Crests of souvenir spoons are like signposts from times gone by. They carry markings and memories within them – on just one square centimeter. In my work, they allow the mind to wander – beyond the edge of the picture. Here is the first work that opens this series.
Do you still have a little souvenir like this at home? Attached to the handle of a spoon, as a pendant on a bracelet, or somewhere in a drawer waiting for its next appearance?
Get in touch. I would be happy to create a habitat for it in consultation with you – something that gives your memory a little air and light. The right thing will be found in a personal conversation.
This large-format work is also part of the Wandertage series –
– and it is dedicated to a faithful companion that I reliably encounter every summer and fall on my forest walks: the dung beetle. An animal with attitude. And with kinship that he can be proud of, because our local dung beetle belongs to the same family as the scarab – the sacred beetle from the Nile to which the ancient Egyptians dedicated temples and amulets.
Strong shades of blue dominate the work, and thanks to small remnants of various candy wrappers, it shimmers in exactly the same colors that characterize the beetle’s shell. Set on woven strips of paper, on a format of around 40 × 60 cm, the most diverse insects from various found objects cavort here – each of them unique.
The name of the work is logically SCARABÄUS.
Adding to the grandeur is a spoon coat of arms of the Externsteine—that enigmatic rock formation said to possess powerful forces to this day. This collage thus brings together all the big names: the sacred beetle, the insects of the forest, the stones of the Germanic peoples—and somewhere in between, a spoon crest. Can you find it? It is just one of many other significant elements here. In the excerpt shown, it is placed fairly centrally next to pine cone scale beetles, rose bud beetles, horsetail beetles, alder beetles, and other new creations.
Further information on this work only on request.
