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From 1990 until 1993 I was trained to be a mason with the ‘Haberlander & Hofmann GmbH & Co. KG’ in Waging am See/ Germany. Waging am See is located about 120km south-east of Munich and 30km west of Salzburg in Austria. In 1994 I was 2nd winner in a state-wide competition of the Bavarian Chamber of Trade. My former employer describes me as a “hard-working, cooperative and merited colleague, who stands out through his substantial know-how and strong commitment towards work”. In 2000 I graduated from the Technical Masterschool (‘Meister- und Technikerschule’) in Munich as a Master Builder (‘Maurermeister’). In 2001 I gained the qualification as a CAD specialist for the construction industry (‘CAD Fachkraft Bau’). In the same year I started my own business in construction of vaults and masonry. Already during my time as a mason trainee, the construction of vaults has been a great passion of mine and I was oftentimes deployed to work on projects which included the construction of vaults. Additionally, I acquired extensive knowledge in preservation of listed buildings and historic craft techniques. I find it fascinating to combine many little steps in order to create a piece of art. That way, building a vault is like laying a mosaic. The single pieces left alone do not represent a great deal, but put together they add up to a delightful, aesthetic lot. My craft is exciting and inspiring for me and I often visit historic buildings in order to gain new stimulation and ideas. In private, I like to spend time with creative work, too. I like to work with black plate and metal and to create artefacts from welded metal. One could say, I am interested in everything which involves shapes, curves and motion. However, it is something basically different to work with metal as compared to the work with stone. The work with metal is of a more filigree nature, but nevertheless I believe that those two materials reflect each other. In my spare time I often practise sports; my hobbies are snowboarding,
biking and mountaineering. It is very important for me to spend
time in the great outdoors, my second great passion besides work.
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