i'm an art teacher for primary- and secondaryschool where i teach sewing, knitting and all the handcraft topics as drawing, painting, sculpture and new media too. beside teaching i'm a mentor for free art projects in high school in thun and at the university of fine arts bern.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

since more than two years i'm living in a beautiful 2 1/2 room appartement, that i would like to share with other people from abroad. To keep me open minded and mentally busy i would love to host different people all over the world. ___ I'm NOT here to receive friendrequests from strangers!

Interests

• arts
• performing arts
• architecture
• design
• graphic design
• fashion
• contemporary art
• concerts
• ballet dancing
• lgbt rights
• japanese food
• yoga
• live music
• classical music
• teaching
• gender studies
• nature
• trekking
• feminism
• queer
• sewing
• acroyoga
• japanese culture
• fashion design
• arts and crafts
• fabrics

Music, Movies, and Books

i love classical music. i played the viola and violin for years. but i'm really open minded for other style of music.
Devandra Banhart, Tricky, John Roberts, Lindstrøm, Bibio, Kreidler, Menahan Street Band, Jaga Jazzist, Iiro Rantala, Lars Danielsson, Joe Henry, Daniel Bjarnason, Brahms, Bartok, Mahler, Chopin, Strawinsky, Schostakowitsch, Ravel, Khachaturian, Janacek, Philip Glass, Hauschka, Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens, Darkside, John Cage, Greg Haines, Jon Hopkins, Moderat, Sigur Ros, Nneka, Pretty Lights, Nick Drake, Hidden Orchestra, Nils Frahm, Holy Other, Scout Niblett, Frazey Ford, Tindersticks, Wye Oak, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Balmorhea, Lovers, Emily Wells, Mùm, Ane Brun, Mono, Anoice, Do Make Say Think, Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor
and so on...

i appreciated books from
Amélie Nothomb, Fleure Jäggy, Friederike Mayröcker, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Marlene Haushofer, Leta Semadeni, Ian McEwan, Thomas Mann, Haruki Murakami and Kavka.

Watching movies i'm often entertaining the people around me because of my youthful enthusiasm.
i'm not going to list all the thousand movies that accompied me through the development of getting older and an adult.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i've lived and studied two years in vienna. that was an amazing experience i sometimes miss. i studied fine arts at the academy and learned a lot about feminism, installation arts and queer topics. on the other hand i stayed 4 months in berlin where i did an internship in a privat atelier from a local fashiondesigner. we only we're in three and prepared a whole collection for fashion week berlin.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
sewing, art history, handcrafting, german language

LEARN
all about other culture,

SHARE
Cooking and having dinner/brunch together,

What I Can Share with Hosts

my lovely flat, with a quite comfortable bedsofa in my livingroom. having little aperitiv parties on one of my two balcony. taking a swimm in the aare during summer. doing side trips to gurten, a small mountain just a few minutes away from my flat. going to flea markets on saturday or sunday.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Cyprus, England, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Italy