Gerda Flöckinger CBE

Gerda Flöckinger emigrated to Britain in 1938 to study fine art at Saint Martins School of Art and jewellery and enamels at the Central School of Arts & Crafts in London. After graduating in 1956, Flöckinger became an independent designer and maker. In 1962 she established a pioneering course in experimental jewellery at Hornsey School of Art.
Her work is held in numerous public and private collections worldwide:
Victoria & Albert Museum jewellery, photographs, colour slides, design drawings - from 1959
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery jewellery from 1971
The Crafts Council jewellery -c 1973
Nottingham Castle Museum jewellery -c 1976
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh jewellery -c 1971
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany jewellery 1967
Centre Georges Pompidoy, Paris, France jewellery colour slides - 1977
The Goldsmiths' Company, London colour slides, photographs - from 1962
Boston Museum of Fine Art, USA Jewelry by Artists: the Daphne Farago Collection -c 2006