From waste to want - Otto von Quast´s 24 Carat Pets

Nor is Otto von Quast a long-term professor of philology, neither a member in the club for handlebar moustaches - Otto von Quast is the name of a Berlin-based design studio runned by two sassy designers - Verena Kern and Britta Knüppel - who design unconventional jewelry, develop inventive products and fiddle about pulsating art projects.
Originally, the 24 Carat Pets vegetated as worthless, discarded toys, collector´s items or dust catchers. Gilded with 24 carat hard gold, the pieces transform into magnificent pendants and brooches that find their path back to the world as stunning unicums.
Maybe, I should step by with the box I host my childhood memories in. From deer to rabbit, there´s a lot to find. I dimly remember a penguin…. To say nothing of some ugly figures from kinder surprise eggs that I didn´t dare to depollute yet.

Photos via Otto von Quast