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DK Amber New Mosaic Series No. 16 - Rich, gold color amber in a highly polished, velvety smooth, dazzlingly clear amber seems to dominate upon first glance, but as the eyes take in the intricate mosaic detail.... exotic woods mixed together with amber shades, it's easy enough to do a double take. A complete look, this Dorota Kos original comes strung on slim, simple cord of black braided linen and with her whimsical, unmistakable sun logo. Representative of a window or a door, with the chaos tamed into a neat, orderly fashion by the patience of the artist's hand.
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Andzia's Amber is absolutely delighted to present the newest collection from Dorota Kos-- The DK Amber Mosaic Collection.
Kos says, about this special issue amber pendant collection, "the mosaic I use in the jewelry is hand made, nothing pressed. Maybe it is crazy, but I really put together every small piece-- using glue, polishing again, cutting, assembling, measuring, polishing again... For this collection, I used many really different kinds of wood-- black oak, ebony, plum, cherry, apple tree, birch, walnut & padouk (red). Woods that I found, woods that I kept, woods that were given to me. So the wood is a mosaic in the same way the amber is a mosaic. It is fair to say that I am fascinated by the micro world. I hope you will enjoy that every small piece is unique & that, through my work as an artist, I respect every small piece of the amber & the wood."
The purity & integrity of Dorota's work & her materials, the quizzical combination of precisely organized chaos & her fidelity to process truly sets her work apart among contemporary amber jewelry designers. Amber & wood create small objects that are complete, whole & quite singular in their ability to amaze. Each is like an intense little fruit. Portable art. Lines are clean, even hard, with a modernist edge, yet it is here that the pieces confuse, because they are so very, very warm. Certain edges are left completely raw, like the snaggle tooth of an ancient cat.
This is inventive amber jewelry that pleases eye, spirit & hand. Yet is is somehow elusive, even sitting in the palm of the hand. It gestures towards our human past with remarkable fidelity to the long traditions of amber craftsmanship found in Gdansk, World Capital of Amber. Yet they also gesture towards an even older world, a lush, ancient one filled with exotic & rare materials, to which we cannot return & of which it is an artifact. Then again, these small, precious pieces point us towards the future, as if they are blueprints of what we may become.
Ultimately, the world the DK Amber Mosaics come from is our world, newly imagined.
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Features
- dimensions,
a bit over an inch and a half all round for new # 16
- MIxed exotic woods
- A complete look: includes long length
of plain, supple black Italian leather
- This design contains zero metal
- Bears the sun logo of award winning
amber artist Dorota Kos - Arrives giftboxed courtesy
of Andzia's Amber Jewelry
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