Gerd Rothmann (German, b.1941, gold & silversmith working in Munich)
OhrstĂźcke (Ear Piece) - 1978
Mit der Hand umschlungen (With the hand entwined) (two views) - silver - 2015
Die Goldene Nase (The Gold Nose) - imprinted from J. Teunen -gold - 1984
Orangenes Mäntelchen ßber Gold (Orange cloak over gold) (two views) - necklace: gold, pigments with binder - 2021
Spuren bei der Arbeit (Tracks at Work) (three views) - platter: silver hammer-formed - 2022
Drei Brillanten auf dem Finger (Three diamonds on the Finger) - ring: white gold, zirkon - 2019
Ăber Daumen der rechten Hand (Over thumb of right hand)Â (two views) -Â ring: gold, rubies - 2019
4 Finger und Daumen (4 Fingers and Thumb) (two views) - bracelet: gold - 2015
Schädel (Skull) (two views) - silver-hammer-formed from a single sheet to the head of A.D.Tratenroth - 1978
The Last Princess (two views) - necklace: 18k gold, rubies - 2018
Kaugummis mutieren zu Nuggets (Chewing Gum turns into Nuggets) - gold - 2014
Auf Den Punkt Gebracht (In a nutshell) - vessel: silver - 2018
âThe desire to include oneâs own body in the design is very archetypal and not new. With my casts of peopleâs body parts, I try to bring something personal and unmistakable into an aesthetic form. The 1970s were characterized by a radical upheaval in the culture of jewelry. My conception of jewelry was also altered by my intensive contacts with trends in the visual arts of that decade. I was searching for greater immediacy. Jewelry without a special connection to the person who wears it or who commissioned it seemed arbitrary and anonymously interchangeable. Casts of body parts such as the ears, nose, mouth, nipples, neck, hands and above all fingerprints became my working material.â â G.R.
