Jeweler Kinetic Rings - Studio Michael Berger
Michael Berger loves transforming graceful hands into eye-catching stages. Appropriately, his hand-made collections feature kinetic jewellery pieces that move and spin on the wearer's hand. At first glance, his stainless steel or gold ring sculptures seem to be attractively heavy, clearly shaped pieces. It is when you put them on and start moving your hands that their full magic is revealed: the top elements, which nestle closely together, start to move and rotate.
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Made like a classic one-handed-bandit with three revolving reels. Invisible, within every reel, turns freely one steel ball - causing a (nearly) random and definite position of one of the four sides of the reel after coming to rest.
Michael Berger
Born
1966 in Johannesburg/RSA - lives in Düsseldorf/Germany
Training / Education
1987 - 1990 apprenticeship as a goldsmith in Münster / Germany.
1998 examination as master craftsman
Work Experience
1990 - 1992 gained further experience in Koblenz and Düsseldorf
1992 - 1999 staff member and workshop supervisor - Professor Friedrich Becker, Düsseldorf
since July 1999 own studio in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel
Nominations/Awards
Jewelery Prize Northrhine Westfalia 2004
Bochum Design Prize 2005
Tahitian Pearl Trophy 2007/2008, category “Jewellery for men” - Winner international
State Prize Northrhine Westfalia 2009
Exhibitions (selection)
„In der Mitte der Tafel“, Solingen 1997
„manufaktum“, Solingen 1999
„Kostbarkeiten aus Stahl“, Düsseldorf 1999
„Asymmetrie und Harmonie“ Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst, Frankfurt 2000
„funktionelle Gestaltung“, HWK Dortmund 2001
„manufaktum“, Kevelaer 2001
„Thema Stahl“, Kolloquium NRW - Solingen,Pforzheim, Chemnitz, Hanau 2004
„manufaktum“, Zons 2005
„Wertzeichen“, Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst, Hanau 2007
„manufaktum“, Düsseldorf 2007
„new play in art“, Heller Garden ,Gardone Riviera (I), 2008
„Origin 2008”, London (GB) 2008
„effervescence III”, West Dean College (GB) 2008
„Origin 2009”, London (GB) 2009
Publications
Minimal rings, Arch Gregory - Full Spectrum Publishing, 2004
„die vierte Dimension - Schmuck in Bewegung“, GZ - Goldschmiede Zeitung 01/05
JEWELRY DESIGN, daab-Verlag, Köln, August 2008
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