Artist: Maeda Bloomberg;
Description: Glazed clay ceramic piece 17″wide x 19″ high x7″ deep ;
Reserve: $400;
Maeda began ceramics over 20 years ago. Her inspiration was New York City: buildings, bridges, the energy, all influenced her work. She also celebrates a love of architecture, geometry and the engineering of industrial structures in clay. She has moved from pure sculpture, however, to what she calls utilitarian or functional sculpture;