Master goldsmith Sabine Reichert from Stuttgart in Germany follows her
desire to conquer large scale works, by concentrating on the production
of bowls made of silver, which quite apart from a person wearing
jewellery influence the athmosphere of the living space.
Her silver bowls are stamped out of 0.5 mm thick silver sheets. The
cross section of their outer shape resembles half an ellipsis. The
proportion is the same of the silver bowl and of the plexiglass lense
around it. Apart from the lack of weight and the sturdiness plexiglass
is a fascinating material to work with because it reflects and throws
back a multitude of colours depending on the angle of light shining at
it and on its thickness. The particular tension of the bowls is created
from the dialog between the silver which shows signs of the thin fine
bolts of the hammer and the velvety straight surface of the coloured
acrylic. Elegance and lightness give a very modern feel to these
objects.
Sabine Reichert qualified as a goldsmith at the
Academy of Hanau and has her own studio in Stuttgart since 1983. She
took part in many exhibitions and her work finds ever more recognition
in the international field. In 2003 for example she even found her work taken
into "The David Collection" at the collectors fair SOFA in New York.