Michael Berger
Jeweller
Published: 29.01.2021
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Bio
Michael Berger lives and works in Düsseldorf. He began his training in 1987, worked as an assistant to Prof. Friedrich Becker in the 1990s, and has been running his own workshop since 1999. Like his mentor, he has dedicated his work to kinetics.
Kinetics - defined in physics as the dynamics of bodies that are accelerated by forces - is the driving force that makes Berger's pieces so fascinating. It creates the opportunity to interact with the pieces and awakens the instinct to play through a tiny wonderland of physics.
Flower Power series
This group of works starting 2018 is a further development of my kinetic jewelry, in which I experiment with dichroic glasses. The momentum, provided by the wearer through his own movements impulses the rotation of the glass panels, which effectively sets the scene for light refraction, reflection, and the color change effect. A double interplay arises: between the lattice structure and the reflective glass surfaces on the one hand and the piece and the viewer on the other.
Goethe series
These kinetic rings belong to a series of Goethe related pieces made for annual exhibitions of a Düsseldorf based jeweler group called düsselGOLD, founded in 2007. For many years the Goethe Museum Düsseldorf is hosting this exhibition of contemporary jewellery from a group of around 20 makers. The group shows work from their collections and at least one piece specially made for this event to the, annually changing, Goethe related theme.
Flower Power series
This group of works starting 2018 is a further development of my kinetic jewelry, in which I experiment with dichroic glasses. The momentum, provided by the wearer through his own movements impulses the rotation of the glass panels, which effectively sets the scene for light refraction, reflection, and the color change effect. A double interplay arises: between the lattice structure and the reflective glass surfaces on the one hand and the piece and the viewer on the other.
Goethe series
These kinetic rings belong to a series of Goethe related pieces made for annual exhibitions of a Düsseldorf based jeweler group called düsselGOLD, founded in 2007. For many years the Goethe Museum Düsseldorf is hosting this exhibition of contemporary jewellery from a group of around 20 makers. The group shows work from their collections and at least one piece specially made for this event to the, annually changing, Goethe related theme.
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