Mr Norbert Salzwedel
Information about the artist

 Copper engraving is in the centre of the graphic art, and Mr Norbert Salzwedel is an expert in this field. It is amazing to notice how well he has grasped the nature of the engraving technique when you learn that he stated engraving as late as 1995. He has concentrated on copper engraving since 2000, and from time to time he combines engraving with etching in the same print.

Norbert Salzwedel is born in 1950 in Germany where he still lives. Perishableness is an ongoing theme is a typical print by Salzwedel. Useless and lost objects, rests of humans and animals, leftovers from the nature such as bones, seashells and so on form the basis of his excellent copper engravings. Also themes from the nature around us, often with marks of human presence, are symbols of what will soon vanish. 

Mr Salzwedel on graphic art:
“The graphic art, especially the copper engraving, owns the strongest abstract elements – line and point. But it is possible to articulate a work of highest illusion and connection with reality.”

Education;
During 1988-1993 studies at the highschool of art, Berlin

Size of an edition;
The maximum number of prints made from one plate is about 50-60. 

Group exhibitions (a sample only):
- Printbienale Cluj, Spain, 2005
- 6th British International Miniature Print Exhibition
- XX Biennale Exlibris, Malbork, 2005
- Lietuvos Kariuomene Ekslibise, Vilnius, Lithuania
- International Ex Libris competition, Turin, Italy, 2006

Here are examples of the fantastic art of Norbert Salzwedel
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Copper engraving "The old factory"                                   Copper engraving "The designer of bones"