Dreher Carvings Gemstone Animals from Idar-Oberstein
, by Lindemann, Wilhelm; Larson, Will; Schneider, EkkehardNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9783897905078 | 3897905078
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/31/2018
- 114 gemstone animals by master engravers Gerd and Patrick Dreher - mostly made from a single gemstone
- Profound essays on techniques and materials by renowned authors
- New and detailed photographs allow never before seen aspects of the beautiful gemstone carvings
The realistic miniature forms of mice, snails, toads, monkeys and hippos are designed by the two artists in multilayered and colored gemstones so that, for example, the faces, palms of the hand or soles of the feet shine in an iridescent red-brown agate while the bodies are worked in the glossy deep black part of the stone. These unique engravings are today some of the rarest examples of the highest quality in craftsmanship, and represent fascination of the highest cultural degree in a world of increasing globalization.