Maze according to Andrzej Boss
The Amber Museum holds a symbol of the search for purpose.
For years his amber pieces have been breaking the rules. As he says in the book Bursztyn nie tylko nad Bałtykiem – “I do what my soul tells me. My aim above all is to find my own way, to avoid being pigeonholed, and to talk about jewellery in a different language every time.”
The Amber Museum’s collection includes one of the artist’s works: Labyrinth, a sculpture made of silver and amber. In an interview for the amber.com.pl portal we find its description: “The concept of the work was simple: a route is a road leading to a goal, and the symbol of the search for a goal is the labyrinth. Labyrinth patterns carved in rock can be found in the oldest cultures,” explains Andrzej Boss. “It surprised me that the same pattern recurs in different places, at different ends of the world.”
The lumps of amber were chosen so that they fit together without cutting. Arranging all three pieces of amber makes it possible to find a place where this stone occurs. Amber routes as important trade routes were the main factor of cultural exchange and contributed to the civilization development of our part of Europe. Metaphorically, therefore, amber can be considered as the blood that animates the organism called Europe.
Andrzej Boss is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. He was born in Tarnów. Designs and makes jewellery, utility forms and small sculptural forms. Amber plays an important role in his artistic creation. The creator values the opportunity to discover his “inner worlds” and inspiring natural forms of nuggets, which often suggest the final shape of the work. His works can be admired at home and abroad. Award-winning. In 1997 at the Amberif Design Award he won the main prize for a necklace, ring and brooch with amber, and in 2003 he was awarded for the pendant “Cast resin fingers”.
Update:
In March 2020 the exhibit was returned to its owner, the Museum of the Wieluń Land in Wieluń.
