Hans
Berchtenbreiter

Hans Berchtenbreiter was a trained gold and silversmith. 

The minimalist, elegant pieces are always unadorned and take the elementary forms of lines, circles, squares, and triangles. Due to different finishing techniques, various surfaces often contrast with one another. The diverse materials used by Berchtenbreiter typically interacts by playing with the contrast between the solid and the delicate. Berchtenbreiter did not view jewelry merely as a decorative bodily adornment: the pieces are forms that stand and function on their own. His work is exemplary in transcending traditional boundaries between applied art (craft) and fine art.