Rosary Workshop - Court of the King
WALL CROSSES - GERMANY
MARIA LAACH ABBEY / BUTZON BERCKER / EGINO WEINERT
More reminders of our faith from some of German artists and foundaries. Read about Maria Laach Abbey, Butzon Bercker and the remarkable work of Egino Weinert below. The artists whose work we feature below are world famous. Each bronze cross and plaque offers us the opportunity to share our faith with our loved ones on special days in the finest way possible. Fine art - excellent pricing. Gift boxed. PS, at this price, might want to get one for yourself too!
 
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CROSSES   -   PLAQUES   -  WEARABLES
MARIA LAACH   -   BUTZON & BERCKER   -  EGINO WEINERT
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~ MARIA LAACH ABBEY ~

We visited the Monastery of Maria Laach in Germany this year and discovered a beautiful complex that included industry in agriculture to a foundry for religious art. They have expanded over the years, becoming world famous for their bronze work which now includes garden gates and other large pieces. Beautiful gardens, a nursery, fine buildings abound including the church. For over 50 years, the Monastery of Maria Laach has included artists, authors and a publishing department. they sell their works on site. Beautiful cards, bronzes, icons, books and CDs are available. The work is in cooperation with the 80 monks and laity.

~ BUTZON & BERCKER ~

Butzon & Bercker started out as a publishing company in 1870 and by 1920, began to incorporate fine religious art. By 1930, they had added a woodworking shop to their religious art production.  A foundry was incorporated in 1958 and they began to design and cast bronze religious art.  Now Butzon & Bercker has over 80 artists, including blacksmiths, and 25 master artists who work in the foundry seeing each piece from casting to polishing, from beginning to the end. They design and cast a fine collection of religious art that range from small wearable pendants to appointments for churches.

~ EGINO WEINERT ~

     World renowned German artist, Egino Weinert, is a master in the field of sacred gold smithery, as well as a painter and sculptor.  He has consigned pieces of art for Cathedrals and Churches throughout the world and is a favorite of John Paul II. Several of Mr. Weinert’s original enamel works may be seen in the Galleria Moderna of the Vatican Museum.
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  Born on March 3rd, 1920 in Berlin-Schöneberg  -  1934 Entry to the monastery of the Benedictine Missionaries as a monastic pupil.  -  1941 Gold and silversmith examination passed with merits of distinction.  -  1941 Prison for refusal of the Hitler salutation in Würzburg, Ottostraße.  -  1944 Receipt of diploma.  - 1945 Loss of my right hand by an explosive projectile masked as an electrical fuse.  -  1946 First work with one hand at the gold smithery  “eine Paxtafel.” (Peace Plaque)  - 1947 The painter Ewal Jorzig, Düsseldorf, visits the monastery and urges the abbot Burkhard Urz to send me to the Art School of Cologne.  -  1949 Attendance to the School of Art.  -  1951 Founded own studio for gold smithery, painting, and sculpture.  - 1963 Founded second studio in Spain.  -  1994 For the last 50 years I have been active as a master of sacred gold smithery, as well as, a painter and sculptor, making pieces I can manage with one hand.  -  1999 Reaching my 80th year.

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