Born in Hamburg, Germany
Childhood and youth: a keen maker of puppets and dolls, drawings, paintings and prints
Training:
1974 - 76 studied Jewellery Design at the Fachhochschule Schwaebisch Gmuend;
1976 - 78 qualified as Journeyman Goldsmith at the Zeichenakademie Hanau
1978 settled in the UK
Principal Commissions:
1997 aumbry and light for St Peter-at-Gowts
1999 aumbry for Trinity Hospital, Retford
2000 frieze of the 'Banksia Genus' for the Joseph Banks Memorial, Lincoln Cathedral
2001 altar sculpture for Diocesan Retreat House, Southwell
2002 'Seraph' sculpture incorporating aumbry and light for St Laurence Convent, Southwell
Postgraduate studies:
2007 MA Design with distinction at Lincoln University
Awards:
1998 St Hugh's Foundation Millenium Arts Award
2006 Lincolnshire Artists' Society's Tony Bartl Prize
2008 Heslam Trust's First Annual Award
2011 Lincolnshire Artists' Society's Maggie Dean Prize