atmosphere of electric firing, have a slight effect on the colors, setting my glazes apart from most.

The crystalline process requires me to make a catch tray for each piece, and a donut/stilt for each piece to stand on as the glaze runs freely off of the piece at peak temperature. This runoff glaze fuses the piece to the donut/ stilt and catch tray. As the temperature climbs during the firing process, zinc-silicate crystals form spontaneously from the high zinc and silica content of the glaze. Once the firing reaches peak temperature, the kiln is cooled to the exact temperature for the crystals to actually grow. Much experimentation is required to find this growing temperature, and it is different for each glaze. This growing temperature must be carefully maintained for up to 8 hours for larger crystals. When cooled, the crystals are a permanent decoration, with su...

August 5, 2010 2nd place all mediums Girls Inc. Art Show Santa Fe, NM


March 6, 2011 1st place award for ceramic art
Art in the Square Frisco, TX


April 1, 2011 2nd place ceramics
Indian Wells Art Festival Indian


From 2010- 2014 participated in major fine art shows including:

State Street Fine Art Ann Arbor, MI
Bayou Festival Fine Art Houston, TX
Beverly Hills Art Show Beverly Hills, CA
Sarasota Fine Art Festival Sarasota, FL
St. James Court Fine Art Louisville, CA
Kimball Art Festival Park City, UT
La Jolla Festival of the Arts La Jolla, CA
Salem Arts Festival Salem, OR
Contemporary Craft Market Santa Monica, CA
N. Michigan Ave. Fine Art Chicago, IL
Wells street art Festival Chicago, IL
Palo Alto Fine Art & Wine Palo Alto, CA
Scottsdale Fine Art Festival Scottsdale, AZ
Indian Wells Art Festival Indian Wells, CA
Awards include

November 2003 'Meteorite' took 2nd place in the sculpture/ceramic category at the Open Juried Show of Fine Art presented by the Fallbrook Art Association.


October 2005 3rd Place in ceramics 'Affaire in the Gardens' in Beverly Hills, CA


April 2007, 3rd place all mediums
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