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The parallel exhibition of Olaf Frenzel’s “Grünes Gewölbe light” takes the art of egg decorating to its limits. An engineer by profession, Frenzel proves that with skilled hands, sophisticated techniques and considerable ambition, it is possible to produce ornate eggs in the style of the Paris goldsmith Carl Peter Fabergé. However, his works are not only modelled on the eggs supplied to the court of the Tsar in St. Petersburg. Using real natural objects and highly refined metals, he produces amazingly accurate copies of precious objects from the Grünes Gewölbe in Dresden. His crystal and enamel bowls, seashell vessels, as well as ships and goblets made of nautilus shells are not to be missed.
