No life-threatening events today!

I’m happy to feel solid ground under my feet again after the sailing accident last September. – in the truest sense of the word. Because being confronted so directly with your own end leaves its mark. Getting back into everyday life was the main task at the beginning. In the first few days at home, [...] read more

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Art? All banana!

Art – The definition Is sticking a banana on the wall still art? Or: what actually makes Salvador Dali famous? And why does everyone love Mona Lisa? I am sure of it: that it takes courage, wit, timing and the right location to create an impressive work from a rotting banana – some works live [...] read more

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The metamorphosis

Caterpillar and butterfly are actually one and the same thing However, they undergo a metamorphosis that changes their appearance so colossally that it seems incredible to have an individual in front of you all the time. Sounds kind of human, doesn’t it? After all, from birth to old age, we also transform in a way [...] read more

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Room for new bird species!

It’s slowly getting a little tight – The bird perch is just 11 cm long and about 2 mm thick. How many birds fit on such a tiny bird perch? I was able to fit nine extremely rare bird species next to each other. Two more are still trying to get a perch. I had [...] read more

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Cranes and moths

Let me introduce you to an extraordinary pair of artists. To be honest, it’s once again about the very last remnants Do you still have box trees in your garden? That’s no longer a matter of course these days. A small moth called the European Box Borer has already eaten a large part of the [...] read more

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Review of the year 2024

Great highlights and a sailing accident in 2024 The year was packed full of exciting excursions, encounters and new impressions. I worked long and hard on the creation of my card game. From the motif design to the digital development, it was a completely new project for me that was simply great fun. Organizing a [...] read more

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Game with new rules -MATRIA SKAT

It began with the traditional Schwalenberg blueprint and the exhibition withBLAU – This became my card deck – MATRIA SKAT What is blueprinting? 1st development: From the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, the Lippe region was home to this fabric printing process. White patterns were created on blue-dyed [...] read more

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THE DUST OF TIME

Deconstruction|Conversion|Exhibition For the ancient Egyptians, the scarab was a symbol of death, rebirth and wealth. Our native dung beetle is related to this pill-popper – the beetles roll balls of dung into which they lay their eggs. The larvae eat dung and grow into magnificent, iridescent beetles. Exhibition Gallery HAUS BACHRACH Schwalenberg 11.8. -29.9.2024 Sat./Sun. [...] read more

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