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I would like to give a general overview of my work and an idea what a “stone-hewer” deals with. All included pictures shown originate from the last twenty years. A stonemason’s work comprises architectural work and all features of cemetery stonework, in which natural stone is used. The scope of work a craft sculptor deals with often coincides with that of a stonemason nowadays, however sculptorers were originally intended to carry out floral, ornamental or figurativ stonework.
A "Kluepfel" is a round wooden hammer, a mallet, which is particularly used in the shaping of softer stone. It sounds like music in the ear of stonemasons...
- Torsten Anders, born 1972 in Dresden
- training as bricklayer until 1990, specialised in conservation of architectural heritage
- training as stonemason until 1994
- civilian service in the reconstruction of the church "Frauenkirche" in Dresden 1997
- participation in the Maestro-course in Venice (restoration techniques) until 2000
- restoration-internship during an European exchange project in Padua/Venice 2001
- further training as stone-sculptor at the technical marble-school in Laas/South
Tyrol, 2002
- further professional experience in various workshops
- advanced education for certified technician for stonemasonry and master craftsman in Wunsiedel, 2005-2007