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# Lothar Böttcher

Glass Sculptor

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## Posts

- [Changing Channels Photograms](https://lotharbottcher.com/changing-channels-photograms/) - Changing Channels Photograms - Darkroom photograms - glass sculpture and light on photographic paper. Showing at Alliance Française Pretoria, June 2026.
- [Echoes of Presence - Between Shadow and Light, Alliance Française, Pretoria](https://lotharbottcher.com/echoes-of-presence-2026/) - Two glass artists. One conversation. Echoes of Presence — Böttcher & Greenberg at Alliance Française Pretoria, 11 June – 6 July 2026. Free entry.
- [Artefacts at the Pretoria Art Museum](https://lotharbottcher.com/artefacts-at-the-pretoria-art-museum/) - Artefacts at the Pretoria Art Museum is a collaborative exhibition showing works by Lothar Böttcher and Caitlin Greenberg.
- [Trapping a Beast Inside the Screen](https://lotharbottcher.com/trapping-a-beast-inside-the-screen/) - A Beast trapped inside a screen. A sculpture revealed after the final polish. Lothar Böttcher on the two questions that drive his practice in glass.
- [Visual Oases in Exceedingly Distracted Times](https://lotharbottcher.com/visual-oases-in-exceedingly-distracted-times/) - New works Cave and Echo Chamber — hand carved optical crystal sculptures available at Ebony Curated, Franschhoek. Part of the Portals series by Lothar Böttcher.
- [Un-frame your mind](https://lotharbottcher.com/un-frame-your-mind/) - Scrolling through the abyss of my digital addiction frustrates me. I need to un-frame my mind. This unrelenting pressure to ‘create content’ is driving me up the wall. Maybe I’ve found a way to do it.
- [Homo Faber Guide](https://lotharbottcher.com/homo-faber-guide/) - Inducted into the Homo Faber Guide — the definitive international register of master artisans, recognising exceptional craft practitioners worldwide.
- [New Glass Review 45 - Corning Museum of Glass](https://lotharbottcher.com/new-glass-review-3/) - Home Sweet Home has been selected for New Glass Review 45 — the Corning Museum of Glass' annual juried publication of international glass art.
- [Big News for Glass Art in Africa!](https://lotharbottcher.com/big-news-for-glass-art-in-africa/) - Moya African Glass Network turns one. From the origins of glass art in South Africa to our first Glass Safari and the exhibition Glass Now — African Perspectives, here's the story of how a community found its voice.
- [New Glass Review](https://lotharbottcher.com/new-glass-review/) - It is that time of year again when one checks the mailbox more regularly. Problem is that you find all those bills first and then… with great anticipation the latest copy of New Glass Review is there!
- [Waldmuseum Zwiesel - Mystische Kreaturen und Mythische Wesen](https://lotharbottcher.com/waldmuseum-zwiesel-mystische-kreaturen-und-mythische-wesen/) - Two new Precious Beasts from the Anima series will be shown at the Waldmuseum Zwiesel, Germany, as part of the international exhibition Mystische Kreaturen und Mythische Wesen (Mystical Creatures and Mythical Beings), 2026.
- [Precious Beasts - Carving Crystal Idols](https://lotharbottcher.com/precious-beasts-carving-crystal-idols/) - Precious Beasts is an ongoing series of carved sculptural idols, loosely related to prehistoric representations of animals and magical creatures of fantasy.
- [Glass Now - African Perspectives](https://lotharbottcher.com/glass-now-african-perspectives/) - Moya African Glass Network (NPC) proudly presents its first group exhibition, Glass Now – African Perspectives, opening on 5 July 2025 at 11:00 AM at the Association of Arts, Pretoria.
- [FACETTEN - Mitglieder von glasspool e.V. stellen sich vor](https://lotharbottcher.com/facetten-glasspool-exhibition/) - FACETTEN - glasspool e.V. Members Exhibition opens 02 May 2025 at Schloss Buchenau, Germany.
- [Mollified Venice presents: Fluid Matter - Humanature](https://lotharbottcher.com/mollified-venice-presents-fluid-matter-humanature/) - From July 14 to August 8, 2025 SPARC*-Spazio Arte Contemporanea in Venice is hosting the group exhibition Fluid Matter - Humanature, curated by Mollified Venice.
- [Dawid Ras Gallery - "New", a group exhibition with Dirk van der Westhuizen](https://lotharbottcher.com/dawid-ras-gallery-new-a-group-exhibition-with-dirk-van-der-westhuizen/) - Dirk van der Westhuizen is the main artist. There are also new paintings by Zolile Phetshane, Willie Saayman, Cobus van Bosch, Luan Nel, Olaf Bisschoff and Anton Karstel. Lothar Böttcher, acclaimed hard glass sculptor, is showing some of his sculptures. The opening is on Thursday 9 October 2025, 17:30 – 20:00. There is ample safe parking. Dawid Ras Gallery, Old Castle Brewery, Woodstock.
- [Glass Art & Design Paris - Salon du Verre](https://lotharbottcher.com/glass-art-design-paris-salon-du-verre/) - Glass Art & Design Paris presents Salon du Verre Paris14 with 30 international artists exhibiting from 9-12 October at Annexe de la Marie du 14e arrondissement.
- [At the Tip of the Wheel, The Glass Factory, Sweden](https://lotharbottcher.com/at-the-tip-of-the-wheel-the-glass-factory-sweden/) - "At the Tip of the Wheel" Glass Exhibition at The Glass Factory, Boda Glasbruk, Sweden. 23 June - 20 October 2024
- [Sculpture Exhibition - Rooftop XI, "Take A Stand"](https://lotharbottcher.com/sculpture-exhibition-rooftop-xi-take-a-stand/) - Rooftop XI, Sculpture Exhibition by The Viewing Room Art Gallery at the Sandton Hotel, Benmore Rd., Sandton Opening Sat. 17 Aug. 12:00 Closing 31 Dec 2024
- [2. Glaspreis der Stadt Hadamar Exhibition](https://lotharbottcher.com/glaspreis-der-stadt-hadamar/) - The second Glaspreis glass competition and exhibition is hosted in the Glasmuseum Hadamar as part of the city's 7th centenary celebrations.
- [Under the Skin, Berlin](https://lotharbottcher.com/un-frame-your-mind-2-2-2-2/) - On the occasion of the Berlin edition of the international Glass Art Society conference, the group exhibition, “Under the skin” is taking place in the spaces of KA 32 Gallery. The exhibition is a dialogue between international glass artists, who have chosen glass as their primary medium of expression, and artists residing in Berlin that come from other disciplines, and who have been invited to experiment with glass, specifically for this event.
- [Glass Art Society - Members Exhibition, Berlin 2024](https://lotharbottcher.com/glass-art-society-members-exhibition-berlin-2024/) - Glass Art Society Conference Members Exhibition, Berlin 2024 The Glass Art Society showcases works from current GAS members each year at the Annual Conference.
- [Ebony Curated, Franschhoek](https://lotharbottcher.com/un-frame-your-mind-2-4/) - Ebony Curated, Franschhoek
- [Lathe Riders Open The 2024 GAS Conference In Berlin!](https://lotharbottcher.com/lathe-riders-open-the-2024-gas-conference-in-berlin/) - The Lathe Riders brought cold work into the limelight at this year’s Glass Art Society conference in Berlin. For the first time in history, cold work got centre stage as the opening demo at a GAS conference.
- [Cold Perspectives, Berlin](https://lotharbottcher.com/cold-perspectives-berlin/) - On the occasion of the Berlin edition of the international Glass Art Society conference, the group exhibition, “Cold Perspectives” is taking place in the space of Fantom Gallery in Berlin, Germany.
- [Under the Skin, Berlin](https://lotharbottcher.com/un-frame-your-mind-2-2-2-2-2/) - Under The Skin - Glass Exhibition at KA32 Art Space, Berlin.
- [Silwerskermfees 2022](https://lotharbottcher.com/new-glass-review-2/) - It’s not often when one gets a phone call out of the blue where the conversation kicks off around light, optics and sculpture. I answered this call at the beginning of December, to imagine a sculpture which encapsulates lights, camera and action for the Silwerskermfees 2022.
- [Schürenberg Kunsthandel, Aachen](https://lotharbottcher.com/un-frame-your-mind-2-4-2-2/) - Schürenberg Kunsthandel, Aachen
- [Fired Up! - Celebrating Southern African Glass Art](https://lotharbottcher.com/fired-up-celebrating-southern-african-glass-art/) - Fired Up! An exhibition of contemporary Southern African glass art for the United Nations' International Year of Glass 2022.
- [Pocket Lenses II & Notes on past works](https://lotharbottcher.com/pocket-lenses-ii-notes-on-past-works/) - Pocket Lenses developed over years. They have become an analogue synonym of our digitally engaged society. Lenses were a natural conclusion to the work I do. Sculpting solid (and sometimes blown) glass by grinding and polishing I invoke light to do crazy things. Light is all around us. It is the substance (or wave) that informs us of our surrounding, bouncing off everything we see.
- [Pocket Lenses](https://lotharbottcher.com/pocket-lenses/) - This idea of an alternate reality inside your pocket is not new. Most of us are aquatinted with that digital version – the dumbfone.
- [Bohemian and the Freedom to do what you want.](https://lotharbottcher.com/bohemian-and-the-freedom-to-do-what-you-want/) - A sluice of possibilities opened at this first international cold workers get-together! Through sharing, doing and conversing we explored the juncture between tradition and craftsmanship, and the freedom to do what you want.
- [Telescreens – a phenomenological experiment?](https://lotharbottcher.com/telescreens-a-phenomenological-experiment/) - Continuing my exploration of digital vs. analogue experienced lives, I have constructed small sculptures as an experiment in phenomenology called Telescreens. These sculptures explore tangible experiences within the digital dystopia of our global lockdown and isolation.
- [Woman and Man, two parts of a whole](https://lotharbottcher.com/un-frame-your-mind-4/) - In his book, Prehistoric European Art (1968), Walter Tobrügge discusses this specific Palaeolithic sculpture, suggesting: “If the work was, indeed, intended so to combine two motifs in a single object, like a puzzle picture, then it supplies evidence that the purpose of most early art was magical.”
- [South African Glass - The art and societies from my perspective](https://lotharbottcher.com/south-african-glass-the-art-and-societies-from-my-perspective/) - One thing I have learned from the international glass community is that it is a family with weird cousins, uncles and aunts, some might be scary and others timid or bombastic, everyone differently unique but all are giving, supportive and believe in the magic of glass and its future
- [Ngwenya Glass Workshop 2017](https://lotharbottcher.com/ngwenya-glass-workshop-2017/) - One of my highlight of 2017 is to have been part of Ngwenya Glass’ renowned workshop again. The last time I was in the the Kingdom of Swaziland to make glass was 2010, for the VuvuAfrica project to celebrate South Africa’s Soccer World Cup and previous workshops.
- [2019 – New Glass Now](https://lotharbottcher.com/2019-new-glass-now/) - It is truly a proud moment to be recognised on this grand international platform for contemporary glass, to be one of the voices intertwining the world of glass and future, twenty-first century art.
- [Lathe Riders, Secrets from the Cold Shop – at the Glass Art Society Virtual 2021 Conference](https://lotharbottcher.com/lathe-riders-secrets-from-the-cold-shop-at-the-glass-art-society-virtual-2021-conference/) - Lathe Riders is an international collaboration of cold workers specifically focussing on their Cold Shop Studio and Cold Working Techniques.
- [My Glass Tour: Hello Berlin!](https://lotharbottcher.com/my-glass-tour-hello-berlin/) - After spending two weeks in Småland on my glass tour, Sam and I hit the road back to Germany. We booked the evening ferry from Trelleborg to Rostock, leaving port at ten.
- [Changing Channels](https://lotharbottcher.com/changing-channels/) - I'm fascinated by the impact of mass media on our daily lives. In my recent series of sculptures called 'This is not a TV', I explore how analog and digital technologies shape our experiences, especially in an age where constant digital surveillance is prevalent.
- [The 7 Glass Wonders](https://lotharbottcher.com/un-frame-your-mind-3-2/) - The United Nations declared 2022 the International Year of Glass. Countless events, and activities across the globe took place throughout the year, celebrating glass in all its glory — from science, sustainability, industry and technology, to art, history and culture.

## Pages

- [Home](https://lotharbottcher.com/) - Sculptures in permanent collections at the Corning Museum of Glass and institutions across Europe and Africa. Homo Faber Guide. Board Member, Glass Art Society.
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## Portfolios

- [Changing Channels Photograms](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/changing_channels_photograms/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Changing Channels Photograms photograms 2023 Changing Channels Photograms bring together processes from my cold shop studio to the darkroom. These ideas share the same essential question: what happens when an image is made, not taken? Each of these works emerges inside the chemical infused, red lit darkroom. The
- [Spot the Lines](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/spot_the_lines/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Spot the Lines (2024) Optical crystal & fused glass, UV-laminated, hand carved and polished H:17 L:35 D:6cm I love playfulness, our universal human condition. Everyone has it, irrespective of race, religion or demographic. This is where stories come from, our innovation and understanding of the world we inhabit.
- [Croco Bear](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/crocobear/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Croco Bear Precious Beast Series (2024) Optical crystal & fused glass, UV-laminated, hand carved and polished H:22 L:32 D:12cm I love playfulness, our universal human condition. Everyone has it, irrespective of race, religion or demographic. This is where stories come from, our innovation and understanding of the world
- [House on the Hill](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/house-on-the-hill/) - In July 2022 the City of Tshwane served us with an expropriation order which unleashed an emotional tremor. For three years we fought the expropriation as the state was unwilling to negotiate. We won the case, keeping our home. This sculpture was created during this time.
- [Rocket Cat](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/rocket-cat/) - Rocket Cat belongs to my ongoing Precious Beasts series that evolve through deliberate carving and the logic of found materials. My practice is shifting, accumulating and repurposing glass fragments and elements that have been "lost" in the studio.
- [Beast Like Rhino](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/beast-like-rhino/) - One of my recent favourite Precious Beasts, Beast Like Rhino, is carved, cut and polished from a solid chunk of yellow-gold optical glass. I love the way the pointy head shimmers and refracts light, giving this magical creature a life of its own.
- [Dosis Sola Facit Venenum](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/dosis-facit-sola-venenum/) - The dose alone makes the poison — Paracelsus, 16th century. A silvered television screen set in a monstrance of mirrors and gold wire. The screen does not broadcast. It reflects. You are the star of this show.
- [Cave](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/cave-sculpture/) - Echo Chamber is a visual inquiry of the digital spaces we inhabit, where our biases are nurtured and reinforced. Polished angles and lenses let the light reflect and refract, tattooing your view with echoes of the present. It is a machine that works with light and magic.
- [Echo Chamber](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/echo-chamber/) - Echo Chamber is a visual inquiry of the digital spaces we inhabit, where our biases are nurtured and reinforced. Polished angles and lenses let the light reflect and refract, tattooing your view with echoes of the present. It is a machine that works with light and magic.
- [Bird Man](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/bird_man/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Bird Man Detritus Series (2023) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished, assembled H:35 W:12 D:16cm “Bird Man” emerged from the detritus of bits and pieces accumulating over years in my studio. Inspired by the fragmented prehistoric sculpture, “Der Löwenmensch”, or Lion Person, these new works
- [Crystal Head](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/crystal_head/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Crystal Head Detritus Series (2023) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished, assembled H:33 W:12 D:10cm “Crystal Head” emerged from the detritus of bits and pieces accumulating over years in my studio. Inspired by the fragmented prehistoric sculpture, “Der Löwenmensch”, or Lion Person, these new works
- [Dreamer](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/dreamer/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Dreamer Detritus Series (2023) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished, assembled H:36 W:10 D:21cm “Dreamer” emerged from the detritus of bits and pieces accumulating over years in my studio. Inspired by the fragmented prehistoric sculpture, “Der Löwenmensch”, or Lion Person, these new works resemble an
- [Deliverance](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/deliverance/) - Deliverance is inspired by the video work, “Television Delivers People” (1973) — by Richard Serra (USA) and Carlota Fay Schoolman (USA).
- [Horned Beast](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/horned-beast/) - My series of Precious Beasts continues with Horned Beast. Reminiscent of historic toys carved from wood and bone this little creature roams the wide plains and valleys of days past.
- [Rhythm & Light](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/rhythm_and_light/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Rhythm & Light Brilliant cut crystal https://youtube.com/shorts/oGmJ6x3RGYY?feature=share Blown glass, brilliant cut and polished, bronze. Various sizes and shapes possible. Can be made to order.
- [Stone Light](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/stone_light/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Stone Light Brilliant cut crystal Blown glass, brilliant cut and polished, Magaliesberg quartzite, steel. Various sizes and shapes possible. Can be made to order.
- [Get Rhythm Vase](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/get_rhythm_vase/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Get Rhythm Vase Brilliant cut crystal https://youtu.be/KGrUR9rgdjE Thick hand-blown glass, deep cut and polished. Various sizes and shapes. Can be made to order.
- [Bohemian](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/bohemian/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Bohemian Deep cut vessels Thick hand-blown glass, deep cut and polished. Various sizes and shapes. Can be made to order. Read more: Bohemian and the freedom to do what you want
- [This Is Not A TV - Africa](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/tinatv_africa/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs This Is Not A TV - Africa TINATV Series (2023) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished, steel H:17 W:18 D:4cm Exhibition: Connections, Glass from every angle, Glass Art Society conference, Berlin, Germany 15 - 18 May 2024 https://youtu.be/sND9a0nkBAE
- [This Is Not A TV - Antenna (v.1)](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/tinatv_antenna_v1/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs This Is Not A TV - Antenna (v.1) TINATV Series (2023) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished, steel H:51 W:53 D:15cm Exhibition: At The Tip of The Wheel, The Glass Factory, Boda Glasbruk, Sweden 27 Apr. - 20 Oct. 2024 I'm fascinated by the impact of mass
- [This Is Not A TV](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/this_is_not_a_tv/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs This Is Not A TV TINATV Series (2023) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished, steel H:27 W:20 D:7cm I'm fascinated by the impact of mass media on our daily lives. In my recent series of sculptures called 'This is not a TV', I explore how
- [Sun Lion](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/sun_lion/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Sun Lion Precious Beast Series (2022) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:18 W:20 D:8cm Gallery: Private Collection
- [Piece of Cake](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/piece_of_cake/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Piece of Cake (2022) Optical crystal, fused & blown glass, hand carved, cut and polished, steel H:26 W:30 D:28cm Gallery: Private Collection Exhibition: Fired Up! for the International Year of Glass 2022, Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa
- [Saad / Seed](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/saad_seed/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Saad / Seed (2022) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:16 W:19 D:10cm Gallery: 2. Glaspreis Glasmuseum Hadamar, Hadamar, Germany (27 Sept. - 16 Dec. 2024)
- [Lines](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/lines/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Lines (2022) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:20 W:16 D:18cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Leaf](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/leaf/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Leaf (2022) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:18 W:17 D:5cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Cyclops Lollipop](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/cyclops_lollipop/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Cyclops Lollipop (2022) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:23 W:11 D:4cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Headspace](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/headspace/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Headspace (2022) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:13 W:18 D:5cm Gallery: Dimitrov Art Gallery, Dullstroom, South Africa
- [Golden Eye (Two)](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/golden_eye_2/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Golden Eye (Two) (2022) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:15 W:17 D:4cm Gallery: Dimitrov Art Gallery, Dullstroom, South Africa
- [Golden Eye (One)](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/golden_eye_1/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Golden Eye (One) (2022) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:17 W:17 D:4cm Gallery: Dimitrov Art Gallery, Dullstroom, South Africa
- [Criss Cross](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/criss_cross/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Criss Cross (2022) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:18 W:16 D:4cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [W = M](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/w_m/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs W = M (2021) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:16 W:18 D:6cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Prism Puppy](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/prism_puppy/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Prism Puppy Precious Beast Series (2021) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:15 W:20 D:8cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Porcupine Curl](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/porcupine_curl/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Porcupine Curl Precious Beast Series (2021) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:14 W:16 D:7cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Masked Mammoth](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/masked_mammoth/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Masked Mammoth Precious Beast Series (2021) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:15 W:20 D:13cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Bull Ram](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/bull_ram/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Bull Ram Precious Beast Series (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:13 W:21 D:7cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Crouching Leopard](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/crouching_leopard/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Crouching Leopard Precious Beast Series (2021) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:22 W:21 D:5cm Gallery: International Biennale of Glass, Bulgaria
- [Hashtag](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/hashtag/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Hashtag (2021) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:21 W:15 D:6cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Bison Cubed](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/bison_cube/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Bison Cubed Precious Beast Series (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:14 W:17 D:6cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Pixel Cat](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/pixel_cat/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Pixel Cat Precious Beast Series (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:14 W:18 D:6cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Scratchy Pooch](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/scratchy_pooch/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Scratchy Pooch Precious Beast Series (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:14 W:17 D:7cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Muse #2](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/muse_2/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Muse #2 (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:19 W:26 D:12cm Gallery: Schürenberg Kunsthandel, Aachen, Germany
- [Sitting Lion](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/sitting_lion/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Sitting Lion Precious Beast Series (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:18 W:14 D:7cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Inhale / Exhale](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/inhale_exhale/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Inhale / Exhale (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:19 W:15 D:8cm Inspired by the global Covid pandemic. Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Lost!](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/lost/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Lost! (2020) Blown glass, hand carved, cut and polished, bronze, sky blue topaz H:34 W:17 D:13cm Inspired by our dependance on hand-held devices and map apps. Gallery: Dimitrov Art Gallery, Dullstroom, South Africa
- [Memento Mori](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/memento_mori/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Memento Mori (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:15 W:20 D:10cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Grid Line](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/grid_line/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Grid Line (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:19 W:23 D:10cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Reflections](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/reflections/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Reflections (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:22 W:16 D:14cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Sleeping Sunrise](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/sleeping_sunrise/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Sleeping Sunrise (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:22 W:28 D:9cm Inspired by Constantin Brâncuși's Sleeping Muse. Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Telescreens](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/telescreens/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Telescreens Telescreen Series (2020) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished, Magaliesberg quartzite Variable sizes. Lenses: H:14cm W:18cm The title "Telescreen" is derived from George Orwell's book 1984, and references how media influences the way we perceive the world.
- [Skull - Penta](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/skull_penta/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Skull - Penta Skull Series (2019) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:19 W:12 D:5cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa
- [Chameleon](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/chameleon/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Chameleon Skull Series (2019) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:15 W:18 D:8cm Gallery: Galerie Michael Bella, Vienna, Austria
- [Whale](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/whale/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Whale Skull Series (2019) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:16 W:18 D:8cm Gallery: Schürenberg Kunsthandel, Aachen, Germany
- [Lion](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/lion/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Lion Skull Series (2019) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished, Magaliesberg quartzite H:16 W:18 D:8cm Gallery: Glasmuseum Frauenau, Frauenau, Germany
- [Muse #1](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/muse_1/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Muse #1 (2019) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished, Magaliesberg quartzite H:16 W:29 D:20cm Gallery: Dimitrov Art Gallery, Dullstroom, South Africa
- [Skull - Candy](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/skull_candy/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Skull - Candy Skull Series (2019) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:18 W:16 D:6cm Gallery: Schürenberg Kunsthandel, Aachen, Germany
- [Wolf](https://lotharbottcher.com/project/wolf/) - Back to Gallery Categories Sculpture Design Photography Studio NFTs Wolf Skull Series (2019) Optical crystal, hand carved, cut and polished H:19 W:16 D:6cm Gallery: Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa

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