Wellpappe
Bracelet
2015 (made)
2015 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
David Bielander was born in Basle in 1968 and studied under Otto Künzli at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. He is noted for his mastery of metals and the unpredictability of his subject matter. With reverse alchemy and great technical skill he has transformed silver and gold into what appears to be a worthless strip of corrugated cardboard fastened into bracelet form by two staples, capturing even an apparent contrast between the softness of the cardboard and the hard glint of the staples.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Wellpappe (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Patinated silver and white gold. |
| Brief description | Bracelet resembling corrugated cardboard, of silver and white gold, designed and made by David Bielander, Germany, 2015 |
| Physical description | The bracelet is made from silver, patinated brown and constructed in three layers to resemble a strip of corrugated cardboard. The strip has been bent at irregular intervals to form a circle, the overlapping ends held together by thin flattened wires of white gold which act as staples. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | db monogram near 'staples' |
| Production | From an edition of 12 |
| Summary | David Bielander was born in Basle in 1968 and studied under Otto Künzli at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. He is noted for his mastery of metals and the unpredictability of his subject matter. With reverse alchemy and great technical skill he has transformed silver and gold into what appears to be a worthless strip of corrugated cardboard fastened into bracelet form by two staples, capturing even an apparent contrast between the softness of the cardboard and the hard glint of the staples. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.21-2017 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2017 |
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