Oak journeyman’s piece: Finn Hoppmann keeps his desk
On the Merkur website I came across a lovely journeyman’s piece: 21-year-old Finn Hoppmann from Munich has delivered his oak desk. For several years, the works of trainee carpenters have been displayed for a month at the Brucker Sparkasse on Hauptstraße, and Hoppmann has just brought his there.
His path to the trade was not a straight line: after Realschule he spent a year in the Federal Volunteer Service with the THW, attended the FOS, worked a year in the IT sector, and then began training as a carpenter (Zimmerer). Eventually he switched to cabinetmaking (Schreiner), a decision he says he has never regretted.
He trained at Lindinger Holztechnik GmbH in Germering. There he worked on trade-fair construction as well as solid oak bathroom furniture. For his journeyman’s piece, too, he chose oak: the desk was meant to be timeless yet demanding in craftsmanship. It will not be sold; it is meant to remind him of his apprenticeship.
His company has taken him on. He wants to take his time with the master craftsman’s school and first gather about five years of professional experience. He intends to stay loyal to the trade because it promises a secure job. What I like is that he is keeping his journeyman’s piece, a piece of furniture built not for the market but for his own memories.
Source: Merkur
His path to the trade was not a straight line: after Realschule he spent a year in the Federal Volunteer Service with the THW, attended the FOS, worked a year in the IT sector, and then began training as a carpenter (Zimmerer). Eventually he switched to cabinetmaking (Schreiner), a decision he says he has never regretted.
He trained at Lindinger Holztechnik GmbH in Germering. There he worked on trade-fair construction as well as solid oak bathroom furniture. For his journeyman’s piece, too, he chose oak: the desk was meant to be timeless yet demanding in craftsmanship. It will not be sold; it is meant to remind him of his apprenticeship.
His company has taken him on. He wants to take his time with the master craftsman’s school and first gather about five years of professional experience. He intends to stay loyal to the trade because it promises a secure job. What I like is that he is keeping his journeyman’s piece, a piece of furniture built not for the market but for his own memories.
Source: Merkur
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