You know the game where you have to say what kind of animal/plant/car someone would be? Well I never could find an animal that suited me... until my husband gave me the nickname "Waschbär", German for Racoon.

Nocturnal, clever, shy, cheeky, omnivorous, likes wearing a mask... that's me! I changed it to waschbear to reflect my dual Swiss/English nationality. (...ok, and maybe a teensy little bit because the name Waschbär was already taken...)

Since completing a course at the Arts college in Basel - or actually far earlier, ever since I can remember - I have been consumed by the urge to learn as many different crafts as possible: I learnt to knit and crochet when I was 7 years old, and in the meantime added mosaics, weaving, baking, spinning, sewing, mead making, woodwork, building garden sculptures....

My wishlist currently includes dyeing fibres and working with iron. And keeping sheep. Beer brewing would also be cool. Or bee keeping.... Life is just far too SHORT!!

Some of the things I make are available here:

waschbear.dawanda.de

www.waschbear.etsy.com