Two bracteates from Sweden
A client from Sweden, a great connoisseur and devoted lover of Norse mythology, commissioned me at the end of the year to rework two Swedish bracteates (coins or medals struck on one side…)
An emerald ring from the Middle Ages
Some time ago, a particularly beautiful and very rare emerald ring from the Middle Ages entered the international art and antiques trade. The ring probably originally belonged to a medieval English noblewoman and...
A bracteate and a detectorist
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of welcoming a truly extraordinary guest to my goldsmithing course: a metal detectorist with a research permit and a passionate passion for the period of the Great Migration wanted to explore…
The zodiac sign Libra made entirely of gold
At the end of the year, a seasoned and well-seasoned taxi driver from our area asked me to transform the family jewelry she had acquired over the course of her life into something completely new and very personal…
A relaxing mother-daughter weekend
When my two current guests – a doctor with her own practice and her 17-year-old daughter – entered my studio in the former stable building of our half-timbered house on Saturday morning, there was already a gentle …