Garden Sculptures for the Modern Age

Terra Sculpture

Jennifer Gilbert Asher is a California landscape designer who couldn't find good-looking and moderately priced contemporary sculptures for her clients.  As Asher succinctly put it, "I was utterly shocked at the lack of accessible outdoor sculpture and the abundance of tacky, mass-produced garden 'art.' "  I couldn't agree more.

Asher, however, decided to do something about it.  She teamed up with her friend Karen Neill Tarnowski, an art collector, and they launched Terra Sculpture several months ago.  It's an online art gallery and art studio, and Asher now designs art and produces new works with metal artist Mario Lopez.

All of the sculptures are hand made at their Los Angeles studio, in limited editions, and most pieces are 4-1/2 to about 6 feet tall, suitable for most residential landscapes.  They do, however, take commissions for larger pieces, and the sculptures can be shipped anywhere in the United States.

Asher studied art in Italy for a time, and it shows in her modern designs. All the sculptures are made from stainless, weathered, or powder coated steel.  "Embrace," shown above, and "Tempest," left, are priced in the mid $2000 range, and that's likely why the Terra Sculpture motto is "Modern Art for Everyone."

I can imagine these sculptures in many a landscape, and if you visit the Terra Sculpture website, you'll find something to fit almost any garden and any client's personality.

Artworks always give life to a garden, and these sleek and tasteful works are among the best I've seen in a long, long time.

If you're in the LA area, some of Asher's works will be on display at the LA Arboretum  garden show May 1-3.

Comments

[Jan]

simplicity is what kind of art it is today. gardens are not an excemption like the ones you posted. those are really neat pieces of art.

[Martha]

Aren't those wonderful pieces?
Thanks for posting about them.

[Henry Morris]

I am extremely pleased to find such a professional and diverse site devoted to garden design and good use of garden art and garden accessories This is a site I want to stay connected to.