Dreher Carvings: Gemstone Animals from Idar-Oberstein

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  • 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

Engravers Gerd and Patrick Dreher are famous internationally for their masterly animal figures, every of which is cut from a single gemstone. In the early twentieth century, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all cut gemstones for FabergĂ© – mostly agate but also ruby, obsidian, aquamarine, citrine and rock crystal. As of late, creations are still being meticulously made by hand the usage of traditional techniques.

The realistic miniature forms of mice, snails, toads, monkeys and hippos are designed by the two artists in multilayered and colored gemstones in order that, as an example, the faces, palms of the hand or soles of the feet shine in an iridescent red-brown agate at the same time as the bodies are worked in the glossy deep black a part of the stone. These unique engravings are As of late probably the most rarest examples of the best quality in craftsmanship, and represent fascination of the highest cultural degree in a world of increasing globalization.

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