A cloak for Richard the Lionheart
A manager from Berlin and - despite the distance - passionate lover of the Rhenish carnival commissioned us in late summer 2021 to produce 50 gold-plated patches in the form ...
Wellness treatment for an Optio ring
In preparation for the exhibition “Rome’s Fluid Borders” from November 2021 at the LVR Landesmuseum Bonn, the Bonn museum commissioned us to carry out a “wellness treatment” for their replica of an important Roman optio ring, which …
European meeting on the Vogelsberg
Six (out of seven) friends from all over Europe took their annual meeting as an opportunity to attend a joint goldsmith course with me on the Vogelsberg. The participants from London, Barcelona, Hamburg, …
The Cross of Wolmirstedt
When the medieval grave of a young woman was uncovered near Wolmirstedt in Saxony-Anhalt in 2000, a very special pendant was found on the neck of the approximately 22-year-old woman: ...
Thor's hammer and his secret
A very special customer and passionate lover of Nordic culture commissioned our goldsmith workshop “Schmuck-Werk” to create an extraordinary pendant made entirely of gold in the shape of a so-called “Thor’s Hammer” – …
Fritzdorf's gold cup
The three local researchers from the Fritzdorf Volksbildungswerk near Bonn actually thought that their evening of lectures on local history in the spring of 1954 would take a completely normal course. But it came quite...
A morganite ring as a reward
After all the efforts of her previous academic year under pandemic conditions, a young student from the beautiful Rhineland wanted to reward herself with a very personal gem: a golden morganite ring. Morganites are gemstones...
Unique items for our shop
Ironically, the many exciting customer orders in the last few months have prevented us from finally tackling the long-planned products for our online shop. But now it worked: It ...
A Flemish cabinet
Yes, it's true: This blog post really has nothing to do with the topic of "goldsmithing". But there is a historical type of furniture that has fascinated me for many years...
Unusual wedding rings made of tantalum and red gold
The owner of a metalworking company and his partner booked a wedding ring goldsmith course with us in order to learn the basis for a pair of very unusual wedding rings made of the rare metal under my guidance.