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Creativity, design, and skill are honored every year

Every year, stonemasons in Germany hold two competitions in which journeymen from all over the country who have just completed their training compete against each other. One of the competitions, entitled “Die Gute Form“ (The Good Form), is about design skills, i.e. designing with natural stone. Here, the young talents take part with their journeyman’s pieces, i.e., the practical work at the end of their training. Through various stages, they ultimately reach the elimination stage at national level. A jury evaluates the work.

The second competition, entitled “Deutsche Meisterschaft im Handwerk – German Craft Skills,“ awards prizes for craftsmanship. It used to be called “Profis Leisten Was“ (PLW). Following pre-selections from the federal states, the best craftspeople come together in a training center and have six hours to complete a given task. Skills such as accuracy, speed and stress resistance are assessed.

In the “Die Gute Form“ competition, nine journeyman’s pieces made it to the final round. In the “German Craft Skills“ competition, 15 winners from the preliminary rounds competed against each other.

The winning works are shown below.

The competitions are organized by the vocational training center for stonemasons and sculptors, bbw (German)

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(01.03.2024, USA: 03.01.2024)