ATELIER HERMANN J KASSEL 

The "Aeternus-Cross" and its impressions on handmade paper & canvas

The "Aeternus Cross"
by Hermann J Kassel

A representation of the crucifixion and the resurrection in one work.
The cross was cut from one piece of steel, with the inner cross, the corpus, shaped from that. It was then sandblasted, processed with vinegar solution and water for several weeks, and signed on the back. The resulting corrosion impression on handmade paper is a work of art in itself. It is attached to the cross and can be framed and hung up.

Signed artist's cross
Handmade unique copy
Numbered certificate with corrosion impression of the cross on handmade paper

The "Aeternus Cross" is available in different sizes and materials:
Stainless steel, bronze, copper, galvanised steel

some Quotations:
„ .....This unusual piece of contemporary religious art was created by the artist Hermann J Kassel. Born in 1960 and now currently based in Mechernich, he is not exclusively a "church artist", but rather a sculptor who has made a name for himself through his international exhibitions and who has created several pieces of church art..."

„ .....Precisely because this symbol of salvation does not have any figurative representation, the  resurrection is brought to the fore in the form of the detachment from the cross: the simultaneous unity and separation of the inner and outer crosses point towards the hope of the resurrection, which connects the cross in its non-figurative form with the crucifixion... "

„ .....And so, in one and the same moment, the viewer is called to consider the death of the crucified Messiah and the hope of the resurrection... "

(Extracts from the article: "The Dynamics of the Resurrection. The altar cross in the parish church of St. Evergislus in Bonn Bad-Godesberg" by Nicole Wallenkamp appeared in "das münster" 4/2002)