| 1985 – 1987 | Apprenticeship as a carpenter in Hoyerswerda, GDR | |
| 1987 – 1990 | Working independently as a carpenter, carpenter and carver in the GDR | |
| 1990 – 1999 |
Traditional hike Further training and research exclusively with hand tools in carpentry, joinery, log building, boat building, mill building and carving in Europe (Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Norway, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland Research and documentation of historical construction methods, e.g. Windmill construction in France, hall construction in Alsace, stick mining in Norway Worked exclusively with an ax and broad hatchet for two years on a project in Norway |
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| 1999 – 2001 |
Stay in the Himalayas Learning the traditional art of wood construction and carving in India (Kashmir, Kumaon, Ladakh), Nepal and Bhutan Research and documentation of historical wood construction and carving in India (Kumaon, Sikkim), Nepal and Bhutan Further training in drawing with Bijay Basukala and Dr. Niels Gutschow First scientific co-publication "Doba, snapshot of a village in northwest Nepal" under the direction of Prof. Andreas Brandt |
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| 2001 – 2002 | Work on a scientific research project (on behalf of the German Research Society) about "Kondh" villages in Orissa (India) under the direction of Prof. Andreas Brandt and Dr. Niels Gutschow; activity as Illustrator and documentarian | |
| 2002 | Further training with U Win Maung (architect and master carver) in Mandalay/Myanmar (Burma) | |
| Since 2002 | Working independently in Germany, England, France, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary as a carpenter, carpenter and carver | |
| 2004 / 2006 | Worked and learned for 2 months in Japan with a temple builder and a traditional carpenter | |
| 2009 – 2010 |
Further training and research in Iran, India,
Nepal, China Learning how to sharpen traditional saws in Japan |
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| Since 2017 | We have been giving courses in spatula (roof geometry), stair construction, sharpening saws, technical drawing - partly in an academic setting, in Norway and Sweden | |
| 2017 / 2019 | Participation in the reconstruction of the temples in Patan Nepal after the earthquake of 2015 | |
