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David Bielander
'Koi' Bracelet2013

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Sculpture of a coiled serpent with overlapping red, white, and cobalt blue disc-shaped scales and a smooth brick-red wooden head
Close-up detail of a red ceramic shard with diagonal incised lines and a small stamped circular maker's mark, set against a blurred striped background.
Artist or Maker
David Bielander
Switzerland, Basel, born 1968
Title
'Koi' Bracelet
Place Made
Switzerland
Date Made
2013
Medium
Leather, thumbtacks, silver
Dimensions
5 1/4 × 5 × 4 1/2 in. (13.34 × 12.7 × 11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2013.221.2
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers and Bobbye Tigerman. Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.
  • Greenhalgh, Imogen. "David Bielander: Anything but Ordinary." Crafts no.265 (March/April 2017): 60-67.
  • Gifford, Barbara Paris. "Exhibition Review: Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection." Journal of Modern Craft 10, no.2 (2017): 217-222.
Copyright
© David Bielander

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