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REVIEW
by Jock Dempsey
MDI 2003 opens with a commentary by Peter Elgass about modern design pirates patenting the ideas of others.
It may have lost something in the translation but I think he missed the point.
Design piracy is a world wide problem and it seems to be a bigger problem in Europe than in the US if I understand Peter's commnetary.
The purpose of books like this is that if artists and designers
are open with their ideas and publish them it gives them precidence and proof that these are their ideas.
Others may copy them but they will have a more difficult time claiming the ideas as their own.
pp 14-15
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pp 50-51 Sacred (religious) Art
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The character of this body of work is decidedly modern European.
It celebrates the maleability of iron in both functional and purely artistic pieces.
pp 30-31
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pp 122-123
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Among the most original ideas applying a unique technique in iron is the work of Italian, Claudio Bottero.
He creates beautiful bowls and sculptures with an unusual techiniqe of cutting patterns into plate then stretching and upsetting it.
The cut surfaces appear to float on the material below holding their shape as the rest of the piece is formed.
The result is an organic effect like reptile scales or hand fitted tiles.
Step 1. Slitting |
Step 2. Upsetting |
Step 3. Flattening |
Step 4. Finishing |
This may not be an original metalworking technique (few are), but I have never seen it, much less applied to iron.
Regardless, Claudio applies it in a unique manner producing beautiful work.
| Featured Artists : 2003 |
Jaroslav Kaspar, Czech Republic |
| Pavel Tasovsky, Czech Republic |
Poldi Habberman, Czech Republic |
| Hans Klasmeier, Germany |
Kleine Straße, Germany |
| Thomas Gustav Kenngott, Germany |
Oskar Hafen, Germany |
| Claudio Bottero, Italy |
Okavi Osara, Finland |
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One of a series published over the years. Available individually or as a set.
Published by:
Verlag Hephaistos
Germany
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Distributed in North America by:
ArtisanIdeas.com
$44.00 USD
ISBN 3931951189
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