Bernd Munsteiner Reflections in Stone As the first contemporary artist Munsteiner began in the 1960s to centre on natural mineral formations in his sculpture and was the first contemporary artist to do so. At first his pictures, objects and sculptures were made from agate but he later turned to transparent crystals. Hitherto unknown visual spaces are opened up to viewers. Magical 'l... more »andscapes' in stone are enlarged into surfaces on to which the psyche can project. Spectacular works in sculpture such as the 'Metamorphosis' cycle (carved from a rock crystal originally weighing 850 kg with needle-like rutile inclusions) have earned him international renown as a superlatively innovative modern gem-cutter.« less