Red X Thread : Franz Bette - Jewellery

A new body of work by groundbreaking jewellery artist Franz Bette. Studio jewellery on the highest level of craftsmanship. With a contribution by jewellery expert Sabine Runde. Front cover image Red X Thread: Franz Bette - Jewellery Sabine Runde / Yaman Shao (eds) Not yet printed due - 02/19 9783897905443 Paperback Arnoldsche Art Publishers Territory: UK, US, Eastern Europe, France, Japan, South Korea, Africa, South America & Ireland exclusive. South Africa, Belgium, N&M East non-exclusive. Size: 305 mm x 215 mm Pages: 96 Illustrations: 48 colour RRP GBP28.00 Your price GBP22.40 A new body of work by groundbreaking jewellery artist Franz Bette Studio jewellery on the highest level of craftsmanship With a contribution by jewellery expert Sabine Runde For Red X Thread, the gold- and silversmith and designer Franz Bette (b. 1941) developed a new body of work which reflected his experiences in Asia. For this, he incorporated new elements to his artistic approach, extending his Western-influenced vocabulary of steel, silver, gold and plastic by adding materials with Asian connotations, such as porcelain, paper, bamboo, wood and textile. He works with these materials, aware of their tradition and meaning in Asian culture. Many new impulses have led Franz Bette to special formulations in his poetic language, to organic ephemerality instead of geometric constructions. His jewellery shifts between drawing and sculpture, far removed from all monumentality. Text in English, Chinese and German.