PICTURES
VITA
I was born in Berlin – Kreuzberg in 1962.
After Education as a carpenter, I set up my own work-shop in 1989.
The focus of my work was the design and manufacture of furniture.
Since 2019 I am working on the transfer of colors, text and images onto solid-wood.
Statement
In creating my works, I transform printed newspaper, printing ink, and wood into relief-like pictorial objects.
In doing so, I transform not only ephemeral materials into a new physical form, but also the time inscribed within them.
Through the technique I have developed, which I call “Pressage,” it becomes possible to transfer something fragile and ephemeral onto a substrate that outlasts time.
A material that ages, fades, and decays is transformed into a lasting form. The fragile becomes enduring, the random is ordered, and the ephemeral finds permanence.
Material
My works are flat reliefs two to three centimeters thick, consisting exclusively of wood, newspaper, and linseed oil.
These three materials share the characteristics of being natural and organic, based on plant-derived raw materials, and fully biodegradable.
TECHNIQUE
The color and text material isolated from newspapers is transferred directly onto the backing material.
After hardening, the reverse side of the image and text carrier is carefully removed until the actual image emerges. The texts therefore appear mirror-inverted.