<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085</id><updated>2012-01-31T03:10:16.201-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sculptured Jewels</title><subtitle type='html'>Einige Gedanken und Arbeiten eines Berliner Bildhauers und Edelschmiedes - Some thoughts and works of a Berlin based sculptor and goldsmith</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-2938930392352895237</id><published>2012-01-02T03:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T04:00:38.698-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Out Of The Rabbit Hole</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ein Frohes Neues Jahr allen Lesern meines Blogs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ich freue mich auf meine erste Einzelausstellung &lt;a href="http://www.froschhammer-rosenvogel.com/index.php?/ausstellungen/vorankuendigung-fuer-2012-karl-wunderlich/"&gt;"Out Of TheRabbit Hole"&lt;/a&gt; vom 3. Februar bis 2. März 2012 hinweisen zu können. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Präsentiert wird sie von der &lt;a href="http://www.froschhammer-rosenvogel.com/"&gt;Galerie Froschhammer &amp;amp; Rosenvogel&lt;/a&gt; in der Auguststraße 85 Berlin-Mitte. Zur Eröffnung am 3. Februar sprichtProfessor Dr. Matthias Eberle.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ich würde mich freuen Sie dort begrüßen zu dürfen &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="280" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Efw7n07Ug8o/TwGZBZxMgqI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/C9-lI2XoVSM/s400/Karl+Wunderlich_Out+of+the+Rabbit+Hole.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;A Happy NewYear for all readers of my Blog.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;I am very glad to announce my first solo exhibition titled &lt;a href="http://www.froschhammer-rosenvogel.com/index.php?/ausstellungen/vorankuendigung-fuer-2012-karl-wunderlich/"&gt;“Out Of the Rabbit Hole”&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;It will takeplace at the &lt;a href="http://www.froschhammer-rosenvogel.com/"&gt;Froschhammer &amp;amp; Rosenvogel Gallery&lt;/a&gt; (Auguststraße 85,Berlin-Mitte) from the 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; February to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;the 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; March 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;.At the Gallery opening on 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; February an introduction will be givenby Professor Dr. Matthias Eberle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;I would be pleased to welcome you on this evening.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-2938930392352895237?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/2938930392352895237/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2012/01/out-of-rabbit-hole.html#comment-form' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/2938930392352895237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/2938930392352895237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2012/01/out-of-rabbit-hole.html' title='Out Of The Rabbit Hole'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Efw7n07Ug8o/TwGZBZxMgqI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/C9-lI2XoVSM/s72-c/Karl+Wunderlich_Out+of+the+Rabbit+Hole.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-904219693632551039</id><published>2011-10-17T05:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T05:37:23.639-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Löwinnen und Junge - Lionesses and Cubs</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:WordDocument&gt;   &lt;w:View&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:Zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:HyphenationZone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:Compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:BreakWrappedTables/&gt;    &lt;w:SnapToGridInCell/&gt;    &lt;w:WrapTextWithPunct/&gt;    &lt;w:UseAsianBreakRules/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:BrowserLevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt; /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}&lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Unter Bildhauern gab es bis zum Beginn der Postmoderne Mitte des letzten Jahrhunderts einen kuriosen Streit. Steinbildhauer, die den naturgegebenen Block als einzigen künstleri­schen Ausgangspunkt gelten lassen wollten, waren in gewisser Weise in Konfrontation zu den Plastikern, deren weiches Medium Ton oder Wachs erst durch den Metallguß an Dauer gewann.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Das bildsame Material schien einigen der Behauenden als unkünstlerisch, da man nicht durch den Widerstand des Materials zur Disziplin angehalten und frivole Formen daraus resultieren würden.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Umgekehrt wiesen die Plastiker gerade auf den impulsiven und direkten Umgang mit dem weichen Material hin, der zur „Ursprünglichkeit“ der Gestaltung anhält. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__-BhdYRlEc/TpweCwKSqdI/AAAAAAAAAEc/jj3GE6boIZE/s1600/cubs-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__-BhdYRlEc/TpweCwKSqdI/AAAAAAAAAEc/jj3GE6boIZE/s320/cubs-2.jpg" width="214" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Nicht das ich mich an diesem mühseligen Streit beteiligen wollte, ich möchte auf eine Form der Bildhauerei hinweisen, die meiner Meinung nach vermittelnd zwischen beiden Positionen steht und mit der ich mich in der letzten Zeit beschäftige. Das Treiben in Metall ist sicher eine sehr alte bildhauerische Technik, aber oft wurden die Stücke aus verschiedenen, in Matrizen hergestellten Teilen zusammengesetzt, wie etwa die beeindruckenden&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Erosjuwelen des Hellenismus. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Cellini beschreibt in seinen „trattati dell'oreficeria e della scultura“ das freie Treiben eines einzelnen Metallbleches in die Vollplastik. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ich finde dieses Modellieren einer dünnen Metallhaut auf Kitt im Vergleich zum Behauen ei­nes Blockes oder dem Formen von Ton sehr schwierig, von den technischen Problemen, die sich auch in der Steinbildhauerei finden einmal abgesehen. Die Schwierigkeit besteht darin, daß man nicht von einem Ausgangsvolumen beginnen kann, wie einem Steinblock oder einem Klumpen Ton. Das Volumen wird sehr langsam wie aus einer Flüssigkeit gehoben, das Metall fließt ja auch tatsächlich. Das gesamte Stück reagiert auf jeden einzelnen Schlag und&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Korrek­turen sind kaum möglich. Cellini, der auf diese Kunst von Meister Caradosso Foppa lernte, er­wähnte die großen Herausforderungen dieser Art der Bildhauerei in seiner Biographie. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Darin kann ich den alten Meister nur bestätigen, der Weg zu meiner neuesten Arbeit war&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;schwierig und mit Rückschlägen gepflastert. Im Moment bin ich aber zufrieden mit dem Er­gebnis.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B51WIX6qPC8/Tpwew8bbKiI/AAAAAAAAAEk/wc1gzFDsLoU/s1600/cubs-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="214" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B51WIX6qPC8/Tpwew8bbKiI/AAAAAAAAAEk/wc1gzFDsLoU/s320/cubs-3.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Die Löwinnen-Köpfe, die Löwenjungen und die Steinfassungen sind jeweils aus einem Stück Silber heraus getrieben.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Die Augen wurden mit einem Hauch Gold akzentuiert. Die magentafarbenen Antikschliff-Sa­phire wurden "en recoupé" gefaßt, einer in der Renaissance gebräuchlichen Faßart.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ich denke, diese Studie in einigen Techniken der Renaissance, ist für mich wieder ein neuer Ausgangs­punkt für die Suche nach meinem Ausdruck in diesem Medium.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:WordDocument&gt;   &lt;w:View&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:Zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:HyphenationZone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:Compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:BreakWrappedTables/&gt;    &lt;w:SnapToGridInCell/&gt;    &lt;w:WrapTextWithPunct/&gt;    &lt;w:UseAsianBreakRules/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:BrowserLevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt; /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}&lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000062; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Until the dawn of post-modernism at the mid of the last century there was a rather strange controversy amongst sculptors. It was a dispute between stone carvers, who were starting their artistic work from a block of stone, at the one hand and sculptors who were using soft media like clay and wax, to be cast in metal on the other hand.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This kind of ductile matter was in suspicion to be “not artistic” just because the material lacks of resistance.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It would lead the artist to ill-discipline and weak shapes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;In opposite to this sculptors in clay were hinting to the directness and impulsiveness of their approach, leading to a kind of nativeness in art. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;So, I don’t want to take part in this kind of old and useless dispute but I want to point out another form of the sculptor’s art. This is the approach I am following lately and which is- in my opinion intermediary between the before mentioned artistic methods. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Chasing metal is a very old technique of the statuary art. But mostly the sculptures were fabricated from pieces hammered into moulds. The Hellenistic Eros jewels are surely the most impressive achievement of this method. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Benvenuto Cellini describes in his famous “trattati dell'oreficeria e della scultura“a method of chasing a single piece of metal into a fully rounded figure in a freestyle manner. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Compared to the carving of a block or shaping a lump of clay I found modelling a wafer thin skin of metal on pitch quite difficult, apart from technical difficulties inherent in the carving of large stone figures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;The hitch is one cannot start with a volume, like a block or a piece of clay. This volume is very slowly raised like it’s emerging out of a liquid – and yes, the metal is actually flowing under the punches. The whole piece reacts on every single stroke. Major corrections are almost not possible.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Cellini, who learned this art from master Caradosso Foppa, mentioned the formidable challenges of this kind of sculpture in his autobiography.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;I can only second this old master here, as the path to my latest work was rather difficult and and full of setbacks. But now I am quite pleased by the result.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l2svk1V-Jv8/TpwfZFWvVZI/AAAAAAAAAEs/paDec8fuLdU/s1600/cubs-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l2svk1V-Jv8/TpwfZFWvVZI/AAAAAAAAAEs/paDec8fuLdU/s320/cubs-1.jpg" width="214" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;The heads of the lionesses, the cubs and the stone settings as well are hammered each out of a single piece of silver. The eyes coloured by fusing on a bit of gold. The antique cut pink sapphires were set “en recoupé” which was a style of setting stones in the European Renaissance. I really think this study in some of the techniques of the Renaisance will be a starting point again in my persuit to develop my own voice in this particular medium.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-904219693632551039?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/904219693632551039/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/10/lowinnen-und-junge-lionesses-and-cubs.html#comment-form' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/904219693632551039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/904219693632551039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/10/lowinnen-und-junge-lionesses-and-cubs.html' title='Löwinnen und Junge - Lionesses and Cubs'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__-BhdYRlEc/TpweCwKSqdI/AAAAAAAAAEc/jj3GE6boIZE/s72-c/cubs-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-4979220897617942908</id><published>2011-05-30T12:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-30T13:14:10.856-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Maikätzchen  -  May-Kitties</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Pünktlich zum Beginn der Sommerwärme hier in Berlin habe ich einen Ohrschmuck fertig gestellt der wohl dazu passt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Gähnende Panther in oxidiertem Silber. Der Titel der Arbeit ist Pasu. Das ist das Sanskrit Wort für „Tiere“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Ihre goldenen, zart emaillierten Zungen sind beweglich und die Augen aus goldfolierten Mandarin – Granaten&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; geformt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Ich beginne mich in einigen Emaille – Techniken sicherer zu fühlen. Die Modulation der&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Farbe des Glases durch dessen Schichtstärke erstaunt mich immer wieder. Ich glaube, man könnte eine Lebensspanne mit diesem Medium verbringen, ohne es auszuschöpfen – wie bei jeder anderen Disziplin der Malerei. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bMZXLdM_ihA/TePz6Km4IgI/AAAAAAAAAEU/qa5Tm4RA0aw/s1600/pard2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bMZXLdM_ihA/TePz6Km4IgI/AAAAAAAAAEU/qa5Tm4RA0aw/s320/pard2.jpg" width="257" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Just at the beginning of the summer´s heat here in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Berlin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"&gt; I finished a pair of earrings which may fit to this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Yawning panthers rendered in oxidized silver. They are called Pasu, which means “animal” in Sanskrit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Their golden, vitreously enamelled tongues are moveable, and the eyes are made out of gold-foiled mandarin garnets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;I am starting to feel a bit more secure in some of the Enamelling techniques.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;The ability to modulate its colour by its layer thickness is something that amazes me in enamel over and over again. I think one could spend a lifetime exploring this media without reaching an end – as it is in every branch of painting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VRW121I0kk8/TeP0KnHOMGI/AAAAAAAAAEY/BX0u_rPQTy4/s1600/pard1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VRW121I0kk8/TeP0KnHOMGI/AAAAAAAAAEY/BX0u_rPQTy4/s320/pard1.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-4979220897617942908?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/4979220897617942908/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/05/maikatzchen-may-kitties.html#comment-form' title='1 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/4979220897617942908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/4979220897617942908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/05/maikatzchen-may-kitties.html' title='Maikätzchen  -  May-Kitties'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bMZXLdM_ihA/TePz6Km4IgI/AAAAAAAAAEU/qa5Tm4RA0aw/s72-c/pard2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-1344421731987109211</id><published>2011-02-19T10:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-19T10:40:05.223-08:00</updated><title type='text'>In Fords Atelier - At Fords Studio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Vor einem Jahr lud mich der südafrikanisch-englische Metallkünstler Ford Hallam zu einem dreiwöchigen Arbeitsbesuch nach Kapstadt ein. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ford Hallam und ich fanden uns über ein Internetforum.&amp;nbsp; Er ist meines Wissens der einzige westliche Künstler, der von der mittlerweile auch in Japan arkanen Goldschmiedetradition (kinko) adoptiert wurde.&lt;br /&gt;Nach mehreren Aufenthalten in Japan restaurierte er jahrelang für bekannte Antiquitätenhändler bevorzugt Metallarbeiten der Meiji Zeit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dann zog er sich nach Kapstadt zurück, wo er aufwuchs, um eigene künstlerische Vorhaben umzusetzen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fordhallam.com/"&gt;Seine Webseite&lt;/a&gt; gibt kleine Einblicke in sein Handwerk und seine Kunst, auch ein kurzer Dokumentarfilm des Regisseurs Brad Schaffer macht dies anschaulich.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wGMj7o6AwnM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ich ergriff im November 2007 die seltene Gelegenheit ihn bei einem mehrtägigen Besuch in London zu treffen. Dieses unmittelbare Kennenlernen verstärkte das gegenseitige Interesse.&amp;nbsp; Ich war nach Verlassen der Kunsthochschule auf der Suche nach einer eigenen Formensprache.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die mit Ford via Skype begonnenen langen Gespräche setzten wir in London und später in Kapstadt fort. Der Wunsch uns wieder persönlich, vielleicht am Arbeitstisch auszutauschen, verstärkte sich im Laufe der Zeit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die Diskussionen lenkten interessanterweise dabei meinen Focus weg japanischen Tradition, hin zum ebenso fast in Vergessenheit geratenen vielseitigen künstlerischen Vermächtnis der Metallbearbeitung der europäischen Renaissance. Dieser Wandel erfolgte schrittweise, bei der Verwirklichung meiner Ideen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nach einem Besuch bei dem Schmuckkünstler Otto Jakob in Karlsruhe (&lt;a href="http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_single_mediaplayer/0,,4099103_start_48_end_325_type_video_struct_7553_contentId_4086624,00.html?&amp;amp;format=FlashHigh"&gt;Otto Jakob Filmbeitrag&lt;/a&gt;) ging meine Suche nach mir gemäßen Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten weiter in Richtung der alten europäischen Techniken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dennoch blieben natürlich einige klassische japanische Techniken, nicht zuletzt die&amp;nbsp; japanische Ästhetik Bestandteil meiner Arbeit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ford Hallam unterrichtet mich in Kapstadt in den Grundzügen klassischer Kinko-Techniken - Kebori, Katakiribori, Hira- und Taka zogan, Nunome Zogan,&amp;nbsp; Uchidashi, Sumitogi und Niage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PvOrvAwRBf8/TWAHoQ0ALZI/AAAAAAAAAEI/DSh5KFFLAOk/s1600/Fords-Studio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="252" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PvOrvAwRBf8/TWAHoQ0ALZI/AAAAAAAAAEI/DSh5KFFLAOk/s320/Fords-Studio.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trotz seiner geduldigen, liebevollen Instruktionen und meiner Wissbegierde, mischte sich Frustration in meine positiven Gefühle. Ich hatte einige dieser Techniken im Selbstunterricht nach alten Büchern versucht und mir so natürlich auch falsche Handhabungen eingeprägt. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neben den physischen Unannehmlichkeiten wie schmerzenden Händen von der ungewohnten Körperhaltung im Umgang mit japanischen Werkzeugen, war es psychisch schwer, den verletzten Stolz zu überwinden.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Überzeugt meine Arbeit auf einem gewissen Niveau zu tun, war ich nun wieder ein Neuling, der förmlich bei Null begann. &lt;br /&gt;Dieser&amp;nbsp; Kampf, „vergiss alles – und fang neu an“, der immer wieder zu führende Kampf mit meinem eigenen Stolz war eine grundlegende Erfahrung in Afrika. Natürlich kannte ich aus der Lehr- und Studienzeit ebenfalls ernüchternde Momente,&amp;nbsp; aber ich war überzeugt, dass ich das gut mache, woran mir wirklich gelegen ist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ford erschütterte dieses Selbstvertrauen. Ich orientierte mich neu im Kernbereich meines Wollens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mit freundschaftlicher Geduld, gutem Wein, anregenden Gesprächen, wunderbarem Essen, der Kapstädter Boheme, wie dem Maler Gavin Rain, gelang es Ford, meine innere Balance neu zu justieren.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Danke an Ford und an Jo, seine liebe Frau, für eine wundervolle Zeit am Kap der Guten Hoffnung am Ende Afrikas.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;One year ago the South African- British metal artist Ford Hallam invited me to live and work with him&amp;nbsp; for three weeks in Cape Town.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Ford and I came in contact via an internet forum. As far as I know he is the only western artist who was adopted by the –meanwhile almost arcane – Japanese metalworking tradition (kinko). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After several stays in Japan he has been restoring mainly Meiji metalwork for specialist antique dealers in London for years. &lt;br /&gt;Than he moved back to Cape Town, were he grew up, to work on his own artistic body of work. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fordhallam.com/"&gt;His website&lt;/a&gt; and a short documentary directed by filmmaker Brad Schaffer are giving some glimpses of his work.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pM0VnL30rDc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In November 2007 I took the rare chance to meet him in person while he was visiting London for a few days.&lt;br /&gt;This actual contact enhanced the mutual interest. Since I left art school I was in search for my own design language. &lt;br /&gt;We continued our long discussion we had began via Skype in London and later on in Cape Town.&lt;br /&gt;The wish to meet up again in person, maybe at the work bench, consolidated over the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interestingly, our discussions lead my focus away from the Japanese tradition to the artistic legacy of European Renaissance metalwork, a tradition which faded almost into obscurity too. This change occurred gradually while I was materializing my ideas. &lt;br /&gt;After visiting the artist- jeweller Otto Jakob at Karlruhe my search for my own expression continued researching old European techniques.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless, some classical Japanese techniques and Japanese aesthetics are still part of my work. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;In Cape Town Ford taught me basics of classical kinko techniques – which were Kebori, Katakiribori, Hira- and Taka zogan, Nunome Zogan,&amp;nbsp; Uchidashi, Sumitogi and Niage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite his patient and affectionate instructions and my inquisitiveness a taste of frustration sneaked into my enthusiasm. Before I came to Cape Town I tried some of these techniques from old books and of course I trained myself in a wrong manner. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beside the physical troubles like hurting hands resulting from the unfamiliar working positions while using Japanese tools, it became a psychological issue to handle my injured pride. &lt;br /&gt;This struggle - “empty your cup and start again”-, which is ongoing for a lifetime, was one of my basic experiences in Africa.&lt;br /&gt;Of course I knew such disillusioning moments during my studies at art school and during my apprenticeship, but these times I was convinced I am doing well what I really want to do. &lt;br /&gt;Ford unsettled this self-confidence. I had to reorganize the core area of my own wanting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With a lot of amicable patience, good wine, inspiring discussions delicious food and an introduction into the boheme of Cape Town –like the painter Gavin Rain- Ford managed it, to readjust my inner balance. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sHVtgHMp3BQ/TWAH-3QzWfI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/MIeWhTK8U24/s1600/evening-in-SA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sHVtgHMp3BQ/TWAH-3QzWfI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/MIeWhTK8U24/s320/evening-in-SA.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many thanks to Ford and to Jo, his lovely wife, for a wonderful time at the Cape of&amp;nbsp; Good Hope at the end of Africa. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos taken by Jo Hallam&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-1344421731987109211?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/1344421731987109211/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-fords-atelier-at-fords-studio.html#comment-form' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/1344421731987109211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/1344421731987109211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-fords-atelier-at-fords-studio.html' title='In Fords Atelier - At Fords Studio'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/wGMj7o6AwnM/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-7313315877666103639</id><published>2011-02-05T06:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-19T10:20:19.771-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ein kurzer Nachtrag - A  short followup</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Im August des letzten Jahres habe ich hier den &lt;a href="http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/08/alter-tv-beitrag-uber-mich-old-tv.html"&gt;Fernsehbeitrag&lt;/a&gt; zu meiner Gesellenprüfung (1999) veröffentlicht.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Das dazugehörige Gesellenstück folgt nun.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Es ist ein Anhänger -eine Art Medaillon- mit einem entnehmbaren Yo-Yo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Das Yo-Yo ist mittels eines Minikugellagers auf der Mittelachse drehbar gelagert, sodaß das Farbspiel der Patina durch die Augen der zieselierten Maske zu sehen ist. Der Griffknebel des Yo-Yos ist die Unwucht im geschlossenen Zustand. Die Mittelachse ist auch der Federmechanismus, der den Bajonettverschluss der Dose einrasten lässt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Das Stück wurde in 32 Stunden (Standart - Prüfungszeit) angefertigt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TU1ejuUvnyI/AAAAAAAAAEA/b1vb2dkReus/s1600/jojo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="235" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TU1ejuUvnyI/AAAAAAAAAEA/b1vb2dkReus/s320/jojo2.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In august of the last year I posted the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/08/alter-tv-beitrag-uber-mich-old-tv.html"&gt;TV report&lt;/a&gt; about my journeyman´s examination (1999).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The pictures of the corresponding journeyman´s piece are following now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;It is pendant - a kind of a locket-&amp;nbsp; with a withdrawable Yo-Yo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;Yo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="atn" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;Yo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;rotatably mounted&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;by means of a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;miniature ball&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;bearing&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;central axis. Thus the colours of the Yo-Yos patina are visible through the eyes of the chased mask. The Yo-Yos little toggle works as imbalance when the locked is closed, making the Yo-yo constantly moving.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;The central-axis is also the spring mechanism engaging the bayonet lock of the pendant. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;The piece was made within 32 hours, which is the standard for jewellers journeymens examinations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TU1en63KFJI/AAAAAAAAAEE/2itB2VKoVY4/s1600/jojo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="228" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TU1en63KFJI/AAAAAAAAAEE/2itB2VKoVY4/s320/jojo1.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Zur Anzeige alternativer Übersetzungen klicken"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-7313315877666103639?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/7313315877666103639/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/02/ein-kurzer-nachtrag-short-followup.html#comment-form' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/7313315877666103639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/7313315877666103639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/02/ein-kurzer-nachtrag-short-followup.html' title='Ein kurzer Nachtrag - A  short followup'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TU1ejuUvnyI/AAAAAAAAAEA/b1vb2dkReus/s72-c/jojo2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-6654971269767679070</id><published>2011-01-25T06:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T04:08:52.940-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Der Reichsapfel des Earl of Rochester - The orb of the Earl of Rochester</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Ich habe mich bisher ein wenig gescheut, diese Arbeit öffentlich vorzustellen,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;denn das Stück wurde von einem Film angeregt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Der Film&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2t2KvVp6sM&amp;amp;feature=related"&gt;"The Libertine" (trailer)&lt;/a&gt; erzählt die Geschichte der letzten Lebensjahre des Earl of Rochester.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Dieser war, verkörpert im Film von Johnny Depp als eine Art barocker Jim Morrison, ein adliger Lebemann und poetischer Pornograph, der Stücke schrieb.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Ich fand die Kombination erotischer Burleske im Barocktheater mit der Idee der Verfeinerung des Empfindens, fast im Oscar Wilde´schen Sinne, faszinierend.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7fcSfTvJI/AAAAAAAAADk/K68q0ei8dlA/s1600/ball2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7fcSfTvJI/AAAAAAAAADk/K68q0ei8dlA/s320/ball2.jpg" width="173" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Den Reichsapfel - Symbol des Adels- krönte ich mit einem Kätzchen statt des Kreuzes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; Im Innenleben verborgen befindet sich eine Taschen-Peep-Show...umgeben vom Blumen.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Der Globus, gefertigt aus getriebenen Halbkugeln in Kupfer-Shibuichi-Maze Gane.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7gS9Pg6eI/AAAAAAAAADo/ToN3xdFiAFA/s1600/side-view2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7gS9Pg6eI/AAAAAAAAADo/ToN3xdFiAFA/s320/side-view2.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Die Bronzekatze, wie auch der kupferne Rand des Verschlussmechanismus sind mit Gold bestäubt.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; Die mit geschnittenen Blumen verzierte Bühne ist über ein Kugellager drehbar, sodass die silberne Dame von allen Seiten zu betrachten ist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Until now, I was a bit reluctant to show this piece. This is probably, because it was inspired by a movie. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;The film “The Libertine” tells us the story of the last years of the Earl of Rochester. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;He was - given in the movie by Johnny Depp as a kind of baroque Jim Morrison- an aristocratic bon vivant and a poetic pornographer, who has written plays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7g9W1ZR2I/AAAAAAAAADs/WfnP23tLVqg/s1600/parts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="189" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7g9W1ZR2I/AAAAAAAAADs/WfnP23tLVqg/s320/parts.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;I found the combination of erotic burlesque at the theatres of this time together with an idea of refinement – almost in a sense Oscar Wilde had embodied- quite fascinating.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;The result was a sovereign’s orb- the symbol of nobility- crowned by a pussy instead of a cross. Hidden in the interior there is a kind of pocket- peep show, surrounded by flowers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; Actually the piece should have been exhibited at the first online exhibition of the “Iron Brush Forum”. For different reasons this exhibition never happened.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7hVfnFhVI/AAAAAAAAADw/rJVUemsLZ-U/s1600/rotation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7hVfnFhVI/AAAAAAAAADw/rJVUemsLZ-U/s320/rotation.jpg" width="214" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The globe was made out of hammered half-balls of copper –shibuichi maze gane.&amp;nbsp; The bronze cat and the copper rim of the locking mechanism were dusted with gold.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The stage which is embellished with engraved flowers can rotate due a tiny ball bearing. This way the little silver lady can be seen from all sides.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7h3xCyzvI/AAAAAAAAAD0/eZ6JAygON2M/s1600/rear-view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7h3xCyzvI/AAAAAAAAAD0/eZ6JAygON2M/s320/rear-view.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-6654971269767679070?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/6654971269767679070/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/01/ich-habe-mich-bisher-ein-wenig-gescheut.html#comment-form' title='2 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/6654971269767679070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/6654971269767679070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/01/ich-habe-mich-bisher-ein-wenig-gescheut.html' title='Der Reichsapfel des Earl of Rochester - The orb of the Earl of Rochester'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TT7fcSfTvJI/AAAAAAAAADk/K68q0ei8dlA/s72-c/ball2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-8678245867151624333</id><published>2011-01-15T06:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-15T06:34:21.039-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Renaissance Punk</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Seit längerer Zeit mal wieder ein Eintrag hier in meinem Blog und der erste in 2011.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Frohes Neues Jahr allen, die hier lesen. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ich möchte eine gerade fertiggestellte Arbeit von mir zeigen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TTGpbGpIyPI/AAAAAAAAADQ/Iyfn2iZ57hA/s1600/skull-ring-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TTGpbGpIyPI/AAAAAAAAADQ/Iyfn2iZ57hA/s320/skull-ring-3.jpg" width="214" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Es ist meine Interpretation des klassischen Schädelringes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Trotz gemischter Gefühle gegenüber einem bis an die Kitschgrenze strapazierten Motives, ist der formale Wechsel zwischen glatten Flächen, Ornament und stark strukturiertem Relief ein wirklich spannendes Thema für ein Schmuckstück.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Interessanter Weise ergeben sich meiner Meinung nach wieder Bezüge zwischen der alten Vanitas-Symbolik und neueren gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Der Ring ist hohlgegossen. Er wurde in klassischer europäischer Manier mit Sticheln graviert und in Champlevé emailliert.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;It has been a long time since I wrote an entry into my Blog and it is the first one in 2011 as well. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TTGul4lO00I/AAAAAAAAADU/AYpr9BjvOGo/s1600/skull-ring-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TTGul4lO00I/AAAAAAAAADU/AYpr9BjvOGo/s320/skull-ring-4.jpg" width="175" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;A Happy New Year for all readers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; I want to show a recently finished work of mine. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;It is my interpretation of a classical skull ring. Despite my somewhat mixed emotions towards an almost trite topic which tends to be kitschy, I found the formal aspects &amp;nbsp;like the tension between the large polished shapes, ornament and heavily structured forms a really interesting matter for a piece of jewellery. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Most interestingly, I think lately there are connections again between the old Vanitas motive and contemporary social developments. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;The silver jewel was cast hollow. &amp;nbsp;It was engraved by hand using burins in the classical European manner and enamelled in Champlevé style. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-8678245867151624333?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/8678245867151624333/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/01/renaissance-punk.html#comment-form' title='2 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/8678245867151624333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/8678245867151624333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2011/01/renaissance-punk.html' title='Renaissance Punk'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TTGpbGpIyPI/AAAAAAAAADQ/Iyfn2iZ57hA/s72-c/skull-ring-3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-4279123684857400558</id><published>2010-10-20T12:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-20T12:20:50.700-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Song I like</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Gerade beim Herumstöbern im Netz fand ich ein Stück Musik, welches ich sehr schön fand und das zum Thema dieses Blogs paßt. Ursprünglich veröffentlicht von "&lt;span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="vertical-align: top;" title="The Jeweler - Pearls Before Swine"&gt;Pearls Before Swine" (sic!) wurde das Stück von "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="vertical-align: top;" title="This Mortal Coil - The Jeweller"&gt;This Mortal Coil" 1986 gecovered -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="vertical-align: top;" title="This Mortal Coil - The Jeweller"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; vertical-align: top;" title="This Mortal Coil - The Jeweller"&gt;While surfing though the web I just found a piece of music I really like and which I want to share because it fits to this blog too. It was originally&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="vertical-align: top;" title="This Mortal Coil - The Jeweller"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; published by "Pearls Before Swine" later covered by " This Mortal Coil"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="vertical-align: top;" title="This Mortal Coil - The Jeweller"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eLNKjlMYvIA?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=de_DE"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eLNKjlMYvIA?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=de_DE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="vertical-align: top;" title="This Mortal Coil - The Jeweller"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-4279123684857400558?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/4279123684857400558/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/10/song-i-like.html#comment-form' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/4279123684857400558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/4279123684857400558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/10/song-i-like.html' title='A Song I like'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-6237278436105671583</id><published>2010-08-09T01:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-20T12:26:55.994-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Alter TV-Beitrag über mich - Old TV report on me</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Auf der Geburtstagsfeier Bernd Masches fand sich ein 11 Jahre alter Fernsehbeitrag über mich, den ich selbst schon völlig vergessen hatte.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Der Sender TVB existiert mittlerweile nicht mehr.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Manches wirkt vielleicht doch unfreiwillig komisch.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Trotzdem habe ich hochgeladen und mit (leider holpernden englischen) Untertiteln versehen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H5NjOGDXYsA?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=de_DE"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H5NjOGDXYsA?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=de_DE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;At Bernd Masches birthday party somebody came up with an 11 years old TV report about me which I had already forgotten. Meanwhile the local tv station TVB does not exit anymore. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;It might be a bit unintentionally funny. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Nevertheless I uploded it and gave it some (stuttering english) subtitles.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-6237278436105671583?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/6237278436105671583/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/08/alter-tv-beitrag-uber-mich-old-tv.html#comment-form' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/6237278436105671583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/6237278436105671583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/08/alter-tv-beitrag-uber-mich-old-tv.html' title='Alter TV-Beitrag über mich - Old TV report on me'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-2037299199315037084</id><published>2010-07-15T13:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-02-06T12:47:16.103-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hitzewelle - Heat wave</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Es ist in den letzten Wochen unglaublich warm hier- für mitteleuropäische Verhältnisse.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;So nutze ich den etwas kühleren Morgen, um noch schnell einen neuen Eintrag für diesen Blog zu schreiben. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ich möchte mein letztes Stück, den Einzel-Ohrring „Buxuna“ vorstellen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TD90VofSlLI/AAAAAAAAACs/HSLAEvzI5AU/s1600/Buxuna-2-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TD90VofSlLI/AAAAAAAAACs/HSLAEvzI5AU/s320/Buxuna-2-web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Irgendwie entwickele ich eine Vorliebe für Ohrschmuck, wahrscheinlich, weil ich selber einen Ohrring trage, oder auch, weil Dinge fürs Ohr sehr leicht sein müssen. Darin weichen die Neuen sicherlich von meinen bisherigen Stücken ab. Das Streben nach scheinbarer Gewichtslosigkeit führt – mich zumindest- zur alten Technik des Hohltreibens. In der Renaissance nutzen die Goldschmiede diese Technik vor allem für Hutschmuck- Enseignes. So wandele ich hier auf alten Pfaden und bin mit dem Ergebnis so weit zufrieden. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Die Materialstärke des Silbers lag zu Beginn der Arbeit bei 0,4 mm, die ich, bis auf wenige Stellen recht konstant gehalten habe. Zusammen mit den Rubinen, einem Hauch von Gold sowie etwas Emaille kommt der Ohrring auf etwa 8 Gramm. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In the last few weeks it is incredible hot – for mid-European circumstances. So I am rushing to write a new Blog entry this morning while it is cooler still. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;I want to introduce my newest piece, a single earring, called “Buxuna”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TD90p0KfjqI/AAAAAAAAAC0/HXDKTsHqALU/s1600/Buxuna-1web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TD90p0KfjqI/AAAAAAAAAC0/HXDKTsHqALU/s320/Buxuna-1web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Somehow I am developing a fondness for jewels to be worn at the ears, probably because I am wearing an earring too, or because things to be worn there must be very light. This lightness is a difference to my older pieces. This quest for virtual weightlessness leads – me at least – to the old method of chasing in the full round (I am not sure if there is an English expression for this).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;During the European Renaissance goldsmiths used this technique to create hat jewels- the so called Enseignes. Now I am strolling on this old path and I am quite pleased with the results so far.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The thickness of the material was .4 mm at the beginning, which I was able to hold almost all over the piece. Together with the rubies, some enamel and a touch of gold it weights 8 Gramme.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TD90xtU6YpI/AAAAAAAAAC8/PM1oyVwrikU/s1600/Buxuna-3-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TD90xtU6YpI/AAAAAAAAAC8/PM1oyVwrikU/s320/Buxuna-3-web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-2037299199315037084?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/2037299199315037084/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/07/hitzewelle-heat-wave.html#comment-form' title='1 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/2037299199315037084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/2037299199315037084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/07/hitzewelle-heat-wave.html' title='Hitzewelle - Heat wave'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TD90VofSlLI/AAAAAAAAACs/HSLAEvzI5AU/s72-c/Buxuna-2-web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-4175838171480449662</id><published>2010-06-27T08:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-02-06T12:44:53.106-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mushroom hangers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Nach zwei Wochen Pause habe ich die Zeit für ein neuen Eintrag. &lt;br /&gt;Ich habe es geschafft,&amp;nbsp; von dieser neuerlichen Arbeit ein Foto zu machen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gedacht waren diese „Mushroom Hangers“ – wie ich sie genannt habe, um das Emaillieren von runden Körpern zu üben.&amp;nbsp; Das Semitransparente Türkis und Transparentgrün von Schauer sind hervorragend auf Silber. Bei den warmen Tönen, wie dem Rot führt kein Weg an den Gläsern von Kuyaku oder Ninomiya vorbei. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die Halbkugeln und deren Ornamente habe ich ziseliert, und mit alten indischen Karneol-Perlen und geschnitzten Pink-Ivory Einsätzen kombiniert. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manchmal ist es entspannend einfach ein dekoratives Stück zumachen. Das ist vom Gefühl her etwa wie Zeichnen oder Skizzieren. Man lernt, ohne den Anspruch einer „grossen Arbeit“ haben zu müssen und von Zeit zu Zeit kann das Ergebnis recht befriedigend sein. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TCdzlDBdlWI/AAAAAAAAACA/QUN9KC5UqPU/s1600/earrings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TCdzlDBdlWI/AAAAAAAAACA/QUN9KC5UqPU/s320/earrings.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;After a break of two weeks, now I got the time for a new entry. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;I have managed it to take a picture of this recent work. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;These “Mushroom Hangers”- how I call them were thought as a piece to practice enamelling on sculptural forms. The semi-transparent turquoise and the transparent green as well are exellent on silver (both colours by Schauer). When it comes to warm colours there is no way around the enamel of Kuyaku of Ninomiya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The half-balls and the ornaments on their surface were chased. This was combined with old Indian carnelian beads and carved Pink-Ivory wood insets. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Sometimes, I find it simply relaxing to make a decorative piece. It feels like drawing or sketching . It is a learning experience without having to have the ambition to make a “big piece”.&amp;nbsp; And every so often the result can be quite satisfying. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-4175838171480449662?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/4175838171480449662/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/06/mushroom-hangers.html#comment-form' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/4175838171480449662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/4175838171480449662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/06/mushroom-hangers.html' title='Mushroom hangers'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TCdzlDBdlWI/AAAAAAAAACA/QUN9KC5UqPU/s72-c/earrings.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353158454223125085.post-2605295509238367085</id><published>2010-06-13T03:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T04:07:20.998-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Hallo und willkommen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Ich bin Karl Wunderlich. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Einige werden mich schon vom Iron-Brush Forum kennen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Ich habe diese kleine Nische im Cyberspace eingerichtet, um neben meiner Webseite und Fords Forum in loser Folge einige weitergehende Gedanken mitzuteilen oder um Einblicke in meine Arbeit zu geben. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Ich versuche diesen Blog auf Deutsch und Englisch zu führen. Da mein Englisch, um ehrlich zu sein, wackelig ist, bitte ich Euch über merkwürdige Ausdrücke und Fehler hinwegzusehen&amp;nbsp; oder mir per Kommentar eine Korrektur zu kommen zu lassen. Insgesamt freue ich mich über Kommentare und Rückmeldungen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Als Starter möchte ich Euch einen neulich fertig gestellten Anhänger zeigen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #4c1130; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBSu2xg99II/AAAAAAAAABw/gOid2H2Kokg/s1600/head+enamelled1+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBSu2xg99II/AAAAAAAAABw/gOid2H2Kokg/s320/head+enamelled1+web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Einen Teil der Entstehung des Stückes kann man in Fords Forum verfolgen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://followingtheironbrush.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&amp;amp;t=1320"&gt;Klick hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Inspiration hierfür waren die großen, tragischen Damen des Ancien Régime, Marie Antoinette oder die Madame du Barry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Das Köpfchen wurde aus einem einzigen Stück Silber hohl getrieben -eine Technik die seit&amp;nbsp; den Tagen Cellinis eher selten zu sehen ist. Die Haare sind en ronde bosse emailliert. Mund und Augen sind in Maleremaille ausgeführt. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Hallo and welcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;I am Karl Wunderlich.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Some of you might know me already from the Iron Brush Forum. I have created this little niche in cyberspace to share some thoughts and glimpses into my work beside my website or Fords Forum from time to time. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;I will try to write this Blog in German and English.&amp;nbsp; To be honest, my English is a bit shaky. So, I would beg you to condone strange expressions and mistakes or even better, to post a correction in the comments. All in all I would be very pleased about comments and feedback. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;As a starter I want to show a recently finished pendant.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #4c1130; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBSvBc7tBHI/AAAAAAAAAB4/9LKq90RX2lA/s1600/head+enamelled3++web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBSvBc7tBHI/AAAAAAAAAB4/9LKq90RX2lA/s320/head+enamelled3++web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;A part of the making can be seen on Fords Forum. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://followingtheironbrush.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&amp;amp;t=1320"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;The piece was inspired by the tragic gentlewomen of the Ancien Régime, Marie Antoinette or Madame du Barry. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;The Head was chased hollow out of a single piece of silver. A technique rather rarely seen since the days of&amp;nbsp; Cellini.&amp;nbsp; The hair was enamelled en ronde bosse. Eyes and mouth were made with painted enamels. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1353158454223125085-2605295509238367085?l=karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/feeds/2605295509238367085/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/06/welcome.html#comment-form' title='3 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/2605295509238367085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1353158454223125085/posts/default/2605295509238367085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karl-wunderlich.blogspot.com/2010/06/welcome.html' title='Welcome...'/><author><name>Karl Wunderlich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12257154247278186552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBO8aS6FeaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9YG_LEVNK-I/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qctf7lhzyx0/TBSu2xg99II/AAAAAAAAABw/gOid2H2Kokg/s72-c/head+enamelled1+web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
