Close-up of finger grooves pressed into wet grey clay on a sculptor's turntable
White marble torso sculpture fragment against dark studio wall
Bronze cast hands sculpture with patina detail in warm studio light
Artist sculpture studio with tools and works-in-progress on shelves

"the weight lives
in the wrist — let
the thumb decide
where shadow falls"

— studio notes, Feb 2026

maquette study

Private Collection · Est. 2019

Where material
remembers the hand

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Medium
8 works

The Collection

Dark bronze figurative sculpture of a stooped human form carrying invisible weight
Bronze

2025 · 94 × 38 × 32 cm

White Carrara marble abstract sculpture with smooth curved planes catching gallery light
Marble

2024 · 62 × 44 × 28 cm

Raku-fired ceramic vessel with crackled copper glaze and organic asymmetric form
Ceramic

2025 · 38 × 22 × 22 cm

Large mixed-media installation sculpture combining rusted steel armature and white plaster cast figures
Mixed

2024 · 120 × 80 × 60 cm

Small bronze cast of two hands reaching toward each other with dark patina
Bronze

2023 · 45 × 30 × 25 cm

Layered stoneware ceramic sculpture with horizontal striations suggesting geological strata
Ceramic

2025 · 55 × 40 × 40 cm

Thin white marble relief panel with abstract carved doorway motif and deep shadow lines
Marble

2024 · 78 × 35 × 18 cm

Tall mixed-media floor sculpture combining salvaged timber and cast bronze elements
Mixed

2023 · 200 × 60 × 60 cm

The Making

The grid tells the story of making, not just the made. Each phase is documented as it happens.

Small clay maquette study on wooden board with sculptor tools nearby
IClay on wire · 12–18 cm

Every work begins as a palm-sized study in oil-based clay — a private conversation between instinct and material before scale enters the room.

Steel wire armature framework for large figurative sculpture in studio
II

Steel and aluminium wire become skeleton. The armature determines posture, weight distribution, and the invisible grammar of the final form.

Sculptor pressing clay onto armature with thumbs visible in warm studio light
III

Clay is applied in slabs, then thumbed, paddled, and carved. The surface at this stage holds every decision — none are erased.

Bronze casting foundry with molten metal being poured into ceramic mould
IV

The lost-wax process. A mould is taken, the clay destroyed, molten bronze poured at 1080°C. What survives is permanent.

Lost-wax · silicon bronze

Artist applying heat patina to bronze sculpture surface with torch in studio
V

Chemical patinas are applied with heat. The colour of bronze is not fixed — it is chosen, layer by layer, until the surface says what the form means.

Ferric nitrate · liver of sulphur

"

I am not making objects. I am making the space around objects speak.

Elara Voss, 2024 Studio Notes

Blurred marble texture background

Private Catalogue · 2026

The full catalogue includes high-resolution photography, material specifications, provenance notes, and current availability for each work. 48 pages. Published February 2026.

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Sculptor Elara Voss standing in her studio surrounded by works in progress and tools

Berlin · London · New York

Close-up of sculptor's workbench with clay tools and material samples

The Artist

Elara Voss trained at the Städelschule in Frankfurt and the Royal College of Art in London. Her practice spans bronze casting, direct carving in marble, and large-scale mixed-media installation.

Works are held in the collections of the Tate Modern, the Pinault Collection, and over forty private residences across Europe and North America. Studio visits are available by appointment.

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2025

    Hauser & Wirth, London

  • 2024

    White Cube, New York

  • 2024

    Serpentine Gallery, London

  • 2023

    Gagosian, Paris