Claudia Rinneberg’s brooches are like looking at roughly sketched narratives in metal and plastic. This imperfect collection of shapes and stories by Germany’s Rinneberg is sometimes humorous, sometimes thought provoking (Relations Family Therapy and Round Table Family Therapy) and always interesting.

Three Brooches

Family Constellations

Two Brooches with magnetic cows

On The Run

Oops – Hello

Claudia Rinneberg’s website

This week I heard stories – many stories -  from people I know and from people I’ve met in random ways on my trip to DC. While each story is different, there are few things that all of them have in common: intense personal challenge, a strong pull towards change and. . .a hopefulness. I want to honor that hopefulness with this post about Gary Schott’s playful, but serious work. Let’s begin the weekend with a smile and a sense of wonder.

Come Here Brooch

Schott, Chair of the Metals Department at Southwest School of Art, animates intimate moments of our lives with ‘Wearable Playthings’. The work is curious, affectionate, humorous and entertaining. [Hey - that's how people often describe me!]

Impatient Shoes

Polite Clapper

No-No Brooch

“I like my work to be humorous. That’s what I need from my work.” Gary Schott, from the documentary short, Wonder Objects

Wonder Object from Mark & Angela Walley on Vimeo.
Wonder Objects is a lovely documentary short about Schott – he explains his work as the camera follows his process. Watch it to understand what motivates the man. Here. Inspiring.

Gary Schott’s website
Watch his work in motion on this full page of videos
He blogs too!
More of Schott on Crafthaus

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