Dorothée Rosen

Dorothée Rosen was born in Germany and immigrated to Canada in 1989. She is a graduate from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (2005) with a major in jewellery design and metalsmithing, and a minor in art history. Dorothée showed outstanding achievement in her studies at NSCAD. She has been awarded numerous scholarships and has participated in several juried exhibitions in Canada and the USA. She is a member of the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, the Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia, the Metal Arts Guild of Canada and the Society of North American Goldsmiths. Her work is collected across North America and in Europe. Her jewellery is very wearable and has a classic yet modern elegance. Dorothée works both in silver and in gold.

 Says Dorothée about her work:

My current work continues with the extravagant generosity of materials evident in the “Onefooter”-series.  I am always interested in working with line, exploring manipulation of the line itself, and of volume created through line. The Onefooter Ring  is an example of this. One foot of sterling wire is first forged in various directions, then would repeatedly into a continuous loop, wrapping around the finger many times without beginning or end. The rings of the Crush Ring series are made from a very thin pure silver tubing, which under controlled circumstances, is crushed to form a finger ring. As the pure metal folds, unique lines and folds appear in each and every piece. Most pieces include 24 karat gold, which has been fused to the surface before crushing. Based on studies in the field of social anthropology, my work now is more inspired by jewellery used as protective defense against evil spirits in non-industrialized societies, and by imagery of nature such as vines and flower garlands.... a balance is achieved between the simple beauty of the coloured stones, and the playfulness of magnetic elements, still held within the constraints of elegance.