Georg Dobler

Tomato Brooch, 2002

Oxidized silver; raw amethysts
image via the Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

If I could own a craft piece of jewelry it would be made by Georg Dobler. All of his work is perfect in my eyes, and it's probably because a lot of it is so close to nature. Tomato Brooch is subtle and powerful. I love that the tomato vine is immortalized here; it makes me want to wear a real vine as a living brooch.