Matthias Grimm

Professional training, career
1981 - 1985    Apprenticeship as a manual bookbinder (print finishing specialisation
                        handicraft at the bookbindery Werner Bart in Bern) at the Kunst-
                        gewerbeschule in Bern, with graduation
1988 - 1990    Master school with higher examination to become a federally certified
                        master bookbinder at the School of Design in Bern, with diploma
1990                Master craftsman course with diploma, School of Design in Bern
2001 - 2024    Practical application/exchange of book restoration with Daniel Berthoud
                        in Wangen
2001 - 2025    Further education courses in book restoration at the centro del bel libro
2010 - 2011    PEX course for print media processors EFZ/EBA for experts with degree,
                        PBS Zollikofen
2024 - 2026    Further education with Julia Künzel, Renate Mesmer, Gangolf Ulbricht

Current activity
Since 1993, own bookbindery in Twann and Schafis

Further information
1986 - 1992  Youth & Sport, rising to department head, with degree, YMCA Bern region
1990 - 2025  LAP expert activity, School of Design in Bern
1993 - 2022  Teacher training courses for artistic design, LernWerk in Bern
2014 - 2022  Parochial council
2021              Head of training course and supervisor of the final year projects,
                       Kurszentrum Ballenberg
2021 - 2025  Teacher training courses for artistic design, Department for Elementary
                       and Secondary Schools in Sarnen
Teaching experience:
1986 - 2016   Creative theme weeks throughout Switzerland
1990 - 2025   Exam preparation, School of Design in Bern
2000 - 2025   Open days, Twann-Tüscherz School and Rüeggisberg School
2024 - 2026   Handbook binding at the centro del bel libro ascona