Doris Betz

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Winner of the prestigious Herbert Hofmann Prize and Bavarian State Prize, Munich jeweler Doris Betz creates organic jewelry that appears spontaneous – linear drawings in metal that grow like the plant forms which often inspire them. Whether colorfully lacquered or blackened, the silver structures are sturdy but diaphanous, with the negative space created within the intervals adding another dimension. A former student of master metalsmiths Hermann Jünger and Otto Künzli at the prestigious Academie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, Betz’s jewelry is in the permanent collections of die Neue Sammlung, there, as well as Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Blueflow II, brooch, 2019, Hostaglas, lacquered, silver
Blueflow V, brooch, 2019, Hostaglas, lacquered, silver
Bavarian Clouds, brooches, silver, lacquer
Necklaces, 2017, silver, patina. Photo: Erol Gurian
Earrings, Left: red hostaglas, gold; Right: black hostaglas, gold
Rings, necklace, 2015, silver

Contact

Address

50 Church St. Montclair,
NJ 07042 USA

The gallery is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 12-5. Other days/times by appointment. It is always a good idea to call before visiting @ 973 865 6194.