WERKSTATT DER ERINNERUNG
WERKSTATT DER ERINNERUNG
Studio view of a Rochlitzer porphyry gravestone with a rough, natural relief suggesting a mountain range
Close-up of the gravestone front with engraved name and dates above the mountain relief
Installed gravestone in the cemetery, showing the mountain relief carved into the natural stone surface
Gravestone on supports in the workshop, showing the full stone slab and relief before installation

Memorial in Rochlitzer porphyr

Rochlitzer porphyr

110cm × 70cm × 15cm plus base

Cemetery: Sophien II, Berlin

 

This gravestone was a very special project for me. The idea came from a photograph that the decedent’s daughter brought with her. It was a black-and-white photo, like those found in old family albums. It showed a mountain range in the former Sudetenland, which the deceased had fled as a child. The process began with selecting the right block of stone, for which I travelled to source it directly from the quarry. We needed a natural-looking crust that I wanted to leave almost untouched, which then would become the mountain range. It was not about a detailed 1:1 representation, but rather about suggestively depicting the mountains, like a distant memory.

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Grabmal aus Anröchter Kalksandstein auf dem Friedhof Sophien II
Fertiges Grabmal aus Anröchter Kalksandstein auf dem Friedhof Sophien II, Berlin. Der halbrunde Kopf des Steins trägt die goldene Inschrift , flankiert von geschwungenen Blattformen. Eine Pflanze mit roten Beeren ist im Vordergrund.
Grabmal aus Anröchter Kalksandstein auf dem Friedhof Sophien II
Grabmal aus Anröchter Kalksandstein in der Werkstatt. Der Stein hat eine gewölbte Oberkante und seitliche Ausformungen

Rochlitzer porphyr

110cm × 70cm × 15cm plus base

Cemetery: Sophien II, Berlin

 

This gravestone was a very special project for me. The idea came from a photograph that the decedent’s daughter brought with her. It was a black-and-white photo, like those found in old family albums. It showed a mountain range in the former Sudetenland, which the deceased had fled as a child. The process began with selecting the right block of stone, for which I travelled to source it directly from the quarry. We needed a natural-looking crust that I wanted to leave almost untouched, which then would become the mountain range. It was not about a detailed 1:1 representation, but rather about suggestively depicting the mountains, like a distant memory.