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20ar WOOLY BITS
Axel Russmeyer, sphere from wool felt beads over a clear polyester sphere, purple ribbon and wool white wool, turquoise glass beaded bead from contemporary japanese glass beads with wooden corez, 5.5" x 5.5" x 5.5", 2001, $ 4,700
21ar BLACK ON CARDBOARD
Axel Russmeyer, sphere from polyester thread card board bobbins over a solid wood sphere, tan and dark gray ribbon, 4" x 4" x 4", 2009, $3,600
22ar CHARCOAL
Axel Russmeyer, sphere from polyester thread bobbins with plastic core over a beech wood bead, black with dark gray ribbon, 4" x 4" x 4", 2009, $3,400
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13ar UNTITLED
Axel Russmeyer
monofilament, bobbins, glass, ribbon, elastic cord and wood
21" x 11" x 4.25", 2007/2008
$16,300
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3ar COPPER, TIN SCULPTURE
Axel Russmeyer
copper, tin, stainless steel, hemp
16" x 16" x 16"
2007
$10,000
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| The components of Russmeyer’s large sphere, Copper, Tin Sculpture, are traditional German baking forms that are used for pastry and savory use alike. Usually they are made in tin -- metal that will rust. Russmeyer placed a special order for the copper –coated forms with the company that he says “thinks anyway I am crazy as they cannot imagine what someone could possibly do with so many of them.” These forms will gradually grow richer in color – developing a greenish patina when placed outside. The rope that holds the piece in the spherical shape is a traditional all-hemp rope from the harbor district in Hamburg, where this very traditional material it is harder and harder to find. At the center of the piece is a hollow sphere made of stainless steel. |
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1ar COPPER,
TIN SCULPTURE
Axel Russmeyer
copper, tin, stainless steel, hemp
17" x 17" x 17"
2007
$12,000
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17ar
BLUE SPOOLS SCULPTURE
Axel Russmeyer
bobbins, wood, copper wire
4" x 10" x 10", 2008
$ 7,900
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 1ar Detail COPPER, TIN SCULPTURE |
Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (One of a Kind: The Studio Craft Movement); Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin, (Who Knows Where or When?); Third International Bead Conference, Bethesda, Maryland (Rebellious Bead – traveling exhibition); American Craft Museum, New York (Beadz – Contemporary Beadwork); Southern Highland Craft Center, Folk Art Center, Asheville, North Carolina (The Beaded Object); Design Miami/Art Basel Miami Beach (Paperlove); London, UK (Collect); Milan, Italy (International Design Week, Essential Nature); Salone di Mobile, Zona Tortona, Paola Lenti, Milan, Italy; Collections for Paul Smith; Barney’s; MOMA Design Store; Takashimaya and Relish. |
To purchase the artwork of Axel Russmeyer
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
Tom Grotta
browngrotta arts
or telephone
tel: 203-834-0623 or fax: 203-762-5981
www.browngrotta.com
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