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Early Fountain Pen Roots
- Frank grew up in East Germany where schools taught handwriting with fountain pens and valued slow, careful writing.
- He links fountain-pen writing to better learning and hand-brain connection and notes his son now learns similarly.
Creative Career Before Penmaking
- Frank built a lifetime of creative hobbies: DJing, photography and an analog darkroom which later helped him photograph his pens.
- He then worked as a social educator supporting children, a role that coexisted with his craft interests.
Rebuilding Sparked Craftsmanship
- Frank found carpentry and rebuilding an old house therapeutic after intense social-work years and it sparked his love of hands-on craftsmanship.
- That satisfaction led him to set up a small workshop and pursue woodturning and later penmaking.