Pink Chestnut Blossom with Horns
The trio of Chestnut Blossom objects was created in the spring of 2022 as a kind of reliquary of living nature. The pink chestnut is exceptional in its beauty and is not commonly seen. The model for these objects was a blossoming tree in the Wallenstein Garden in Prague near my studio. Chestnut trees come in different cultivated varieties, so I placed amethyst crystals and a glyptic carved amethyst flower in the bronze blossoms. As I often do in my work, I used an entire inflorescence of blossoms and prepared it for casting with a special technique of frying in wax. I then let it burn out of the mold. Before that, however, I modeled small intruders into the flowers. Horned beetles peek out from among three blossoms. The pink glass set in bronze is meant to evoke pink chestnut blossoms.
Each object in the trio is a one-of-a-kind original.
During the same period, the Pink Chestnut Blossom Brooch was created and is currently worn by Mrs. Eva Pavlová, the wife of the President of the Czech Republic.
Our leading glyptic engraver, Eva Víšková, collaborated in the cutting of the stones.
material: bronze, glass shards
dimensions: 19 x 19cm
weight: 443g
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Hanuš Lamr's metal objects are inspired exclusively by nature. With the enthusiasm of an explorer, he brings into focus the delicate shape
of flowers, twigs and other natural objects which, cast in metal, reveal their finest details. The task of the artist is not to succumb to the
temptation to improve upon a natural design, but to be guided by its structure, and, with a sense of respect for its immutable perfection, to
render a coda. Rather than jewelry in the traditional sense of the word, these objects are a kind of sacrament. He immerses fragile
honeycombs, dry leaves, fruits and twigs or swollen chestnut blossoms in wax, then casts them in silver or bronze. The original model burns
away during casting, so each result is unique, without the possibility of replication. Fragile metal artefacts are created, conjoined in a surreal
fusion, sometimes supplemented with glass shards or stones. Hanuš Lamr transforms leftover fragments of authentic natural materials into
relics embodying the age-old, futile desire to immortalize the ephemeral, to touch the untouchable: intactum tangere.
text: Terezia Zemánková