#life casting

Gerd Rothmann  (German, b.1941, gold & silversmith working in Munich)

Ohrstücke (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 über 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

Über Daumen der rechten Hand (Over thumb of right hand) (two views) -  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

“The desire to include one’s own body in the design is very archetypal and not new. With my casts of people’s 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.” — G.R.

Another WIP. Making a mold box to cast this older plaster hand cast of mine.