Karin was raised by a multi-artistic family in Germany, and their influence on her art form from an early age is clear.  She was surrounded by doll making, painting, architecture and historical abstracts. Art was a natural part of her family’s everyday life. Still, it took her years to realize the impact it would have.

After the war, art became a natural form of recuperation. She was one of many children participating in art activities at a facility built by the U.S. Armed Forces. It was there that she first met up with clay. Her first work was a coil-built vase. She fell in love with the medium and her interest remained strong and steady as she relocated to New Mexico, where she fed her passion by taking workshops at the local university.

In 1989, Karin and her husband Nate moved to Colorado where she continued learning, taking stimulating classes with Bob Smith and Richard Usrey at the Arvada Center for Arts in Denver.

In 1999, they moved to Tennessee, where promotion of the Appalachian arts and crafts movement was in full swing. Here she developed a deep love for folk and primitive art, which clearly influenced her current style. And Karin never stopped learning. She continued to study hand-building methods at various folk art schools as her animals and nativities started selling in galleries.

Since moving to Lake Havasu City in 1999, she kept up with her studies at Mohave Community College in Bullhead City and now works with a number of different methods. But she’s loyal. Her first love is still her current love hand-building, using mostly slab and coil. Right now Karin is combining wheel throwing with hand-building to create a new generation of animal sculptures.

Thank you for visiting Karin's website. And do contact her if her work touches you. She loves to talk about this journey of art that remained a faithful companion all throughout her life.

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