The "Berthold" glasses with colourful dried flowers, made by hand.

The floral art of eyewear designer Sashee Schuster

Flowers, herbs, seeds: Laminated and immortalized in acetate. The visitors experience how glasses are created as works of art.
until 08.07.2023today: closed  

Exhibition
FUNK Optik
FUNK Optik feat. Sashee Schuster

Laminated acetate panels are Sashee Schuster’s basis for her unique eyewear. In the exhibition visitors can see and touch the entire collection. At the same time, it is possible to witness the making of a pair of glasses by hand from Sashee’s acetate. The Designer preserves the fragile beauty of nature by laminating collected flowers, seeds or bird feathers with the raw material acetate and thus enclosed therein:

"The beauty of nature is temporary, it's part of the life cycle. In acetate, however, it does not fade. When I laminate seeds, this plant is simultaneously preserved for the future. And then, thousands of years from now, when mankind finds my glasses, the plants that may have died out can be brought back to life." (Sashee Schuster)

Venue

FUNK Optik

Rear Building

Hohenzollernstr. 22a
80801 München

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Accessibility:

  • Parking spaces:

    No

  • Gastronomic offer:

    not specified

Organiser

FUNK Optik feat. Sashee Schuster

marketing@funk.de
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Tickets

This event is free of charge.

Further information

  • Zeitraum:

    24.06. – 08.07.2023

  • opening hours:

    Monday until Friday: 10:00 - 19:00
    Saturday: 10:00 - 18:00

    closed on:

    25.06.2023
    02.07.2023

  • What language:

    German

The "Berthold" glasses with colourful dried flowers, made by hand.
The "Berthold" glasses with colourful dried flowers, made by hand. © FUNK eyewear
The spectacle maker's workplace. A laminated acetate plate with lapacho tea and pampas grass
The place of the spectacle maker. Laminated lapacho tea and pampas grass © FUNK eyewear
A pair of glasses with laminated dandelions
Dandelions for eternity © FUNK eyewear
FUNK Optik in the rear building - the entrance situation seen from the street
FUNK optics in the rear building - seen from the street © FUNK eyewear

Organiser

FUNK Optik feat. Sashee Schuster

FUNK in Kinsau, Bavaria, is one of the last eyewear manufacturers in Germany. Here, the Dieter Funk and Sashee Schuster collections are handmade under sustainable premises. In her own store in Schwabing, Sashee demonstrates her self-developed laminating technique in which blossoms, spices and seeds are preserved in acetate to then become spectacles during a hands-on workshop.