Vera Siemund, Germany

Dornröschen (Sleeping Beauty)

2021

Steel, silver, coral

200 × 300 × 60 mm

A creative response to Dornröschen (Sleeping Beauty) by Jethro Turner

Jupiter was in the garden too, on the phone. “Most American girls' funny stories involve Xanax in one way or another” he was explaining. She took a look at the roses. “Everyone hates me and they light up around you”, she thought to herself. At the opera the previous night, she’d stared down into the orchestra pit, and watched a second violin pause and cough while the orchestra tuned up. She was convinced she’d seen a small fleck of blood fall onto the score. But she felt silly telling Jupiter.

Blurring the line between art and design through jewellery, Vera Siemund studied at the Burg Giebichenstein, University for Art and Design in Germany. Her creations have been shown in solo exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and America and featured in a number of public collections such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Smithsonian Design Museum, and the Swiss National Museum. In 2013 she was the Goldsmith Laureate for the city of Hanau.