1. Where were you born and where are you from ?

At the East German country side Altvorpommern, near the polish border close to the sea.

2. What is your first memory connected to the art world ?

The artful abundance of remains in abandoned manor houses.
which I discovered as a young boy.

3. Have you always worked in the art/design field ?

You can say yes, but I might not have been aware of it in the beginning.

4. What led you to the design creation ?

I draw my inspiration from sincerity and the urge to manifest, to express what seems really important to me.

5. How would you describe your creative process and it influences ?

In myself there is an energy trying to reveal something.
This I write into my work, it helps me to recognize the world.

6. Could you describe a typical day of your work ?

My day starts with green tea and exercises, this is my contemplation time to become aware and attentive. When I drive to my studio, the mind get´s blanc and I focus on my work. There I look at the tree trunks and try to feel, whether they allow me to connect with my ideas. Or otherwise, if the time is right, I will complete a sculpture.

7. Why did you choose the specific materials you work with ?

As a small boy my pocket knife was always with me to carve everything possible. That was the time when I started looking at the natural material wood.

8. What are the technical particularities of your creations ?

Preserving the natural grain of the wood and gnarly shapes, follow in the design entirely to the personal character of the materials, respect and escort their curves, their momentum and their own movements.
My sculptures are solely oiled. All connection are wood to wood. No lacquer, resin and metall is used.

9. What advices could you give to beginning artists who would like to create sculptural design works ?

No advice can be given, every artistic path has its own impetus.

10. If your works had to belong to a design movement, in which one would you define it ?

I don’t see any movement where I could belong to.

11. What designers have influenced you ?

I am impressed by the simple, direct and aesthetic design language of ancient cultures, like ancient Egypt or the 7000 year old Vinca culture in Southeast Europe, the Mesopotamian culture or that of the Mayas and Aztecs. I find inspiration in the craftsmanship of ancient Japan, and in the works of the masters Alexander Noll, Wharton Esherick, Sam Maloof and George Nakashima.

12. What contemporary designers do you appreciate ?

13. What contemporary artists (in any kind of art) have you been inspired by ?

The magical paintings of my friend Arne Pjestedt Solomonsen, which he made on his journeys through India. He has the gift of recognizing the deep and essential.
The wonderfull mystical watercolor paintings and storys by the French comic author, adventurer and musician Hugo Pratt.

14. If you had to summarize your creations in one word or sentence, what would it be ?

Creations of curiosity and transformed energy.

15. Is there anything you would like to add ?

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

Proust Questionnaire with very short answers (one or a few words) :
(The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust. Other historical figures who have answered confession albums are Oscar Wilde, Karl Marx, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Cézanne…)