Bogdan Mirowski (1945 - 2014), "Reading."

Sheet silver pr. 0.999, locally gilded. Marble base.

Dimensions: 26 x 20 x 12 cm

Bogdan Mirowski is one of the most original Polish artists creating in silver and amber. Associated throughout his life with Sopot. He created jewelry, sculptures, full-plastic paintings. Bogdan Mirowski's best-known work is the "Amber Nightingale," the Grand Prix Award at the Sopot Song Festival, which he has been creating for 20 years. His works, which have received numerous awards, have been shown in many exhibitions held in Poland and abroad.

"Bogdan Mirowski "painted" with silver: he masterfully used ancient hand techniques. He developed his own technology for making sculptural forms from pieces of silver sheet, sparing no time to refine the detail." (source: amber.com.pl)