About me
Printmaking
With a lifelong passion for art and printmaking technologies, an extensive collection of historic etchings and engravings accumulated over decades, as well as about 25 years of working in the print-publishing industry - in October 2019 I finally took my first class in relief printing, and I have been hooked ever since! I’ve been a full member at the Edinburgh Printmakers for 4 years now, and joined its Board of Trustees in Dec 24. I have experimented with reduction and jigsaw woodcut and linocut, tried wood engraving and most recently copperplate etching and also drypoint – and have discovered my total passion for etching.
I find myself drawn to the relationship between humans and their pets, in particular cats and dogs, as well as to fairies and the magic in everyday life.
Born in Germany, I hold dual citizenship and have lived in Edinburgh for the biggest part of my life now. I share my life with my son, my partner Laura, 3 Ragdoll cats and many wonderful friends.
I'm passionate about hearing aids and glasses!
I was born with a hearing impairment (up to 60% depending on frequency), but thanks to my amazing hearing aids I don’t need to be aware of this at all!! In some situations I hear better than people without hearing aids, technology is moving on constantly!
I was asked to do this clip (about a minute long) a few years ago, and even though I've added some mistakes in my enthusiasm, I still feel it conveys that hearing aids are fabulous and need to be embraced and loved, not feared and hidden:
https://youtu.be/C_MHPcBDAP8?si=1tTwriXNe3euSnbo
The older I get, the more I realise that glasses carry a similar age-related stigma for many people. Glasses (or contacts) give us the gift of clear vision - why not make use of them?! If one ‘just’ needs them for reading, varifocals are a brilliant thing! We read things ALL the time, I certainly won't do without my glasses now! ❤️
https://youtu.be/f8zvud9Aj3Q?si=znhN5E41A4rpznsr
(my hearing-impairment story - 6mins live from the Adobe For All week 2020, courtesy of my employer Adobe)