Georg Dobler / Jewelry

With his participation in the „Jewellery Redefined“ exhibition in London and the „Tendenzen“ exhibition at Pforzheim’s Jewelry Museum, Georg Dobler had his international break through already in the early 1980s. Many of the earlier pieces from this period feature the colors of black, red, yellow and blue in basic geometrical shapes. Around 1985 he started adding a deconstructionist touch to his creations or complementing them by organic elements and textures. The blackened silver casts of leaves, vine branches, twigs in blossom or carrying seeds Dobler started using in 1987 reveal a new approach that was rooted in the tradition of Art Nouveau and Art Déco. Starting in the late 1990s he also included gemstones in his creations, playing with the gemstones’ opulence, brilliance and large size. Around the turn of the millennium, he started creating pieces composed of different arrangements of polished amethyst or quartz slices in blackened silver frames. As the title „à la Lalique“ indicates, Dobler’s beetle brooches created since 2005 are inspired by this great Art Nouveau master. Since 2005, in addition to working on the flower and beetle themes, Dobler has again created a number of geometric and technology-inspired compositions. In 2011, the complex work of Georg Dobler will be valued in two exhibitions at Pforzheim’s Jewelry Museum and at the German Goldsmiths’ House Hanau.